In presidential politics, party dominance is cyclical. Look at 1896-1932, then 1932-1968, then 1968-2008. Republican dominance over the past 40 years (the exceptions being one term for Jimmy Carter and two for Bill Clinton) grew out of a reaction to the 1960s. It was rooted in the power of the white male vote. But that voting bloc is shrinking while emerging Democratic constituencies are projected to grow in size and voting strength. To put it simply, every shrinking demographic is Republican and every growing one is Democratic.

This is a problem not only in the United States, but is for almost all parties of the political Right in Western countries. To put it mildly, the consequences of this have not been thought through by these parties or their populations.

“Where Liberty Dwells, there is my country.”  Benjamin Franklin

Well, it is not your country anymore Ben.

We now have a President whose political principles are closer to Lenin’s than Lincoln’s.

The erosion of liberty in the United States has happened since FDR, accelerated by Johnson, Carter, and Clinton, will continue unabated under Obama. Liberty is eroded slowly, and never openly. It will always be done in the name of the American people, for their safety, for the collective good.

A note on tolerance: Seven years after 9/11, when we were attacked by Muslim terrorists, we elect a President named Barack Hussein Obama. This would never happen in Russia, France, Japan, or Kenya. Americans are a supremely tolerant people. That is often a great virtue. In this case, it is more than folly.

Please read the document, which is available in pdf.

Two things are remarkable about this vile, anti-American book.  First, it shows just how far the United States has moved to the Left since its publication in 1974.  What was radical thought then is now taught in elementary schools and high schools, and reflected in popular culture.  Precisely what these Marxist-Leninists wanted:  They knew the power of ideas, education, and popular culture.  That’s why Bill Ayers is a professor of education.  Second, its authors started Barack Obama’s political career.  What did they see in him to attract their attention?

Every President works to impose his beliefs on the country.  We have with Obama a committed Leftist.  He will labor to impose his socialist beliefs on the country, facilitated by a Democratic Congress, Court system, and Old Media.

We should know a President’s values, we do not with Obama.  And the Old Media will not compel him to do so by confronting him.  A man’s values do not simply appear.  They are the product of his associations and beliefs held over time.  The values of Obama’s associates and political backers are revealed in Prairie Fire.  We may infer that his are as well.  Obama will never admit to being a socialist.  He, and the Democratic Party are much too clever for that.  His rhetoric and policies will move the country in that direction, all the while claiming that they are 100% American and done to advance American values and political principles.

Reject the Weather Underground!  Reject socialism!  Reject Obama!  Vote for America!  Vote for America’s principles!  Vote for John McCain!

Please turn out to vote on Tuesday, November 4th.  The election is not lost, not by a long shot, but it will be close.  Every McCain vote is needed, so please vote.

Benjamin Franklin

One more reason to vote against Obama, and for John McCain.

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OK, let’s just get this over with: Yes, in the closing weeks of this election, John McCain and Sarah Palin are getting hosed in the press, and at Politico.

And, yes, based on a combined 35 years in the news business we’d take an educated guess — nothing so scientific as a Pew study — that Obama will win the votes of probably 80 percent or more of journalists covering the 2008 election. Most political journalists we know are centrists — instinctually skeptical of ideological zealotry — but with at least a mild liberal tilt to their thinking, particularly on social issues.

So what?

The contempt for the American people is too much to be believed.  Let us remember this.

If McCain loses it is important to convey to conservatives the causes of his loss and the factors that contributed to it. This is particularly important because the Democrats and the Party’s public relations branch, the media, will spin the causes of Obama’s victory and seek to mask the very real concerns Americans had about him. In essence, Conservatives must about this election not only in terms of 2012, but also in terms of how it will be taught in public schools in 2028, the first presidential election for those born today.

I have no doubt that what is taught in public schools in the year 2028 will be closer to indoctrination than truth. The expected victory of Obama will be touted as a sea change in American history. It will be, but not for the reasons the Leftists who control the public schools think. It was because it accelerated America’s movement along the path to socialism

In this post, I want to convey some essential points about the Republican candidate John McCain. McCain has many strengths as a man and as a politician. His experience is second to none, a war hero, an individual of tremendous character. His knowledge of defense, foreign policy, intelligence issues is unsurpassed. His grasp of domestic issues is sound. He is often criticized for allegedly not having a profound knowledge of economic issues, but McCain does.

Simply put: There is no individual better suited to be President of the United States.  And he should be President.

While his virtues far outweighed his vices, the McCain campaign did have bad luck and it did make some mistakes.

The Misfortune: They happen in every campaign–domestic or international events will favor one or the other candidate. This time, and absent any action by al Qaeda, Obama benefited greatly. The financial crisis scared home owners and the public at large. It also played to the Democrats’ traditional strength. The crisis took away McCain’s lead in the polls.

The Mistakes: The selection of Sarah Palin was a big one. She did not energize the base to degree the campaign expected. She did not deliver a key State, as another candidate would have. A second major mistake was to keep the racist Rev. Wright off the table as a campaign issue was another.  At a fundamental level, the Republican Party’s base never fully trusted McCain, despite the selection of Palin.  It remains to be seen how this will influence turnout on November 4th.

Finally, McCain was the darling of the Old Media, until he ran against Obama, and then he found out that his privileged status is not fungible against their Darling, The One, The Obamessiah.

The traditional media is playing a very, very dangerous game. With its readers, with the Constitution, and with its own fate.

The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this election campaign is not just bewildering, but appalling. And over the last few months I’ve found myself slowly moving from shaking my head at the obvious one-sided reporting, to actually shouting at the screen of my television and my laptop computer.

But worst of all, for the last couple weeks, I’ve begun — for the first time in my adult life — to be embarrassed to admit what I do for a living. A few days ago, when asked by a new acquaintance what I did for a living, I replied that I was “a writer”, because I couldn’t bring myself to admit to a stranger that I’m a journalist.

His dismay is profound:

But nothing, nothing I’ve seen has matched the media bias on display in the current Presidential campaign. Republicans are justifiably foaming at the mouth over the sheer one-sidedness of the press coverage of the two candidates and their running mates. But in the last few days, even Democrats, who have been gloating over the pass – no, make that shameless support – they’ve gotten from the press, are starting to get uncomfortable as they realize that no one wins in the long run when we don’t have a free and fair press. I was one of the first people in the traditional media to call for the firing of Dan Rather – not because of his phony story, but because he refused to admit his mistake – but, bless him, even Gunga Dan thinks the media is one-sided in this election.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of those people who think the media has been too hard on, say, Gov. Palin, by rushing reportorial SWAT teams to Alaska to rifle through her garbage. This is the Big Leagues, and if she wants to suit up and take the field, then Gov. Palin better be ready to play. The few instances where I think the press has gone too far – such as the Times reporter talking to Cindy McCain’s daughter’s MySpace friends – can easily be solved with a few newsroom smackdowns and temporary repostings to the Omaha Bureau.

No, what I object to (and I think most other Americans do as well) is the lack of equivalent hardball coverage of the other side – or worse, actively serving as attack dogs for Senators Obama and Biden. If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as President of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography. That isn’t Sen. Obama’s fault: his job is to put his best face forward. No, it is the traditional media’s fault, for it alone (unlike the alternative media) has had the resources to cover this story properly, and has systematically refused to do so.

Why, for example to quote McCain’s lawyer, haven’t we seen an interview with Sen. Obama’s grad school drug dealer – when we know all about Mrs. McCain’s addiction? Are Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko that hard to interview? All those phony voter registrations that hard to scrutinize? And why are Senator Biden’s endless gaffes almost always covered up, or rationalized, by the traditional media?

The absolute nadir (though I hate to commit to that, as we still have two weeks before the election) came with Joe the Plumber. Middle America, even when they didn’t agree with Joe, looked on in horror as the press took apart the private life of an average person who had the temerity to ask a tough question of a Presidential candidate. So much for the Standing Up for the Little Man, so much for Speaking Truth to Power, so much for Comforting the Afflicted and Afflicting the Comfortable, and all of those other catchphrases we journalists used to believe we lived by.

Thank you Mr. Malone!

Less than two weeks before the election, almost all of the publicly available polls are pointing to his loss.

If McCain loses it is important to convey to conservatives the causes of his loss and the factors that contributed to it. This is particularly important because the Democrats and the Party’s public relations branch, the media, will spin the causes of Obama’s victory and seek to mask the very real concerns Americans had about him. In essence, Conservatives must about this election not only in terms of 2012, but also in terms of how it will be taught in public schools in 2028, the first presidential election for those born today.

Over the next few days, I will address certain causes and reflections as “Notes to a Future Conservative.”

Any discussion of a McCain loss has to begin by recognizing that the Left owns the public sphere. So Republicans will always have the wind in their faces. They will be made fun of on comedy shows, lampooned and attacked in the press. Democrats will always have the wind on their backs with following seas.

The Bias of the Media Was Stunning. The bias of the Old Media was known, but it was so overwhelming that it could not be combated. They did all that they could to get Obama elected. They ignored his mistakes or gaffes. They did not investigate him. So Obama’s associations with socialists, domestic terrorists, and potential corruption were not investigated effectively. Fox News tried but it was not sufficient. Although New Media had greater diversity of thought, Obama had strong support among them.

In sum, the Media were never more partisan in a modern U.S. presidential election. They did not vet Obama. They completely abandoned their obligation to voters. They should be seen for what almost all of them are: a branch of the Democratic Party.

Voter Fraud. Voter fraud was known in Ohio and Indiana. Michelle Malkin’s website did an excellent job covering voter fraud conducted by allies of the Democratic Party, particularly ACORN, which is being investigated by the FBI.  Were Obama to win, that investigation will not go anywhere.  There are reports that voter fraud is particularly significant in absentee voting.  We have yet to see its impact in the election but we expect it to be significant.