Why I won't support Obama.

Reading a few online blogs and visiting discussion forums for politics today, I have come across a disturbing trend.

Reading the post and comments on the thread “I'm conservative, but I'm glad I'm not a Republican”(http://www.amazon.com/tag/politics/forum/ref=cm_cd_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1S3QSZRUL93V8&cdThread=TxO9A2B0MHZ47E&displayType=tagsDetail) in particular from the Amazon.com politics discussion board, I can’t help but take offence to the charge that if I don’t support president elect Obama then I’m somehow “un-American,” “unpatriotic” or even worse, a traitor. This is a very serious charge and a very insulting comment as well, to make. It is also very hypocritical of the left who’ve complained (and rightly so) about being called traitors for not supporting the Bush presidency. I do not believe that people who oppose Bush (like myself) are traitors in any way, it is the people that blindly support Bush simply because he was President who more likely to be traitors.

It was wrong for Bush to accuse his opposition of treason, and it is equally wrong for Obama supporters to call opposition traitors. I will not lend support for Obama. As a Libertarian I cannot in good faith support his presidency, to do so would be to violate my principles and I will not do that. I believe in small government, maximum civil liberties, deregulation, non interventionist foreign policy, etc, most of which Obama is against. Giving these facts, how can I support his Presidency?

I don’t hold any grudge against the man, he’s very intelligent and fascinating. I’d love to sit down with him and just talk. He’s not the anti Christ, he’s not evil, but he is a socialist and believes in big government. I firmly believe that his economic policies will make the country worse, and so how can you possibly expect me to support him? What kind of American would support a President they believe will make the country worse? I’ll tell you what kind, the 20% of us that still support the policies of President Bush. Wouldn’t a patriotic American do whatever is in his power to make sure that doesn’t happen?

I did not vote for either Obama or McCain this election; I cast my vote for Libertarian candidate Bob Barr and I have no regrets for doing so. Had McCain won I would take the same position I am taking now, that I will not support any of his policies that I deem not in the best interest of our country.

Quick question to those Obama supporters who might think I’m a traitor; would you have supported a McCain Presidency if you truly believed he would make the country worse?