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Programs, except for the military will NOT be cut. The military will be depleted, something despised by Dems, and I am not an advocate of interventionism. Name a program Obama wants to cut outside of the military. If one exists, it is a very small or insignificant one. If you believe resolving all problems through government to be the answer, you don't decrease the size of government. It won't happen and the Republican Party is completely neutered. Not my best work, but a fundamental difference exists between Obama and advocates of small government. Obama ignores the culture of bureaucracies, the affects of government upon economic activity, and I wonder what aspects of government control in economic sphere he does not advocate. It's unclear what position he takes relative to government injection of liquidity and capital in order to remedy the financial picture, but it appears he takes a very interventionist position. He's posturing now to avoid being tied down to any position. Obama advocates we should provide more services, i.e., Healthcare, create more bureaucracies, the health care insurance bureaucracy, at a time when we have no further resources. I guess the key is, Obama trusts more in the wisdom of regulators and bureaucrats, unelected officials, than instincts of inidviduals at large. Obama is a collectivist, whereas I trust individuals to do the right thing if properly motivated.
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He claims he had no idea about the hatred for this country that Reverend Wright spewed as Obama sat in a pew for 20 years. He's either lying or stupid. He showed his true character when he didn't know tape was rolling as he mocked those in Pennsylvania who "are bitter and cling to their religion and guns." He is all about political expediency. Moreso than Bill Clinton ever was. Obama is intelligent, well spoken (when he has a teleprompter), but he lacks experience to be POTUS and is a liar about who he really is.
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I can't speak for the rest of you, but I plan to cling tightly to both my religion and my guns.
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As do I. But if Obama gets his way, you can only cling to your gun, not use it for defense.
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