What Does Barack Believe?

Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families: The Obama phenomenon is so wide-spread that there is a good possibility that someone you know – someone at your church, at your place of employment, a neighbor, perhaps even a family member – has bought into the myth that this man is the one who will save our nation from the “old politics” of cynicism and partisanship, and has the wisdom and leadership to heal our land. I could give you dozens of examples of Obama’s flip-flops and inconsistencies, but for this report I’ll limit most of my remarks to his contorted views on the most fundamental responsibility of an American president – protecting our national security.

Yesterday, Barack Obama addressed the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). His entire speech is a total contradiction of just about everything he has said about the Middle East. Moreover, it is wholly inconsistent with the views of his foreign policy advisors, who are unanimous in their view that Israel is the problem and must give up more land and make more concessions for “peace.”

For example, during a CNN debate last summer, Obama stated that he would meet in his first year in office, and “without preconditions,” with Iran’s Holocaust-denying dictator and other enemies of the United States.

Yesterday, before the AIPAC audience, Obama put a major precondition on any meetings, saying he would only meet with Iranian leaders, “if and only if it can advance the interest of the United States.” Good luck with that.

On May 18th, just two weeks ago, Obama told a crowd of 80,000 people in Portland, Oregon, that Iran was a “tiny” country that doesn’t “pose a serious threat to us…”

Yesterday, before the AIPAC audience, Obama declared, “The danger from Iran is grave, it is real, and my goal will be to eliminate this threat. … We will also use all elements of American power to pressure Iran. I will do everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

Remember, friends, this is the very same man who opposed bi-partisan legislation sponsored by Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) to label the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity. The bill passed 76-to-22. This is the same man who has promised to slash our defense budget and postpone the development of new weapons systems. As former Georgia Senator Zell Miller suggested of John Kerry, how does he propose to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions and defend America? With spitballs?

In an interview with David Brooks of the New York Times, published May 16th, Obama told Brooks that American foreign policy must do a better job of understanding the “root causes” of terrorism, and he said that the violence of Hamas and Hezbollah “weakens their legitimate claims.” What “legitimate claims” do these terrorist organizations have? Does Al Qaeda have “legitimate claims” too?

Yesterday, before the AIPAC audience, Obama said, “We must isolate Hamas,” and then declared, “There is no room at the negotiating table for terrorist organizations.” Well, presumably that would also include Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whom Obama has promised to meet with during his first year, but who also directs Iran’s state support of global terrorism.

If Barack Obama isn’t clear about what he believes, how can he expect the voters to trust him with the presidency? Let me leave you with this. During his victory announcement in Minnesota this week, Obama seemed to declare his candidacy for Supreme Being, saying:

”I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs for the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”

So, in addition to eliminating illness and poverty, Barack “The Messiah” Obama will exercise the “super powers” of the presidency to command the waters, calm the winds and “heal” the planet!

Given Obama’s “understanding” of reality, I don’t understand how any conservative can in good conscience sit out this election and punish our country with an Obama presidency. We’re not children playing for marbles – we’re supposedly serious adults and America is at stake.

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