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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Douglas MacKinnon :: Townhall.com Columnist
Only YOU Can Stop the Hate-Driven Far-Left and... Save Your Country
by Douglas MacKinnon
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Will Sarah Palin make a run at the GOP Nomination in 2012?


            To paraphrase world renowned environmentalist Smokey the Bear, only YOU can stop the hate-filled liberals, their unethical handmaidens in the media, and protect your nation in the process.

            When asked several months ago, why he might be considering voting for and supporting the Republican nominee for President, Connecticut now-Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman said quite simply and truthfully, “because this is the most important election of my lifetime.”

            Joe Lieberman was born during the middle of World War II.  He has lived through the Korean War, the Cold War, and Vietnam.  With that life and experience behind him, he still said what he said.  Why?  In a word, terrorism.

            Contrary to the smug and biased beliefs of the liberal media, the American electorate is astute and up on its current events. Voters recognize that terrorism is not only the defining issue of our time, but one that will most likely be with them for the rest of their lives. With that understanding, most of these voters -- like Lieberman -- know that no one will be stronger or tougher on the issue of terrorism than John McCain.

            In conversations I've had with past Pentagon colleagues as well as some of the current crop, a recurring worry has been relayed to me. It is this: If Barack Obama wins the White House, what happens to the Bush doctrine of basically killing these terrorists where they stand?

            The biggest fear of many of these Pentagon and military officials is a fully reconstituted al-Qaeda -- or other terrorist organizations that have sworn to strike deep into the heart of the United States with nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. What, they wonder, will happen, if -- in conjunction with canceling the Patriot Act and ending or curtailing many of the tools needed to monitor those who have promised to kill us -- a President Obama decides that the Bush doctrine against terrorism is morally or ethically objectionable?  Should that happen, how long before these terrorist groups are back to full-strength?

            With John McCain, most of these Pentagon and military officials — and most of the American people — know exactly what they are getting. They know they would be getting a president for whom war is not a theoretical or academic exercise.  But rather, a part of his life experience and wisdom.

            The hate-filled liberals and their propagandists in the media understand that as well.  They know, that with regard to the defining issue of our times, John McCain makes Barack Obama look like the highly inexperienced “Professional Candidate” that he’s become.

            So, to divert the attention of the American electorate away from the obviously unqualified Obama and this critical issue, the far-left and their assistants in the media, have recklessly decided to strike out from their home base in the gutter and shamelessly -- but entirely predictably -- attack Governor Sarah Palin and her daughter.

            If you had started an office pool to guess as to when liberal “feminists” would falsely smear the accomplished Governor from Alaska, you would not have even had a chance to flip over the hour-glass before the attacks began.  Spearheading the assaults were Maureen Dowd of The New York Times and Sally Quinn of The Washington Post. Continued...

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Douglas MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official and author of the forthcoming novel, The Apocalypse Directive.

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Sorry for my last comment...
It was driven by the fear this article inspired in my heart.

TX girl
I doubt many liberal democrats paid much attention to the Repupblican convention, except for the rioting protesters, presumably Obama supporters. (over a thousand arrested) If you did see it, you saw a few hecklers and hate-filled demonstraters trying to disrupt the convention.

I did not see this happen in Denver when they were worshipping Barack Hussein Obama.

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