Think this is all beyond the pale?  What, then, do you make of Joe Biden’s comments that “… within the -- first six months of this administration ... we're going to face a major international challenge, 'cause they're going to want to test him…” and “I promise you, you all are going to be sitting here a year from now saying, 'Oh, my God, why are they down there in the polls, why is the polling on Obama so low, why is this thing so tough?'  We're going to have to make some incredibly tough decisions in the first two years, so I'm asking you now … be prepared to stick with us.  Remember the faith you had at this point, because you're going to have to reinforce it." ?

Just what kind of crisis, precisely, does Biden think a President Obama will face?  What “incredibly tough” and unpopular decisions would the pragmatic President Obama be willing to make to ensure that he – and his cohorts in the Congress - stayed in power?  Would he exploit a nationwide sense of fear, panic, and helplessness for his own political benefit?  What, precisely, is Biden insisting we would have to tolerate?

And we haven’t even touched on Obama’s love of gun control.  Hmmm.  Let’s see – no votes, no guns, no … chance?

Obama may be a relative unknown, but far too many of those supporting him, funding him, inspiring him, and otherwise propping him up have made no bones about their disdain for this country and their desire to bring down the entire American system.  I put nothing past them, and I think we ignore them at our peril.   At best, we will find ourselves saddled with a bloated, egotistical, economically ignorant, redistributionist government that treats American workers like pack mules, to be flogged until we collapse under the weight of an unsustainable system.  And at worst, we could be facing a form of entrenched despotism the likes of which we never imagined possible.

There was a time when Democrats in power meant a slight shift to the left, and Republicans in power meant a slight shift to the right.  Elections were relatively minor “course corrections.”  Politicians on both sides of the aisle loved this country, believed in it, wanted the best for it.  The disagreements were about the best way to accomplish what were reasonably mutual goals. 

Not anymore.

If we stay home, if we vote Democrat or third party to “send the Republicans a message” or to “punish them,” WE are the ones who will be punished.  And quite likely for a long, long time.

Think about it as you head to the polls.  The ones that matter.