Be Afraid

On a previous post a comment was made asking what are we afraid of if Obama gets the nomination?

I'm afraid in the next few years the shit is going to hit the fan and we need someone who is present and doesn't just vote "present."

We are running out of oil. John is Mr. Peak Oil guy and can tell you that our whole economy is based on cheap oil. Cheap oil is gone. Hello $200 per barrel. We're going to need someone in the Oval Office who can offer solutions and not platitudes.

I live in Florida and was hit by three hurricanes in 2004. Charlie was BAD. Global warming will increase the severity of hurricanes. I don't trust someone who caved on nuclear regulations for his home state to fight for a carbon tax.

There is a global food shortage. Can someone who is concerned about the price of arugula deal with the price of rice? Or the lack of rice? Or corn?

We are losing our standing in the world. A man who sat in a pew for twenty years and never saw a problem with a pastor who had the audacity to dry hump on the pulpit to mock a former Democratic President is not someone who I want representing me. A man who says he transcends race but race baited and only disowned his racist pastor after the pastor accused him of acting like a politician has no moral compass or morality.

I am afraid of Michelle Obama. She complains because she got in to Princeton despite her low test scores. Wow, that's such a drag. She complains about paying back student loans. Man, I feel so sorry for her. She went to two expensive schools and they actually expect her to pay for it?

I'm afraid of never getting universal health care. Senator Obama's plan stinks and he used Republican talking points to put down Senator Clinton's. I just can't see him pushing it through.

I'm afraid of re-living Jimmy Carter's presidency.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to vote for McCain. Because you can scream about the Supreme Court or a Bush third term but we need a grown up in the White House and if that grown up isn't Senator Clinton I'll take my chances with McCain.