“A candidate for change.” That is how supporters describe Barack Obama on a daily basis. “Change.” How vague is that? Exactly what change can Obama bring to the United States? Perhaps we should attempt to answer this riddle by looking at Senator Obama’s legislative accomplishments. In his three years in the United States Senate, he has brought about so much change that it has left many of his supporters speechless. With so many to choose from, it is hard to name just one.

In reality, Barack Obama has no major accomplishments as a United States Senator. Does his vague promise of change actually promise no major accomplishments as presidents as well? Oh no, of course not! What Presidential candidate would fill his campaign with vacant buzzwords and clever rhetoric? Certainly not Barack Obama! He’s “a candidate for change.” Well, with no way to ascertain Obama’s vision of change in his 3 year career as a United States Senator, perhaps we should look at aspects of the man’s moral and personal life.

On the other hand, God forbid we talk about his personal life. This is a campaign about the issues. Let’s just stick to the issues. Okay, which issues? Change? Hope? Some other uniquely vague verb pulled from Webster’s dictionary at random? The truth is that we have no real way of judging Obama as a candidate besides looking into the judgments he has made during his personal life and estimating what kind of judgments he may make as President of the United States. Recently, such an investigation into Barack Obama’s personal life has been taking place, and several disturbing issues have come to light that question his legitimacy as a Presidential candidate.

The first thing that comes to my mind is his friendship with a domestic leftist terrorist. As I described previously, Barack Obama has a questionable relationship with William Ayers. William Ayers is formerly a member of the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist organization that operated in the 1960s and 1970s. It officially declared war on the United States in 1972, and it was responsible for over 25 bombings and attempted bombings of government buildings, including the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol. It’s stated goal was the violent overthrow of the United States government in an effort to bring about the Socialist revolution; moreover, it a September 11, 2001 article in the New York Times, Ayers stated, “I don’t regret setting bombs.” Furthermore, I feel that we didn’t do enough.”

Unfortunately, Ayers was given a light prison sentence because of procedural wrongdoings, and he is now a Professor in Illinois. Obama has received campaign support of Ayers and has served on the nine member Woods Fund Board with him. According to an article in the Politico that I previously referred to, a prominent doctor in the area who knows both men referred to them as “friends.” William Ayers belongs in a prison cell for the rest of his life.

Another very questionable relationship of Barack Obama is his association with the Chicago area criminal slumlord Tony Rezko. While Obama was an up and coming politician in the Chicago area, he had a few controversial land deals with Rezko, some involving taxpayer money – including the purchase of two adjacent home lots in which Obama’s mansion and Rezko’s home now stand. Obama has since called the purchase “a mistake.”

It is hard to do worse than to associate with a domestic terrorist bent on the destruction of the United States; however, Barack Obama’s pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Write is at the top of the list with William Ayers. In a sermon given at Barack Obama’s church in 2003, Rev. Write had the following to say:

“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes three-strike laws and wants them to sing God Bless America.

No! No No! God damn America … for killing innocent people.

God damn America for threatening citizens as less than humans.

God damn America as long as she tries to act like she is God and supreme.”

He did not deny the allegations at all, nor did he resign as many pundits believed he would. In fact, his speech seemed to give every indication that he had no intention of resigning at all. He called the incident a “private matter,” and further said that politics are about ideas not individuals. His wife, who stood by his side throughout the statement was clearly devastated by her husband’s infidelity.

The fact that Eliot Spitzer has yet to resign shows very clearly that he is putting his love for power above his love for his family. Instead of making every effort to save his career first, he should resign and make every effort to save his marriage and regain his families trust. Several Democrats, however, have either defended or said nothing regarding the incident. Both are extremely hypocritical since Democrats were very vocal about the misdeeds of Larry Craig’s foot tapping in a public bathroom and Mark Foley’s e-mail’s with several pages.This sort of corruption is unacceptable for any politicians on any side of the isle, especially the much worse conduct of Spitzer accompanied by more evidence than he can afford to deny.

It is interesting to note that Eliot Spitzer is a Super Delegate who has pledged his support for Democratic Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton. Hilary Clinton has not denounced Spitzer’s conduct or commented on him since the story broke on Monday. The Democrats, and the Left will of course continue to do their best to deny that Spizer did anything wrong or to cover it up. When MSNBC originally announced the story on Monday, they made no mention of Spitzer’s party affiliation. The New York Times originally mentioned his party affiliation in paragraph 3 of their story, but they later revised their story, making no mention of his affiliation until paragraph 15.