I Blame Barack Obama (ibbo)
May 8, 2012 5 Comments
RALEIGH— Today is primary voting day. As a non-affiliated, independent voter I had the choice between filling out a primary vote in any party. I opted to go strictly on the independent ballot. It was a rather short ballot consisting of two Judge elections and the Marriage Amendment. I made my choices and departed.
I know that while I didn’t put my hat in on the primary races, the choice is already evident. Come November this independent will have to choose between Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. I am no fan of Mitt Romney. I know I have not been posting on this website for sometime, but I can assure you I have been blasting him every chance I get. But come November Mitt and Barack is the coin flip I have. And I blame Barack Obama for this.
Had Barack Obama not been a complete and utter failure. Had he not spent the last three years driving up partisan bills, politics and ideals. Had he not passed the buck on every event gone wrong. And had he not finally relegated himself to attacking the Supreme Court when his failures became glaringly evident, America as a whole wouldn’t have to make this choice.
Today the word from Barack’s hope and change group is to fear the unknown. Mitt, he claims, will essentially kill women and children (what else could a “War on Women” result in other than the murderous end to women and children?) But there is one unavoidable fact in this race: It is a choice between a guy I distrust and dislike or a guy who has proven to be a total failure at the job. I cannot reasonably be expected to perpetuate proven failure, even if the alternative is less than desirable. The alternative in this event still has a remote possibility of success. Barack Obama has no shot at success. That is the nature of failure.
Time will tell of course. Those dreaded October surprises could derail a campaign. Anything can happen in the next six months. But, as it is right now, I blame Barack Obama for the last three years of failures. And I blame him for this upcoming vote in November.
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Welcome back TP. Your post sounds like the classic “lesser of two evils” argument. As for me, you’re right, Obama has been a total failure, largely due to his inexperience and boneheaded adherence to his socialist ideology. Mitt on the other hand, has no charisma and a goofy religion, but he has spent his life as a successful leader in many areas. The choice is clear in my mind. It’s Romney and not Obama’s new, unknown “flexibility.”
You seem to pass blanket statements with no examples to back up your rhetoric in this article. I’m interested to know what you would have done differently in a time of no compromise and mainly partisan voting? I’m not trying to attack you I just want to hear your ideas on how to change our current situation. What do you think about the insane amount of money being spent on elections and how does that influence voters? Is Citizens V United good for democracy, or bad for democracy? How do you lower debt with no compromise between taxing the wealthy more and cutting entitlements? I’ll check back, feel free to answer any of the questions I posed to you or ask me some. Thanks
Andrew, thanks for reading and commenting.
What would I have done differently “in a time of no compromise and mainly partisan voting?” It is difficult to say. The time of no compromise and mainly partisan voting has been going on since at least the time of Gore losing and reinforced in 2006 when Nancy Pelosi proclaimed her party would be the party of “no.” One could even argue it goes back into the 90′s with Mr. Clinton. But speaking more recently, two of the most polarizing presidents in US history have been in office for basically the last 12 years. I dare say that my presence in the office would either be hyper polarizing (as no one has ever heard of me and I have held no political office in my career, I think the American public would be pretty shocked to see me there) or exceedingly non-polarizing (for essentially the same reasons). I think to gain a non-polarizing time we will all have to wait until the next time a new President takes office.
I believe it was Mr. Obama who became the first Presidential Candidate in a long while, if ever, who opted out of the Public funding system and raised more money than any candidate in history. This was 2008. In the lead up to this campaign cycle, prior to Citizens v United, the assumption was that Mr. Obama would be the first Billion Dollar candidate. (Washington Post, Jan 1, 2010). At the time, not to many on the left complained about all that money in the election cycle. It seemed to be a bragging point. I personally don’t have much of an issue with “all the money” being in politics as I believe it was already there in some form or fashion before the ruling. Post ruling there is more light on the subject.
How does one lower debt with “no compromise between taxing the wealthy more and cutting entitlements.” According to the CBO “the wealthy” are the source for the overwhelming majority of revenues for the government. And according to many who have crunched the numbers the so called “Buffet Rule” wouldn’t be enough to make a dent in either the deficit or the debt.
I’d agree that entitlement reform is necessary. Every city and state is having to look that issue square in the face now and largely they have all come to the conclusion that the “promises” made in good times are unsustainable. But furthermore, considering the current economic meltdown and issues in Europe, I think this is a prime time to do some courting of international business. We need jobs in America. With more people working, there is more income to tax which increases tax receipts which decreases deficits. So, I think it would be very beneficial to draw more companies to the US via lowering corporate tax rates, ie increasing incentives to companies to locate here. The more companies here making goods and employing US citizens the overall increase in tax revenues generated.
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