Tilt of Supreme Court rests on this election

By Anne Seaton
Published: October 28, 2008

I don’t remember when the differences between two presidential candidates have been so stark. Barack Obama has proposed a record increase in government spending while John McCain has proposed the strictest spending reductions since Ronald Reagan. John McCain has an amazing record of service to his country. Barack Obama has dutifully served his left-wing political ideologies. 

If elected, Barack Obama has promised to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would abolish bans on partial-birth abortion and parental notification laws across the nation, while supporting taxpayer-funded abortions. As a mother, I find this most unsettling. Conversely, John McCain believes that life begins at conception and that all life should be protected.

The tilt of our U.S. Supreme Court also hangs in the balance. Will Obama appoint justices who “empathize” with those who are offended by the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in our schools? Will our rights to free speech and the right to bear arms remain protected?

During Obama’s visit to Germany, he called himself “a fellow citizen of the world,” rather than a grateful and patriotic American. Yet McCain took the opportunity in his second debate to say that “America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world” and that he believed in our country and our future.

The deceptive Employee Free Choice Act also comes to mind. If passed, union employees would not be able to cast their votes privately, leaving themselves vulnerable to intimidation tactics. In the 2006 elections, organized labor gave 87 percent of its political contributions to Democrats, so the motives of this legislation seem most questionable.

Therefore, we must carefully consider where Obama stands on these issues and where McCain stands. Which candidate will seek to protect our life, liberty and happiness in the land of the free and the brave?

Anne Seaton

Waynesboro