What This Campaign Could Be If Somebody Had A Little Imagination

You know it wouldn’t be very hard at this point for John McCain to make this election one in which the American people are asked to decide between socialism and freedom. Just recently I read that Obama is slamming McCain for being in favor of deregulation. Well, by necessity this means that Obama is for government regulation.

Why not throw out the confusing terms regulation vs. deregulation and start talking about what is behind those terms. Obama is admitting that he is in favor of Centralized planning of our economy. He is admitting that he is against free markets and free people. It doesn’t get much simpler then this. McCain could campaign on being for freedom while Obama is for slavery. It wouldn’t take that much to paint that picture and paint it convincingly.

One thing though that McCain would have to do is to come out powerfully against this bailout. Then he could travel the country playing the roll of populist and freedom lover both at the same time. He could paint Obama, with his support for the bailout as being for the rich, for socializing our financial sector, and for enslaving the middle class for the next two generations. McCain would ignite a firestorm of support if he just started running against big government socialists.

If McCain did this Palin suddenly becomes even more of an asset because she would be released to be Palin. I honestly believe that woman believes in things like free markets, smaller government, and serious reform but having been tied to McCain she has lost her voice. If McCain would craft this election as Freedom vs. Slavery Palin would be free to voice convictions that come natural to her.

But he won’t do it. He won’t do it because he hasn’t got it in him to see the opportunity that Obama and this crisis is giving him. The American voter isn’t stupid. They are against this bailout and they are against knowing full well that not doing a bailout is going to bring some economic hard times. If McCain would only tap into that it would change everything.

Author: jetbrane

I am a Pastor of a small Church in Mid-Michigan who delights in my family, my congregation and my calling. I am postmillennial in my eschatology. Paedo-Calvinist Covenantal in my Christianity Reformed in my Soteriology Presuppositional in my apologetics Familialist in my family theology Agrarian in my regional community social order belief Christianity creates culture and so Christendom in my national social order belief Mythic-Poetic / Grammatical Historical in my Hermeneutic Pre-modern, Medieval, & Feudal before Enlightenment, modernity, & postmodern Reconstructionist / Theonomic in my Worldview One part paleo-conservative / one part micro Libertarian in my politics Systematic and Biblical theology need one another but Systematics has pride of place Some of my favorite authors, Augustine, Turretin, Calvin, Tolkien, Chesterton, Nock, Tozer, Dabney, Bavinck, Wodehouse, Rushdoony, Bahnsen, Schaeffer, C. Van Til, H. Van Til, G. H. Clark, C. Dawson, H. Berman, R. Nash, C. G. Singer, R. Kipling, G. North, J. Edwards, S. Foote, F. Hayek, O. Guiness, J. Witte, M. Rothbard, Clyde Wilson, Mencken, Lasch, Postman, Gatto, T. Boston, Thomas Brooks, Terry Brooks, C. Hodge, J. Calhoun, Llyod-Jones, T. Sowell, A. McClaren, M. Muggeridge, C. F. H. Henry, F. Swarz, M. Henry, G. Marten, P. Schaff, T. S. Elliott, K. Van Hoozer, K. Gentry, etc. My passion is to write in such a way that the Lord Christ might be pleased. It is my hope that people will be challenged to reconsider what are considered the givens of the current culture. Your biggest help to me dear reader will be to often remind me that God is Sovereign and that all that is, is because it pleases him. View all posts by jetbrane