Why I Did Not Vote for Barak Obama

I started to write this to a young pastor in Ghana who I care about and love.  It does not contain anything personal about him and after writing some of it I felt I should share it openly and with him in turn.  

I wanted to share with you something because I know there are several good friends like you I have around the world and I am sure that at times they wonder about my stance on Barak Obama.  I know the question has come in the minds of some because at least two have asked the question, “Is he really not seeing this as an issue of race?”

Please allow me to give you my reasons and you can decide for yourself.

My objections to him came early last year when I watched the first Democrat Party Debate.  By the time I saw the major issues all five of the candidates were pressing there was no issue that I considered important that could differentiate one from the other and in all major issues their stand was unacceptable.  There was also no Republican candidate I could see who could be less acceptable.  If the Republicans did fail miserably my preference would have been Hillary with no other good choice.  I hadn’t even thought further. Barak had one overriding liability, inexperience – something that has already shown in his handling of the country.  At least Hillary had some background and was well above the intelligence level of a dodo-bird named Joe Biden.  I never in my wildest imagination thought the country would elect someone with no experience and worse with a running mate who can’t even write his own speeches. Obama: Messiah or Pied Piper? Compared to the younger JFK Barak had far less experience.  Obama and Kennedy: BHO and JFK  Kennedy spent nearly eight years in the US Senate and seven in the US House of Representatives.  Only in July when his candidacy seemed assured and the Stock Market took its first plunge in reaction to his potential candidacy did I start looking at the man.  Yes, the stock market plunge followed the plunge of other candidate fortunes in the election.  Wall Street called him a darling but the savvy investor, the one who knows, the ones who really make money in the market, those bailed as fast as they could when they say the handwriting on the wall.  The “Wall Street” that handles your investments, gives you advice and handles your retirement funds still stayed in and let’s face it, they lost your money.  The Stock Market plunge was the “smart money” getting out.  The “hang in there” that you got was from people who would benefit from the bailouts that would accompany Barak becoming president.  He had already been bought by the firms there.  Look at where his money for campaigning came from.  People don’t give over a billion dollars and not expect something in return.