The Case for Barack Obama

Excellent commentary. Thanks so much for sharing your personal insight. Once Obama becomes our president, I pray that the racists will recognize the value of UNITY to solve our nation's problems. I pray they put aside their biases and embrace the joy of being on the correct side of history.

BIAS alter your judgement

Your op-ed is excellently written, and makes a valid case for an Obama presidency, which is likely to occur due to his ability to run an effective and well funded campaign in addition to being a very gifted man. The American electorate, while being largely slightly right of center, has embraced him. While I don't discount that an Obama presidency may be a success, I am extremely doubtful, given the likely, highly left leaning congress he will inherit.

Your piece concludes with a touching mention of your 9-year-old son, about whose future you are confident. However, you are ignoring some critical facts. According to the Congressional Budget Office estimates and actual recent history, government revenues have historically been 18 to 20% of GDP. These revenues have
remained constant even after the Bush tax cuts. The Bush deficits are a result of higher than projected government spending above the 2000, and even post Bush tax cut 2003, CBO estimates. This fact is the real "failure of the Bush economic policies." Currently about half of government revenues are spent on the three main entitlement programs: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. By the time your son is 50, these program expenditures are projected to double. In order for the United States to shoulder those costs, government revenues would have to increase to 38% of GDP, according to the CBO, in order for us to continue the activities we currently pursue, such as foreign aid and having the most powerful military in the world. To create those receipts, our economy would have to grow at a rate of 10% a year. This won't happen. So the other option would be to increase taxes, increase our national debt, and curtail the role we play in the world. Increasing taxes will reduce government revenues, reduce employment, lower incomes, and, in short, will result in our being a nation with a more European style economy and role in the world. The "American Dream" of our parent's generation will not be available to the generation that follows us. Only McCain stands willing to tackle these difficult and unpopular problems. When Bush proposed in 2005 that "all options were on the table" to overhaul social security, Nancy Pelosi is quoted as saying "Not no, but Hell no." This attitude will continue with the congress Senator Obama will partner with. If a nationalized health care program and other Obama proposed government spending are added to these current entitlement programs before they are reformed, the problem will only worsen.

CBCSBA You write, "The liberals want to take God out of everything our forefathers fought for. " Read your history, ignoramus. And, before that, the Constitution. The Founders suffered from the unity of God & State, & that's why the First (not 43rd) Amendment uncoupled the two. The Founders experienced the tyranny that resulted worldwide when the State established a particular view of God as official & recoiled from that. Ever hear of the separation of Church & State, Mr. American-maybe-by-birth-only? Or maybe you think that applies to every other church but yours, whose definition of God should be the law of the land? What are you conserving, Mr. Proud-to-Call-Himself-a-Conservative? It's sure not the United States Constitution.

That's why I think it is a joke that Obama is getting a boost from this whole economic crisis. This guy is more slippery than Teflon Don! Nothing sticks! When you have unlimited resources from multi Billionaires like George soros that can buy the media for you, you can get away with murder because nobody will ever know about it! George Soros finally found a candidate that could be bought. A guy with no qualifications but with an excessive ego who actually thinks it's all about him when he is only a pawn in Soro's game to play God with the whole world and shape it to his whim! Do you know how the Obama camp is going to get more votes on election day? His task force is going to go into poor neighborhoods offering cigarettes, money and maybe even drugs to street thugs in exchange for their votes. Colin Powell is talking about his endorsement of Obama because of his "steadiness". When you are confident that the election is bought and payed for of course you are going to be "steady", whatever that means. He does not have to prove himself or do much work like he demonstrated in the last debate!

Human All Too Human. How these liberals worship at the altar of the god they have dreamed up! Nietzsche will you also turn out to be the prophet of the 21st century?

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Actually, Joshua would not have been in favor of abortion or same-sex marriage, and would probably be considered a bigot by many of today's liberals...I understand the economy is a disaster right now, but I wish conservatives would not give up on these important issues. I agree that we do need a Joshua, but just don't believe that man is Obama. he is a great speaker, but I just can't agree with his underlying far far left liberal beliefs, sorry.

Amen! John McCain is an honorable man. He should have been at least nominated for the Presidency in 2000. He was drummed out of the running by lies and innuendo. He loves America. His time is past. After eight years of decaying in the wilderness we need a Joshua to lead us in the right direction while asking for shared sacrifice. That Joshua is Barack Obama. He has the makings of a great President. I look forward o following his lead.

Excellent job at making your case for supporting Obama. Fareed Zakaria is a very balanced journalist. I thought this was an extremely well written article. The negative, narrowing campaign we've seen McCain run has made me more cynical about politics. But its people like Fareed-looking at the future we want our children to have that is inclusive, innovative, and safe that makes me feel positive about the direction we are heading. BTW-GPS is a terrific program if you want to get a better understanding of our place in the world!

Excellent job at making your case for supporting Obama. Fareed Zakaria is a very balanced journalist. I thought this was an extremely well written article. The negative, narrowing campaign we've seen McCain run has made me more cynical about politics. But its people like Fareed-looking at the future we want our children to have that is inclusive, innovative, and safe that makes me feel positive about the direction we are heading. BTW-GPS is a terrific program if you want to get a better understanding of our place in the world!

I'm not saying that I'm a huge McCain fan, but this article looses a lot of credibility when it says that neither of the candidates has any experience. All McCain has ever done is serve our country, and has TONS of experience in war and foreign affairs, which last time I checked was an issue that we are facing right now. I'm just tired of dumb reporters being so one sided - what ever happened to real journalism???