I'm absolutely stunned by how people will follow someone whose only project is "change".

Is "change" a good thing per se?

If things are bad, really bad, is "change" necessarily going to be for the better?

Czarist Russia was a horrible place - poverty was widespread, the society was completely static, there was virtually no social mobility and the regime was oppressive and violent.

Lenin brought "change" - for the worse, much, much worse: he murdered more people in 1 year than the Czars had killed in 200 years.

The bourgeoisie that used to represent 15% of the population was either killed or reduced to poverty while poor people were even worse off than before.

The ruling class was reduced from 5% to 1% and even most of them were not nearly as well off as the previous ruling class.

Everyone was worse off and the terror was totally blind. Anyone could become a random victim.

"Change" from a bad system had plunged them into an entirely new hell.

Unless you know exactly what change you will get, maintaining the status quo is by far the better option.

Obama said virtually nothing about his goals, but what we do know about him is abysmal:

He associated with the founder of the Communist Weathermen terrorist group who is a serial killer. He associated with an extreme hate-preacher, Wright, and gave him contributions for a total of $20'000. He accepted money from a notorious mob boss.

What kind of "change" can we expect from a man like this?

Is McCain a good choice?
No, absolutely not. He's abysmal. But he's by far the lesser evil.

Ron Paul would have been a great candidate and most likely, the Republicans would have carried the election with him.

But they'd rather lose the election than having Ron Paul as president. Why?

Because he consistently voted against every single tax increase and against every pork spending plan.

Politicians of both sides dread nothing more than such a president. He might cut them off from all their favorite pork programs.

So yes, we're stuck with a bad choice and an absolutely abysmal one - Obama.

Unfortunately, I have no choice but to recommend McCain, however grudgingly.