Archive for October, 2008

Oct
31
Turnout is key to this election.  The polls are heavily weighted for a massive Democrat turnout that, so far, is not occurring.  See Jim Geraghty over at National Review Online for a summary of whats happening in Florida: "And Republicans continued to show a traditional strength, leading 50 percent to the ...
Oct
29

Conservative Leaders Needed

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Conservatism - No Comments

Conservative governance flows from the recognition that individual liberty and freedom are the core ingredients that drive prosperity.  Not simple financial success, but spiritual, creative, individually determined success.  When governments have tried in the past to centrally plan the lives of their citizens, the results have been largely catastrophic.  Central ...
Oct
28

Dean Barnett, R.I.P.

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Conservatism - No Comments

Dean Barnett has passed away and the world is better as a result of his life.  I did not know Dean personally but corresponded with him occassionaly via e-mail.  I had a little in common with Dean--- we were both conservatives in Massachusetts, both Red Sox fans and both the ...
Oct
27

Socialist

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Presidential Politics - No Comments

As if to erase any doubt that Barack Obama adheres to the Socialist mantra, there is now a YouTube audio (h/t The Drudge Report) of him continuing to lament the lack of redistributionist policies in the United States.  In addition to the economic redistribution issues, Senator Obama is in favor ...
Oct
25

Crisis

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Economy, Military, Presidential Politics - No Comments

The international crisis that Joe Biden guaranteed with an Obama presidency will happen.  The international goon squads recognize what, apparently, so many of our fellow countrymen do not.  Barack Obama is a surrender waiting to happen.  This goes beyond just the preservation of human life and individual liberty.  One of ...
Oct
24

Market Reaction

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Economy, Presidential Politics - No Comments

It is my belief that the markets are reacting to the possibility of an Obama presidency being piled onto the already tight credit markets.  The thought of the executive and legislative branches of the United States Government being controlled by liberals, who are bent on increased government spending, massive increases ...
Oct
24

Charles Krauthammer

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Presidential Politics - No Comments

In today's National Review Online, Dr. Krauthammer summarizes the rationale behind his support of John McCain.  Some key paragraphs, but please read the whole article linked above: "The case for McCain is straightforward. The financial crisis has made us forget, or just blindly deny, how dangerous the world out there is. ...
Oct
23

Dead Heat

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Presidential Politics - No Comments

This IBD/TIPP poll shows a statistical dead heat with a lot of movement toward McCain over the past three days.  This thing is far from over and 'The One' may be feeling a righteous wind at his back, but McCain has the momentum: ( Click on the poll for a ...
Oct
22

Early Voting in Florida

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Presidential Politics - No Comments

Having participated in early voting today in Florida, the experience was a different one than in the past. First, the line to get verified was approximately ten deep when I arrived and had swollen to twenty deep by the time I exited the polling place ( Approximately 3:30 p.m. ).  Once ...
Oct
22

Liberal Control of Washington

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Presidential Politics - No Comments

A short list of some of the immediate policy changes and consequences that we will have to look forward to if liberals control the executive and legislative branches of government: As Joe Biden has warned us ( Hat Tip to Michelle Malkin ), President Obama, whose weakness is pronounced, will be ...