Why McCain is worse than Obama, Part 2

Editor's note: This commentary, adapted from WND Editor Joseph Farah's newest book, "None of the Above: Why 2008 Is the Year of the Ultimate Protest Vote." This is the second of two parts on why a victory by John McCain would actually be worse for America than a victory by Barack Obama. Part one was published yesterday.

Barack Obama is right about one thing – America is in decline. But it's not for the reasons he suggests. American freedom and prosperity are at risk because the discredited and evil ideas he espouses have gained currency once again.

It happens.

These are not new ideas.

Obama's brand of "change" has been tried thousands of times in different places around the globe since the Garden of Eden.

They have zero percent chance of success.

In the first part of this series, I suggested it made no sense to vote defensively for John McCain to deprive Obama and the Democrats of failure. We shouldn't actively vote for it, but we should definitely not provide them with the one excuse they will need when they fail. If John McCain is the next president, a radically extreme, Democrat-dominated Congress is going to get most of what it wants – because John McCain is known as a Democrat appeaser.

The main difference between an Obama administration and a McCain administration is that the latter will provide Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid with the excuses for failure they will need in 2010 and 2012. With Obama in the White House, whom are they going to blame?

The only people they will be able to blame with control of all the levers of power will be you – the electorate – just like Jimmy Carter did in 1980. That won't fly. There will be an opportunity for a major reshuffling of the political deck in 2010 and 2012 – but only with Obama in the White House.

McCain will confuse things.

He will govern much like Obama on immigration, global warming, education, First Amendment, Second Amendment, embryonic stem-cell research, you name it. Neither one of them passes the central test all American voters should give all candidates for office: Do they uphold and honor the Constitution's strict limits on federal power? Both McCain and Obama fail that test miserably.

So, elect McCain and you get Democratic governance with built-in excuses for failure. Allow Obama to be elected and you get Democratic governance with no excuses.

But there's more to this story.

McCain will be worse than Obama for another reason.

There's little doubt McCain seeks to reshape the Republican Party in his own image. He nearly quit as a Republican to join his buddies John Kerry and Hillary Clinton not long ago. If he wins the White House, there will be no stopping him. The Republican Party will cease to have any potential as an alternative to the socialist, immoral Democrats – perhaps for a generation!

I want you to think about that before you vote for McCain because he is "the lesser of two evils."

I have to tell you honestly, from where I sit, it's not the case. A McCain presidency will likely be worse for America in the long run. It will not only provide built-in excuses for the failed initiatives of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, it will also destroy whatever potential the Republican Party might hold for taking America back.

McCain – worse for America, worse for the Republican Party.

Those are the facts.

History is our teacher.

Tell me where I am wrong.

Read Part 1, "Why McCain is worse than Obama"