We know what Big Media says the polls say. Ever since Big Media launched its all-out attack on McCain/Palin, shortly after she was named his running mate, the polls have swung back in Obama’s favor [remember, these are polls often based on samplings of 1,000 people or less, with the number of Democrats, Republicans and independents included not usually publicized].
Big Media has tried its best to create the impression that Obama is not really the extreme liberal–or leftist–that he really is, and that he’s really just a "moderate" candidate calling for needed "change."
That would be Big Media’s "Big Lie"–that Obama is a "moderate." We don’t think that 45%, or 47%, or 49% of the people in this country are "leftists" or even liberals. For some reason, according to Big Media’s polls, that percentage of Americans supposedly favor the candidate of the Far Left.
Therefore, we decided to offer the "test" below...if you support Obama, or are seriously entertaining the notion of voting for him, but claim that you aren’t really that "liberal," or that he isn’t, then you need to be honest with yourself–yes, he is "that liberal," and he is the candidate of the Far Left. Are you? If you are not, then how can you possibly justify voting for him? Don’t be mistaken, we know you have the right to vote for whom you please, and we are thankful for that right. But, use the right wisely, and consider the issues in the campaign, and not just the "aura" created by Big Media and it’s candidate’s campaign.
If you were a Hillary Clinton supporter, we imagine you recognize that Big Media was as much "in the tank" for Obama when he faced Clinton as it is for Obama now as he faces McCain. We think many of you would find more common ground with McCain/Palin than Obama/Biden, especially given the following.
If you are not supporting Obama/Biden, but know someone who is or is contemplating doing so, please send them this column, which is from the website www.BoycottBigMedia.com
With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, we offer the following:
If you’ve ever passed out and/or cried at an Obama rally...
You might be a leftist.
If you’ve ever registered the same people to vote over and over and over, or don’t think that is such a big deal...
You might be a leftist.
If you think the majority of the media is "just fine" and "objective" in its "reporting" of this election season...
You might be a leftist.
If you think ACORN is a "non-partisan" group that is just sincerely trying to "help" people, and rightfully receives boatloads of your tax dollars to assist them in those fine efforts...
You might be a leftist.
If you think the media should "investigate" Joe the Plumber, while remaining "ho-hum" [yawn] regarding ACORN, the many allegations of fraud associated with it, and Obama’s long history with that group...
You might be a leftist.
If you find nothing suspicious about having more registered voters in a county than there were people counted in the last census...
You might be a leftist.
If you think seeing little kids singing "songs of praise" to Obama is "cute" and a good thing for their health and development...
You might be a leftist.
If you are the parent of any of those children singing "songs of praise" to Obama, and think it is great that they are doing so...
You are a leftist.
If you are more concerned about a suspected terrorist having his privacy invaded by the U.S. government intercepting his overseas phone calls without a warrant, than having your own privacy invaded by a suicide bomb...
You are not only a leftist, but a dumb leftist at that [no offense].
If you think the entire starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys registered to vote in the nearby states of Nevada and Minnesota...
Then ditto as to what we just said.
If you think Barack Obama sat in the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s church for 20 years, and never heard Rev. Wright’s rantings, including blaming the AIDS virus on the U.S. government trying to kill black people, saying that America’s chickens had "come home to roost" after 9/11 [i.e., it was our fault], saying "God d— America" numerous times, and so on and so on...
You might be a leftist.
If you really believe Barack Obama didn’t have much of a relationship with Bill Ayers, or that it is OK to join political forces with an unrepentant terrorist while you attempt to win the White House, or that Bill Ayers is really just a misunderstood "professor"...
You might be a leftist.
If you don’t see a problem with the fact that the Obama campaign refuses to identify donors giving under $200, yet has reportedly raised millions and millions of dollars from those contributors, leading some to question whether those donations are valid, or could have come from foreigners, which is illegal...
You might be a leftist.
If you pay taxes now, and truly believe that under an Obama presidency, you will pay less taxes, even if you make less than the magic number of 250k [wait, wait, Sens. Obama and Biden keep dropping that number...first to 200k...now to 150k...do we hear 100k? Going once...going twice...]
You might be a leftist.
If you don’t have a problem with the Los Angeles Times withholding its tape of Barack Obama attending the party for former PLO official Rashid Khalidi–possibly in an effort to protect "it’s" candidate...
You might be a leftist.
If you think it’s a grand idea to have Barack Obama in the White House, Nancy Pelosi and friends in charge of the U. S. House, and Harry Reid and friends in charge in the U. S. Senate...
You might be a leftist.
If you don’t see the problem of having all those leftists in charge of the White House and both houses of Congress, with the appointments likely to be made to the U. S. Supreme Court, with that group in total control...
You might be a leftist.
If you think Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank, Franklin Raines, Chris Dodd, Jack Murtha, and Dick Durbin are "the people we’ve been waiting for"...
You might be a leftist.
If you think it was fitting that Obama’s church, while he was still a member there, gave Louis Farrakhan a "lifetime achievement" award...
You might be a leftist.
If you think it was a good thing that another long-time Obama supporter, Rev. Michael Pleger, said that Louis Farrakhan was "a gift from God to a sick, sick world"...
You might be a leftist.
If you think Barack Obama’s past and present associations [e.g., Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, Rev. Pleger, Rashid Khalidi, Tony Rezko, to name a few] are "irrelevant," but have a real problem with the clothes being furnished to Sarah Palin...
You might be a leftist.
If you think the attacks on Sarah Palin have been "objective" and "fair," and aren’t in the least bit sexist...
You might be a leftist.
If you think the number of abortions in this country will decrease under an Obama presidency...
You might be a leftist.
If you don’t recognize that the number of partial-birth abortions will increase under an Obama presidency...
You might be a leftist.
If you think the current economic crisis is "all Bush’s fault," and tend to think that about most any problem facing humanity...
You might be a leftist.
If you think a McCain presidency would be "just another four years of Bush"...
You might be a leftist.
If you are as confused as Barack Obama and Joe Biden appear to be, regarding who they are running against in this election–John McCain, not George W. Bush...
You might be a leftist.
If you think many of those who live in small cities and towns across America are "bitter" people who "cling" to their "guns and religion"...
You might be a leftist.
If you don’t have a problem with Obama speaking out against CEO’s "golden parachutes" while taking advice from a supporter, Franklin Raines, who made ninety million dollars as head of Freddie Mac...
You might be a leftist.
If you don’t see any inconsistency in Obama railing about "lobbyists" while at the same time accepting millions of dollars in donations from members of lobbying firms and their employees...
You might be a leftist.
If you think we need to adopt the "European" model of health care in this country, as Obama would have us do, and that such a move would be an "improvement" to our health care system...
You might be a leftist.
If you think Michael Moore was on to something when he did his little documentary down in Cuba, attacking the U. S. health care system while lauding the Cuban health care system...
You’re gonna be in a lot of trouble come your next trip to the hospital, if you insist on being taken to Havana...and, to add insult to your injury...you might be a leftist.
If you can read Bernard Goldberg’s 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is #37)** and not get scared for the future of both your country and your children...
You might be a leftist.
**[by our count, 80 of the 100 lean decidedly to the left, by the way...]
While we are on the subject: if you live in Minnesota and are seriously considering voting for Al Franken for the U. S. Senate...
You might be a leftist.
If you think Barack Obama will be a better friend to Israel and its security than John McCain...
You might be a leftist.
If it doesn’t bother you that terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah will celebrate if Barack Obama is elected...
You might be a leftist.
If you think shooting three-pointers on a basketball court has more relevance to serving as President than enduring five years of torture and mistreatment in an oppressive North Vietnamese prison...
You might be a leftist.
If you plan to vote for Obama, mainly because you think he’s going to win [after all, that’s what "TV" says], and you want to be on the "winning side"...
You might not be a leftist, but you are pretty darn shallow [no offense, but this is the future of our country we are deciding upon]...
If you have read all of this, and still have any remaining impression that Barack Obama is a "mainstream" person who is not a far-left radical leftist...
You most definitely are a leftist, whether you want to admit it or not.
If, on the other hand, you find that a number of the above are troubling to you, and cast considerable doubt on your thoughts of voting for Obama...
You are not a leftist...so why in the world would you entertain thoughts of voting for him?!
Especially with two maverick reformers as the other choice?