The cry is "racist".

It seems lately I'm using my blog to express my political opinions. Since, as a pastor, I get to openly declare my thoughts on Jesus regularly in church, maybe this is the only place I can share political thoughts, so bare with me again...

There are real issues at stake this election, but people who don’t understand how the economy works, when backed into a corner seem to cry “racist” instead of standing toe to toe on the issues, they attack you personally by calling you a racist. The issue is that Barrack Obama has a real voting record that is easy for anyone to find on the internet. Just simply Google “Obama voting record” and it’s easy to see what he is for and what he is against (if he decided to show up for the vote). It is a matter of public record that Obama has more non-votes since he’s been in the US Senate than votes. He voted “present” 130 times in the Illinois State Senate. It is a matter of public record that he voted 3 times against a bill to ban live birth abortion. It is a matter of public record that he votes in lock step with the liberals (pro abortion, pro taxes, pro socialized medicine, pro big government, anti military, anti 2nd amendment, on and on and on) of course, that is if he shows up to vote. He voted against the surge that McCain pushed and that turned the tide in Iraq. He is against drilling, against Nuclear power and against clean coal. These are all a matter of public record.

It is a matter of public record that he has never led anything and he wants his first leadership experience to be in the White House. He has never administrated a budget for anything except his campaigns. He has not authored one piece of legislation. If you look at his economic plan, it is socialist at best and communist at worst. At any rate it is the socialist idea of wealth redistribution.

His close friends include a terrorist William Ayers who launched his political career. He is close to the anti American Rev Wright who shouts “not God bless America; God D__n America” and blames the US for not only the 911 attacks, but for the AIDS epidemic and for many other outlandish claims.

These are facts, but if you bring these things up, people don’t argue with you over the facts. They call you a racist. It is not racist to love your country and simply not want the US to become the next failed experiment in socialism. The best non-partisan economists warn of not only recession, but an economic depression if Obama’s economic plan is enacted.

Bring any of this up to an Obama supporter and you will not get a discourse on the issues, because they are largely unaware of the facts, but you will get personally attacked as a bigot, a racist or out of touch with the rest of society.

What I would like to ask is why can’t we disagree without calling our disagreement on issues hatred? I’m increasingly tired of not being able to discuss real issues that are important to all of us. If you disagree with anyone on the left they accuse you of hate speech. It’s really not hatred to want immigrants to immigrate legally. We are a nation of laws. We need to uphold those laws. There is a logical disconnect on the left because they know that the facts on all of these issues are not on their side. My wife immigrated legally (she was Canadian until July of this year). Other people can too. What is wrong and what is hateful about saying that? I don’t get it.

I don’t know why people have to behave like small children, who when they run out of logical ammunition and start name calling when they find themselves in a losing argument. The more the left accuses everyone of racism, or bigotry, or being out of touch or of hate speech, the more I hear children fighting on a playground. The louder they shout, just hear the truth. They are shouting and throwing a tantrum because the truth and the facts are not on their side. Scripture says, “you will know the truth and the truth will set you free”. All I want to know and discuss is the truth. We don’t need spin and empty slogans and gotcha moments. We need the truth. I’m tired of hearing people’s words taken out of context. Let’s speak the truth in love and if someone disagrees with us, let’s discuss the facts in a grown up fashion. We have the truth on our side. No need for name calling. That’s just my opinion.

Until later,

Don