Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is advertised as the anti-war candidate yet he has consistently voted to fund the war in Iraq. He has even said the troop surge worked and believes we need to keep around 50,000 troops there. He also wants to send more troops to Afghanistan. As for Iran, he has said all options are on the table. Iran is a country that does not even spend 1 percent as much as the United States on their military and Obama views them as a threat. He won’t even promise not to instate a military draft. He sounds like a pro-war candidate to me.

Obama has also shown that he is OK with taking away our freedoms by supporting things like the misnamed USA Patriot Act, the war on drugs, and even the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act. The Patriot Act gives the government the authority to invade our privacy, the war on drugs takes countless law enforcement dollars and takes up prison space that could be used to house truly violent criminals, and the homegrown terrorism bill gives the government the authority to consider anyone a terrorist that it wants. Obama is also a cop out when it comes to gay rights as he opposes gay marriage.