Behind the rhetoric, the reality

February 03, 2008

By American Homeowners Resource Center (View author info)

If we listen to what the presidential candidates say, we will be transported into lands of bliss. Yet we listened to past presidential candidates, and where are we?

Our economy is in a shambles. More and more American workers face a bleak future as their jobs go overseas. America is drowning in red ink, as we borrow more and more from overseas. We are mired in a war that we cannot win, and borrow $10 billion a month to keep fighting. Five soldiers a day on average commit suicide because of the war.

So, how can we look into the inner heart and mind of a candidate to see what they truly believe and feel?

The answer is simple. Look at what they have done.

For example, on the evening of September 6, 2005, a luxuriously appointed private jet landed in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan. Inside were a wealthy Canadian business man, Frank Giustra, and former president Bill Clinton.

At a banquest with the president of Kazakhstan that evening, Mr. Clinton praised the president of Kazakhstan, and supported him to head O.C.S.E., an international organization that monitor elections and supports democracy. 48 hours later, Frank Giustra, won a stunning contract for 3 uranium mines in Kazakhstan, run by the state-owned Kazatomprom. Several months later, Frank Giustra donated $31.3 million to Mr. Clinton's foundation.

What does this have to do with Hillary Clinton's candidacy? Everything.

It must be presumed that she knew where her husband was on the evening of September 6, 2005. It must be presumed that she knew that Frank Giustra donated $31.3 million to her husband's foundation shortly thereafter.

So, what is the significance of this?

In short, the significance is that the president of Kazakhstan has been charged with running his country very undemocratically. O.C.S.E - the very organization that he sought to head - charged that elections were held in an "atmosphere of intimidation" and "ballot-box stuffing". Yet, Mr. Clinton called the president of Kazakhstan in December 2005 to congratulate him on his "winning" the election with 91% of the vote.

One recognizes the delicate situation between spouses. But, Hillary is asking us to make her president and we are justified in asking whether her commitment to human rights is genuine or simply window-dressing?

If this were her only lapse, it might be overlooked, but her long history of courting large corporations such as the pharmaceutical companies and banks establish that she will continue to do so if elected.

At her rallies in California, she has had on the stage with her or speaking for her to the media, many of those who have wreaked havoc on homeowners in homeowner associations and created foreclosures - Gray Davis, John Garamendi, Willie Brown. Homeowners cannot expect her to be their friend if she gets elected.

For the above reasons - and many more that space does not allow - AHRC News Services endorses Barack Obama to be president. This is the first time that AHRC has endorsed any candidate for president. Obams's actions have been consistent with his words. He has not been co-opted by the special interests. His clarity of mind sees beyond the divisive categories of the past. Of all the candidates, he is the only one that seems equipped to lead us into the future. A vote for anybody else is a vote for the past.