Worst of All

Obama is returning us to the bygone days of "guns and butter", punishing initiative and entrepreneurship in the flagging economy, appeasing our enemies, and betraying US allies. We have had leaders in the Oval Office who grew our government, notably Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, but we have never had a leader so hostile to the free market. Obama invokes "Wall Street"and "bankers"as calumny. This invective is unprecedented as previous leaders have always recognized that without a thriving financial sector, you can't have a thriving country. Raising taxes has never eased recession, only exacerbated them. Russia has been thrilled with Obama because they see him as an easy mark. North Korea and Iran are rattling sabers;Obama is showing weakness that invites aggression. Even the Iraq drawdown will feed Tehran's adventurism. The Czech Republic and Poland had agreed to host US missile defense against rogue states (i.e. North Korea and Iran again), even though Russia claimed this was provacative. Now, Obama will leave the US exposed to a first strike and our allies in the former Eastern Bloc at Russia's mercy. Another great American ally Israel is being sold out not by Secretary of State Clinton who is not calling the shots after all, but Obama. Carter seems to have won his second term.