Still, Barack assures us that John McCain's and George Bush's policy stances are indistinguishable, so let's so stipulate. Is that worse than the alternative?

After all, what President in the modern era does Senator Obama's agenda most resemble?

Huge expansion of the federal government? Check. Letting entitlement spending run wild? Check. "Windfall profit" taxes on oil companies? Strong desire to meet with dictators and state terrorism sponsors? Big doofy grin? Check, check, and check.

The Tax Man Cometh

Obama’s Plan

Since the early 1980s — after Americans rejected Jimmy Carter and embraced Ronald Reagan and his tax cuts — the United States has benefited from relatively competitive tax rates. But if Sen. Barack Obama’s tax plan becomes law, the IRS will become one of the most punitive tax men in the world.

http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/01/morning-bell-the-tax-man-cometh/

(Obama caricature by Cox & Forkum)

Huge expansion of the federal government? Nothing could compare to staying in Iraq and ramping up Afghanistan and fighting a war with Iran. This war's among the most expensive federal expansions ever undertaken - and McCain's been for it from the get-go.

Nothing could compare to staying in Iraq and ramping up Afghanistan

The wars' are being paid for through the sales to bonds.

Spending doesn't equal expansion. We might be spending a ton of money in Iraq but that doesn't mean we are expanding the SIZE of Government.

Spending doesn't equal expansion?

Spending equals expansion to our economy if the Middle East opens up like China and Europe after WWII. Isn't this the goal of the neocons and the new American Century?