I Don't Get the Infatuation With President Obama

OK. So I strongly dislike politics, politicians, the political process, etc. I also find debates about this whole topic in the present climate unproductive, unfruitful, and frustrating.

That being said, I have had a lot on my chest about this whole topic, and I think that putting this out here for all my friends and people of Grace to see will be good for me.

I am also writing this to the many people I know who consider themselves Christian and who are avid/rabid supporters of our new president and his policies. It is to these brothers and sisters that I pose the statement: "I DON'T GET YOUR INFATUATION WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA." There, I said it. Boy do I feel better already.

I watched many of his debates with McCain and some of the other Democratic nominees, listened to many speeches of his, have read parts of some of his ideas. I don't consider myself an expert by any stretch of the imagination. But here is what I saw:

1) He is an excellent communicator. One of the best that we have seen in a long time.

2) He ran a flawless campaign. There was not one major slip-up for the Republican Party to capitalize on, unlike McCain who seemed to stumble at every turn

3) When he did say some things that made you go "what did he just say??!!??" you never heard them because the media wanted him to be President. Don't believe that statement? If you wanted to sell papers and increase interest in your news casts, who would you rather have. An old white guy who was not bringing much to the table or a charismatic young black man poised to make history? Did you watch the debates he had with Senator Clinton? I will say it again, the media WANTED him to be president

4) He hardly ever came out and said anything about how he was going to accomplish his ambitious claims.

I am not accusing any of you of being ignorant or somehow weak Christians for voting for him. And believe me, I will be praying for him often that he can lead our country well. He is my president too.

Once I looked past the "yes we can" mantra, and I do mean mantra in the Buddhist understanding of that word, (interesting that both liberal and conservative analysts agree that his speech writers used common brain washing/mass mind techniques), past the rhetoric about taking care of the poor, personal responsibility, improving our global image, universal/socialized medicine, etc, I saw some very troubling ideas emerging. Ideas that I frankly DO NOT understand how a Christian could support him.

He has said that one of his first priorities will be to sign into law the Freedom of Choice Act, the same act that was vetoed by Reagan, then signed by Clinton, then repealed by Bush. I am not one of those "one issue" people. There are other fish to fry than this one. HOWEVER, It will repeal every local restriction placed on abortion currently in the books, including parental notification, waiting periods, even opening the door for removing the right for people of faith to refuse to give one. It will increase at a minimum the number of abortions each year a minimum of 125,000. It will also mean that your tax dollars will be going to support federally funded programs which encourage this behavior, both here in America and foreign countries who were cut off during the Bush administration.

But here is the kicker. It will make partial birth abortions legal. For those of you who don't understand the gravity of your vote here, he says that a woman has the right to choose to have a doctor reach into the birth canal, snip open the head and neck of the baby, suck out its brains, pull the lifeless body out of the canal and dispose of it in a garbage can. HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT SUCH RUTHLESS, INHUMANE, SATANIC, VILE, MURDEROUS TACTICS? How can you look your King and God in the eye and say that this is somehow OK, or turn a blind eye? How can you support someone who says that this falls under the category of a "woman's right to choose"? How can you support someone, even say "I love Jesus, and I love Barak Obama", and condone this?

Think of the biblical requirements to be a pastor. What would you think about a guy who met all the Titus and 1 Tim requirements, but slept around and cheated on his wife. Or molested children. But he met all the other requirements, just had one thing wrong. Would he be Biblically disqualified? Of course he would! If you were an outsider to the church and you found out that they were turning a blind eye to this sin, what would your honest reaction be? You probably would think there was something seriously wrong with that church. The difference here is that he is the president of the United States, not a local pastor. He leads our great (though declining) nation. And millions of young evangelicals not only support him, but are and were evangelists for his message.

I am sorry, but there is something wrong with this and I challenge each one of you to justify your decision about this topic, BIBLICALLY. Not what you feel is good and right. Make a BIBLICAL case that abortion is OK and that Jesus would support someone who said it was, and would want his followers to support it as well.

I need to stop. I can see pictures of my beautiful little girls. How God made them and formed them in the womb. How He knows the number of hairs on their precious heads. I am so worked up right now I need to dry my eyes and pray.

Blessings,

Matt