Then there’s the other side of this attractive candidate

No need to go over all the usual talking points and recent incidents reported endlessly by big media and small. Armstrong Williams analyzes The Real Barack.

By examining his voting record, analyzing his experiences, and evaluating his prior work, we can begin to determine if this is the man we want leading our country back to greatness.

Before I vetted him, Obama seemed like an ideal candidate. He is young, charismatic, optimistic, intelligent, and energetic. He exudes confidence, speaks well, debates finely, and listens just enough to be considerate but not indecisive, and can galvanize the public and unite people like nobody we have ever seen. But then there is the other side of him.

Not the candidate, the senator.

Obama was given an 8 out of 100 lifetime rating (meaning he is one of the most liberal lawmakers) by the American Conservative Union, a conservative group that issues a report card on the voting records of members of Congress. Likewise, the liberal group, Americans for Democratic Action, rated Obama’s voting record in the Senate at 97.5 percent, near perfection for liberal Democrats. The National Journal even named Obama the most liberal Senator in 2007. So what exactly was he voting on that made his rankings so liberal?

Obama never voted for the Iraq War because he never had to – he was not elected to the United States Senate until 2004. However, he consistently rails on the war, saying that it was a distraction that prevented America from focusing on Afghanistan, it was ill-advised, and that troops should be immediately, but gradually, be redeployed leaving only a small number in the country to conduct counterterrorism operations and protect diplomats.

Many Obama supporters have said they don’t care about the issues, they don’t care about his record. They just believe that he’s the one. But for those who want to know…

While an Illinois State Senator for eight years, Obama voted “present” 130 times instead of taking a definitive stand on the issue at hand.

…which was usually about abortion, and even the protection of infants who survive an attempted abortion. 

In 2007 he voted against banning partial birth abortions, for expanding research on stem cell lines, against declaring English as the official language of the US Government…

This is not a criticism. It is a report. And it comes with a disclaimer, and then some advice.

Senator Barack Obama is a decent and honorable man and has the potential of being a tremendous leader someday.

That’s the disclaimer.

But before you get caught up in his charisma and optimism, make sure you clearly understand where he plans to take the world’s lone superpower. Experience especially in the area of foreign policy is increasingly important with the instability around the globe. Many rogue nations and world leaders would test the Senator early on in his administration making a determination about his leadership, wisdom, and judgment.

Don’t doubt that. Or that enemies of the U.S. are following this election keenly.

So whether the ‘cult of personality’ euphoria subsides anytime soon or not…

this man needs to be more vetted by the media and seriously challenged by Senator McCain on the issues that matter most to us as countrymen home and abroad.