A UH-1N Huey and an AH-1W Super Cobra assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262 (REIN) land on the flight line of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). HMM-262 is preparing for Philblex 2008. www.navy.mil

Whites Of Their Eyes

"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" thus spoke William Prescott at the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. Such is the situation that McCain finds himself in as we near the end of this election campaign. The Left, the Media - print and broadcast, and of course the Democrat Party have all but written off McCain's ragtag army opposing the colossus that is Barack Hussein Obama and his ACORN auxiliaries. Even McCain's allies such as George Will and Kathleen Parker have been found scouring off the battlefield before the history-turning engagement that will erupt on November 4th, 2008 for wont of courage and hope. But before we give up the field let us review the enemy weaknesses before we decide its "all over". I have identified three fundamental problems plaguing the Obama campaign: Hillary Holdouts, the Southern Vote, and the narrow focus and meaning of Barack Obama.

Hillary Holdouts - The leftwing media have consistently neglected the division within the Democrat Party between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama during and after the bruising primaries last summer. Their voting blocks can't stand each other and clearly towards the waning days of the Democrat Primaries Hillary clearly locked up the vote for herself much to the surprise and angst of the Democrat Party. No clear winner was had during this time. Hillary demonstrated that in states that white liberal Democrats mingled with minorities such as in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Florida she completely routed Obama. In states where white liberal Democrats were in the majority and mostly did not intermingle with minorities such as in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana then Barack Obama beat her handily. This apparent dichotomy in voting patterns has been completely ignored and will likely rear its ugly and some might say "racist" head come election day in which these states may turn purple in favor of McCain. The Hillary Holdouts may not like Sarah Palin much but they despise Obama as the Democrat Usurper that he is as this should be Hillary's time as the Presidential candidate for the Democrat Party. The Left never forgets nor do they ever forgive and the feminists will let it be known on November 4th that they cannot be taken for granted.

The Southern Vote - Some things never change and in the South the idea that you could have a black man for President is pretty much a dead deal. And this year not only do we have a black man (Malloto really) running for President both democrats running for President and Vice President are Yankees to boot. Illinois and Delaware don't exactly exhibit excitement among the Southern voters whose ancestors were defeated by the North in the War Between The States. Even my own grandfather who was from Little Rock, Arkansas though a lifelong Democrat could never suffer a black man as his candidate for President no matter how liberal he may be. Then of course we have the usual catcalls from Northerners of every stripe about how stupid the South is and basically they can just write off the South as far as the electoral college is concerned. Virginia and Florida could be an exception this year but I have a cautious feeling they will fall towards John McCain. You will note that these two states have generally been infiltrated by Northerners more and more every year and hence their susceptibility to fall towards Democrat Northern control.

Narrow Focus On Race - Basically almost all black people are going to vote for Barack Obama at least as far as the polls suggest. Yes, you do have some guilty white people in the North that feel "bad" that black people were enslaved so long ago and were brought to the New World aboard their Yankee clipper/cargo ships and thus must feel compelled to do the "right thing". Unless of course they are far left liberals in which case black or white they support Obama. However, beyond those two demographics, has Obama truly crossed other ethnic lines and brought Asians, Hispanics, Jews and Westerners aboard his candidacy? I say that he has not and this is actually his Achilles Heel. Though he complains that McCain is using the "race card" it is he who in fact utilizes that canard all the time. The feigned shock whenever Obama is criticized for his policies and attributing these perfectly legitimate objections to "racism" is clearly designed to silence the opposition and castigate them as the new "KKK". The people that Obama has associated himself with are nearly anti-white or anti-American from Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Father Phleger, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and of course the now infamous Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam. In our society with its multifaceted racial makeup it is very dangerous to focus on just race alone. Most people reject race hustlers and that includes Democrats of all stripes and they will ultimately, I believe, reject Barack Hussein Obama in spite of his illegal ACORN activities to spike the vote in his favor.

In the end its up to the American People to make the final decision. Do we want to embrace Chicago style politics or do we want to rid ourselves of the corrupt and acidic atmosphere that is now so pervasive in Washington D.C.? Is it even possible? Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin have demonstrated in their own lives as public servants that they did not cozy up to their party bosses but actually opposed them. This cannot be said for Senators Obama and Biden.

And so we wait...

Paradigm Shift In Reverse

Are we in a paradigm shift? Has history returned to the point it left off in 1929 or perhaps even 1914? Now, granted I speak rhetorically here because history was indeed made in those years but what I mean is history going back in reverse? First, we had the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and then the Great Depression followed. Then we got FDR elected into office and the beginning of America's devolution into socialist government-lite with Social Security and big government programs. Then we got World War II and America after struggling from her high position became the Western Atlas holding up the "Free" world and it has been this way ever since 1945.

Now, it appears everything is in reverse. We just came out of the Cold War victorious and had a genial interregnum of peace during the 1990's (1945-1950) in which America was numeral Uno. No one could come close to our economic, political, military, cultural and industrial power and influence in the entire world. Then came 9/11 (1939-1945) and the infamous attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. We then waged a symmetrical and asymmetrical global war against terrorism and the states that sponsor terrorists. It has often and I might add erroneously compared to WWII however it was global in scale much like WWII. The amount of money to wage this war has been astronomical. Like World War II the technology used has been otherworldly with the advent of UAV's and GPS guided missiles and artillery rounds and of course robots deployed in EOD operations in the War On Terror. Now, we have entered a very serious economic crisis which it too is global in scale (1929-1939) which threatens the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as our current commitments in Europe and Asia as the policeman in those regions. Now, we are on the precipice of electing a President that either will increase exponentially government control (FDR - 1932) or a President that will not merely cut taxes but actually cut "spending" (1920's).

Senator McCain often likes to compare himself to a Teddy Roosevelt instead of an FDR type which in itself is quite revealing. If I'm correct in the ramifications of the current situation and we are indeed moving in reverse historically at least in America then McCain is to Teddy Roosevelt as America today is to the early 20th Century! In other words, America is returning whether it likes it or not back to where we came from which is small government control which in turn means our complete retreat from the world as the Atlas of the Western World. If McCain/Palin are true to their words and if they are elected come November then its quite possible America will have to reverse course in the world politically and militarily because financially we cannot sustain our current "three trillion dollar" government operating budget and continue on the course that was set out for us nearly 100 years ago by none other than Teddy Roosevelt himself!

This may very well spell the end of America's "experiment" with FDR(that other Roosevelt) big brother government because we simply can't afford it! And Obama wants to expand government control over the health sector of America? Do you realize that is at least another TRILLION dollar boondoggle or worse if we go down that route? Then there is the misnomer known to us as Social Security that is the next big shoe to drop in the financial arena that will completely destroy whats left of our "solvent" financial situation if there is any monies left after all is said and done in regards to the bailout.

Naturally, not everything will be an exact anti-type to the events of history nearly 100 years ago but America's contraction throughout the world economically, politically, militarily and culturally will bring, I suspect, America "home again". This doesn't necessarily mean we will have commerce WITH borders as the concept of commerce WITHOUT borders is now out of Pandora's box but America will no longer be the colossus on the world stage that it once was since 1945.

Of course, I could be wrong.