The Deception Factor

I have to wonder how all those voters who put their faith and their vote behind Obama in those early primaries are feeling now? They voted for a virtually unknown man; a newcomer to the political arena. A man who said it wasn’t about race, yet his candidacy has shown that the wide race divide is still with us.

I am a person who always does her “due diligence.” I research and shop around to get the best price and quality on the cars, appliances, electronics and most of my major purchases. I would never dream of casting my vote for the person to hold the highest office in our country without knowing what he was about.

Yet hundreds of thousands of Americans became sheep following this pied piper who told his fairy tales of dreams and fantasy as a cover-up for his lack of experience and political knowledge.

Most of the media also got caught up in the hypnotic rhymes coming from this pied piper’s flute. They also blindly supported an unknown commodity. What ever happened to investigative journalism? There was no one investigating Obama and his beliefs in the beginning of his campaign.

But, just like all damaged goods, once you start looking under the outer packaging, you start to discover the problems with this less than perfect item…which brings me to the point of this column.

What are all those voters thinking now? I would love to be able to speak to all those early primary Obama voters. Those voters who cast their ballots before the Resko, Ayers and Rev. Wright scandals came to disrupt the magical music of this pied piper. Do they feel deceived? Would they change their votes if they could vote again with this new knowledge?

And the most important question of all: If Obama gets the nomination, will those voters go to the polls in November showing their disillusionment and anger by voting for McCain? Maybe they will just stay home. Either way, John McCain wins.

I now ask the Super Delegates, many of whom seem to still be under the spell of this pied piper, are you brave enough to vote for a delegate who actually can win the general election, or are you not hearing the true will of the people?

Many of these delegates keep saying they will vote they way their state did.

Wake up people! Those voters were deceived and are angry!

Look at the current polls. Those early votes are no longer their will. The will of those voters is showing up in every new poll and every primary that takes place since the pied piper’s music started to go off key. Voters are turning away from Obama. They are shaking that magical music out of their ears and are thinking clearly and realizing that anyone who has such poor judgment about his associates and close ties can not have good judgment when it comes to dealing with the futures and the lives of the American people.

Come on, Super Delegates, get a few Q-Tips, clear out that hypnotic music and see what is going on with Obama. He can not win if nominated.

The GOP will eat him up like a pack of ravenous lions.

He has too many skeletons in his closet with more to come, because we all know how good the GOP is at finding dirt on someone.

Are you really willing to hand the election to McCain? If so, go ahead and nominate your golden boy. But if you value your own political careers, you might want to jump off this sinking ship before all the lifeboats leave.

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