We Interrupt The McBama Show To Bring You This Important Announcement

September 23, 2008 1 Comment Tags: , , .

Think the D’s and R’s are as different as night and day? It’s okay, you’re not alone, that’s what they’ve conditioned you to think.

“The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can ‘throw the rascals out’ at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.”

- Carroll Quigley from “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in our Time:”

Of the 31 Senate votes during the 110th Congressional session which the Washington Post considered “key votes”:

Senator Barack Obama: Voted on 29 of the 31 total votes, voting with Senator McCain 41.38% of the time.

Senator John McCain: Voted on 25 of the 31 total votes, voting with Senator Obama 48.00% of the time.

That means they voted together an average of 44.69% of the time. This is where the term “Republocrats” and “Democrans” comes in.

Deeply disturbed by those numbers, I decided to do a little digging and compile some of my results. What can I say, I’m a big fan of bulleted lists. I hope this will shed a little light on the complete falsity of the left/right paradigm.

What do Senator Obama and Senator McCain have in common?

Here are a few notable similarities, in no particular order:

  1. Both McCain and Obama have voted REPEATEDLY to fund the Iraq war, and voted against a withdrawal timeline.
  2. Both McCain and Obama voted for the unconstitutional and grossly misnamed Patriot Act.
  3. Both McCain and Obama voted against the 4th Amendment by voting for the recent FISA legislation.
  4. Both McCain and Obama advocate leaving “all options on the table” regarding Iran. Neither will rule out the possibility of a “pre-emptive” strike.
  5. Both McCain and Obama support the continuing existence of the economically devastating Federal Reserve System (which may have something to do with the next two items on the list.)
  6. Both McCain and Obama have banking, investment, securities, and real estate companies as top campaign contributors (http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/moneyweb.php?cycle=2008).
  7. Both McCain and Obama have received HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars in donations from Citigroup (largest bank in the U.S.), JP Morgan & Chase (3rd largest bank in the U.S.), and Goldman Sachs (global investment bank).
  8. Both McCain and Obama support the federal income tax.
  9. Both McCain and Obama have missed over 15% of Senate votes — Obama missed 306 votes (24%) since Jan 6, 2005, McCain missed 738 votes (18%) since Feb 4, 1993.
  10. Both McCain and Obama support Bush’s unconstitutional faith-based initiatives funding, a program that funnels federal tax-payer money to religious charities for social services.
  11. Both McCain and Obama voted for the Congressional Pay Raise Amendment.
  12. Both McCain and Obama voted in support of amnesty for illegal immigrants (Second Immigration Act of 2007).
  13. Both McCain and Obama are members of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
  14. Both McCain and Obama are strong supporters of AIPAC and Israel.
  15. Both McCain and Obama’s economic plans call for increased federal spending and unbalanced budgets.
  16. Both McCain and Obama have voted for tax increases.
  17. Both McCain and Obama have voted against the second amendment in some form or another.
  18. Both McCain and Obama would address “global warming” with a cap-and-trade policy (i.e. more gov’t. regulation, i.e. carbon tax) to limit domestic greenhouse gas emissions.
  19. Both McCain and Obama support UN resolutions over U.S. sovereignty.
  20. Both McCain and Obama support unconstitutional and costly U.S. imperialism.
  21. Both McCain and Obama have supported legislation that would have eased federal restrictions on human embryonic stem-cell research.
  22. Both McCain and Obama voted to confirm Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State.
  23. Both McCain and Obama voted to confirm Michael Chertoff as Secretary of Homeland Security.
    Chertoff, a proponent of water-board torture, an individual connected to the financing of 9/11 and the man behind the round-up of thousands of people of Middle-Eastern descent following 9/11.
  24. Both McCain and Obama voted to confirm John “Death Squad” Negroponte as Director of National Intelligence.
    In Central America, John Negroponte was connected to death squads that murdered nuns and children in sizable quantities. He is suspected of instigating death squads while in Iraq, resulting in the current insurgency.
  25. Both McCain and Obama voted to confirm pro-war Robert M. Gates to be Secretary of Defense.
    Gates is a supporter of Bush’s policies of pre-emptive war and conquest of foreign countries.

There you have it folks! So— here’s your NEW voting guide:

  • If war is your #1 issue: sorry, but they both have no problem funding it and have no plans on ending it any time soon. And if you liked Iraq, you’ll love Iran!
  • If the economy is your #1 issue: sorry, but they both think the Federal Reserve is a great thing to have, and don’t want to hear your complaints about inflation and banking bailouts.
  • If limited government is your #1 issue: sorry, but they both LOVE unbalanced budgets and increased debt.
  • If abortion is your #1 issue: sorry, but neither of them uphold a truly pro-life stance.
  • If the environment is your #1 issue: sorry, but both candidates want to start taxing you every time you exhale.
  • If the Constitution is your #1 issue: sorry, but both candidates appear to have never read the U.S. Constitution.

I know what you’re thinking: Crap! Well, what are my options then?

Simple— Vote third party.

This might be breaking news to some, but you’ve also got Chuck Baldwin, Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney, and Bob Barr to pick from on November 4th. I’m willing to bet at least one of those four coincides more with your beliefs than McCain or Obama.

Don’t settle for the lesser of two evils, because in the end you’re still choosing evil. Don’t think “but this election is especially important, I have to vote for ____ or else, ::gasp:: ____ might get in!” That’s what they say EVERY election! If you don’t stand up and vote your conscience now, when will you?

Did our ancestors fight the American Revolution so you could casually throw away your vote on some guy you don’t really support all that much but kind of sort of like a little more than that other guy who’s kinda sort of a little tiny bit different on one issue? I don’t think so.

Grow a pair. Vote third party.

Please feel free to correct me on any of these items. Also, please feel free to add to this list, I know I’m missing many items. This will of course be a work in progress, so check back for updates.

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