Obama’s blunders were on predecessor’s watch

Editor’s note: This is in response to the guest column “One term is too much for Obama,” published in Wednesday’s Daily Lobo. The column reviews President Obama’s history with domestic and foreign policy, concluding that the country will be further damaged if Obama is re-elected.

Editor,

I would like to follow up on Donald Gluck’s letter and fill the people in on some big gaps in the information he gave about Obama’s “record.” Oops, look at that: a conservative Republican leaving out information so that his words will sway people away from the truth and to his way of thinking. I haven’t seen that since every powerful Republican starting with Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Anyway, to my main point: the information missing from the letter.

1. Gluck mentions the Russia-Georgia crisis of 2008. That is a fact. However, Obama became president of the United States on January 20, 2009. Old “run away from Vietnam” Bush was president during the crisis. Oops. Looks like Bush didn’t really do anything either, besides piss off Russia starting in 2002.

2. Gluck mentions that Obama didn’t give “moral support” to the Iranian revolution. First of all, “moral support” is nice, but it doesn’t win revolutions. Second, Russia and Iran are very big buddies, and had we done anything to help the rebels, Russia would have pounced on the chance to either make us look bad on a world front or increase its military strength.

3. Gluck mentions ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas), which started in 2004. Oops. Looks like coward Bush is to blame again. Plus, Bolivia joined in 2006, and Nicaragua in 2007. What did Republican Bush do? Nothing.

4. Assault on religious freedom — more like separation of church and state being realized. The religious right will whine when its views of a Christian U.S. aren’t followed through, even though its views oppress other people’s rights. I challenge every one of the people who think this is a “Christian country” to look in the Declaration of Independence. It says “endowed by their creator.” Creator, not God. Not Jesus. Creator. The Founding Fathers weren’t Christian.

Honestly, it’s not hard to see past the lies of these conservatives. I found out these details by spending 30 minutes researching on the Internet. It’s that easy. People like Gluck — and yes, I’m calling you out — will destroy America. They don’t care about this country. To them, it’s just a stepping stone to gain personal profit. That’s why they have bank accounts outside of America while trying to run for its presidency. That’s why they will lie to America’s people to bend them to their way, even if it hurts the country. That’s why an entire party will dedicate itself to making a president “one-term” even if it means the suffering of Americans. We aren’t American citizens to them — we’re just resources.

I leave you with a situation to consider. If you were a 60-year-old politician with many ties to big businesses, and all you cared about was personal profit and not the country — i.e., you’re a member of the Tea Party — why would you care if a bill you voted on, created by your big-business friends, would completely destroy America in 10 years? You’d be making huge kickbacks, living the last 10 to 20 years of your life in luxury because of your money, and who would care about the millions of citizens dying? If you vote Republican in the upcoming elections, you are making this dream of the rich a reality.

Caedmon Holland
UNM student