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"…Expect a crisis within six months should Obama win, promises Joe Biden. Perhaps he is right, but the first one is more likely to be domestic than international. …"

Excellent commentary. I have been telling folks this now for months that the 1st 2 years of an Obama presidency will be the most dangerous. Actually the first 1 ½ years as the 2010 election will be then. The Democrats always, always overreach and this will be no exception. It could be a gun ban or some late night (and hidden) new tax, could be something in their universal health care proposal, or it could just come down to a weak economy. The first real test will be if they hold the house and/or senate in 2010. It really rests with Obama and how he is perceived. Weak like Carter in a dangerous world? He’s toast. Strong like Reagan? Not toast.

The trouble is that a whole swath of the main stream media is 100% in the tank for Obama so we will not get any truthfulness out of them.

I have a gut feeling that the Obama administration will be one wracked with scandal. I don’t know why I feel that way, maybe it’s the ACORN guys, maybe it’s the weirdoes Obama surrounds himself with.

The other feeling I get is that Obama is not stupid and he knows as W did that he will have to fight radical Islam. If he does (and he will have to or cease to have a 2nd term) he will totally piss off his base who want 100% surrender. So it could be that the left turns on him, that his biggest critics come FROM the left and not the right. Can you imagine? For instance, what if the US armed forces experiences a large drop in reenlistments while fighting terror? And what if Obama proposed and Congress puts in the draft? Can you imagine?

Anyway, that’s my take. Great article.
-- Michael H. Serafin
Hooksett, New Hamsphire

POUPON POWELL
Re: Jeffrey Lord's What Do You Do With a General?

Kudos once again to Mr. Lord for stating eloquently what we all know to be true. General Powell rose to those stars via political maneuvering and NOT work ethic. A good friend of mine who is a genuine hero (Former general at Delta force) tells me that any star above two is purely political. Perhaps General Powell wants that second term as Secretary of State, so that when President Bush and Generals Petraeus and Odierno win the war, he can claim credit for it. That seems like the most obvious scenario, given that Powell is the quintessential political animal. His current lifestyle, as I understand it is to demand very high speech fees, upfront, and to fly only in private jets. Not bad for a retired "public servant." It appears, as Rush has stated to be purely racist in nature. Why else would he endorse someone of basically no experience in any venue (other than the great success of the nefarious Acorn!)
-- Robert Mandraccia, MD
Ft Myers, Florida

 
Brilliant article by Jeffrey Lord:

"OK with the idea that this mindset of Obama's will be running say, the U.S. Department of Justice?"

Obama has already been filing criminal charges against people who have spoken out against him...Imagine him with all the resources of the DOJ to use against his critics.

This is why I think the American people will not elect Mr. Obama.
-- C. Baker
Ft.Worth, Texas

SO DO YOU
Re: Peter Ferrara's Voter Fraud:

Conveniently, your editorial fails to mention a recent book, Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy, by Mark Crispin Miller, a professor of media studies at NYU. Miller's work has carefully documented widespread efforts within the Republican Party to thwart election results, voter turnout and voter eligibility by both legal and illegal means. While I do not doubt that problems exist throughout the dual party machine, it is at best negligent and at worst deceptive for you to demonize Democrats while pretending that volumes of research (which, unlike the work of many who work for corporate-sponsored "Institutes" like your own, actually circulates in a universe of juried peers) has not documented a sinister effort by some on the right to compromise our Democracy.

So let's be honest, especially when we're writing about election honesty. Let's not pretend that the highly partisan Heritage Foundation is a credible source for anything. Let's not pretend that you haven't been paid in the past by lobbyists or by foundations run with corporate dollars to write spin masking as undisputed truth.