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!

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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.

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.

This campaign is notable principally because of the participants. The fact that one candidate is black and the other a woman overwhelms Old Media coverage, and so it is the responsibility of New Media to uncover the facts and provide analysis of the candidates’ policies.

What is clear is the lack of attention to foreign and defense policy this election cycle. We know McCain’s excellent record on these issues, but we do not know Obama’s. His campaign will only cast foreign and defense policy in a general light, as one would expect. In the past, the Old Media would have labored to tell us. Not so anymore. The cheerleaders for Obamessiah would not be caught dead investigating his policies. The American people suffer for their lack of professionalism.

Were he elected, Obama will face key foreign and defense policy challenges. How will he address the growth in Chinese military power? What are his policies on Taiwan? Will Obama protect Taiwan from Chinese coercion? Or will his election embolden the PRC’s leadership?

How will he respond to Russia’s increasing aggressiveness? What about the commitment to Europe? How will stop North Korean proliferation? Will the next president reverse the decline in America’s strategic forces?  This is only the beginning of the list of important policy decisions that will have to be made.

We know that each new president is tested by America’s foes. I feel comfortable with McCain’s ability to respond. I do not with Obama’s. Nor should other Americans. He has some excellent advisors, but the bench is not deep. If he is elected, it is certain that his inexperienced advisors will make many mistakes as they come up to speed and as reality forces them to abandon their policies.

In the meantime, America’s foes China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela will test the inexperienced president. It did not have to come to this. And may not, if Americans make the right choice on November 4^th.

Q: Are we witnessing the end of the Republican Party’s 40-year cycle of power, as Chalmers Johnson says in The Nation?

A: I’ve written that. I think what is killing the Republican Party is the alteration of the electorate. You have to remember when we put this Nixon coalition together, probably 92 percent of the electorate was white. African-Americans were probably 7 percent, if that, because they didn’t vote in the South, and the rest was 1 percent. Now the white population is down to 66 percent and in voting terms it’s probably not much more than say 75 percent.

Republican (strategy) is (based on winning) the white vote. Nixon and Reagan won it by 67 and 64 percent and that simply was enough to win the election. But now you’ve got to do more than that. You’ve got to start getting some of these other minorities to put together a coalition and eventually, by the time as we move closer to the center of the century, if you got every white vote in the country, you couldn’t win on that alone. (laughs) And we can’t get them all! (laughs) Let me tell you this to make a flat statement: Foolishly, the Republican Party is condoning the importation of a brand new electorate which will doom the Republican Party.

Q: And that is?

A: This new electorate? Ninety percent of the immigrants coming in are from Third World countries and every single minority population which comes from the Third World votes Democratic — anywhere from 60 percent to 95 percent. These folks are predominately poor — and they believe in government. And the reason they believe in government is the best of reasons for them; they get more out of it than they pay in. The bottom 30 percent in income in the United States doesn’t pay any income taxes at all, I don’t think. When Barack Obama says we’re going to hit the top 5 percent (of income earners), the top 5 percent pay 60 percent of all income taxes.

Buchanan is right that immigration has had a profound impact on both parties. The Nixon and Reagan coalitions are in decline. That is bad news for the Republican Party. The opposite is true for the Democrats. Immigration, legal and illegal, has been their not-so-secret weapon. Immigration, especially from poor countries helps the Democrats in the way Buchanan identifies, but also ensures a permanent welfare state. So, the Democratic coalition is growing in strength.

The Republicans are in decline because their core constituency is.

John McCain has many strengths, but he is a Democrat in all but name on the immigration issue. The Republican Party needs to look elsewhere for a leader to reverse their decline. More on this important topic later.