Here are my random reflections from the GOP and Democratic National
Conventions
I have none.
I did not watch the GOP Convention on TV, and out of a
spirit of equal time will not watch the Democratic Convention.
The mainstream media, out of a capitalistic, free market, profit
maximizing mentality has decided to no longer cover the conventions gavel to
gavel. In essence only a few hours of key speeches, mainly from the
Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees are covered live.
Ironic that the mainstream reporters and commentators, who
are overwhelmingly anti-business, work for capitalistic institutions!
If you want the real deal you need to watch FoxNews or a few
other cable channels. which will even replay the live broadcasts. FoxNews
incidentally had higher viewership than the major networks.
Anything worthwhile can be immediately downloaded on the
internet today.
The networks are big with commentary on what they didn’t
broadcast, which is analogous to Attorney General Eric Holder proclaiming
Arizona’s SB 1070 to be unconstitutional without having read the statute, or
then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi telling Congress, reporters and the
American people that we have to approve ObamaCare to find out what’s in the
Act.
I did not watch the GOP Convention because the Die is
already cast in the election.
Either the American people will vote for jobs or for unsustainable government benefits.
Most Americans have made up their mind. Whether or not they
are honest with pollsters is irrelevant. Whether or not pollsters over or under
sample Democrats or Republicans or likely to vote voters is irrelevant.
Americans know how they are going to vote.
Even a blizzard on election day will not keep anti-Obama
Americans from the polls.
That is the President’s problem this time. He had the
enthusiasm four years ago. He was the shining beacon of light Americans were
drawn to. He was the hope and change of the future. He was the unifying force
in America.
Now he’s simply a failure, a beaten down failure, attempting
to scare Americans into voting for him by demonizing his opponents. His
speeches are heard for what they are - beautifully delivered vacuous words and
passages. The more he communicates, the more he sounds like a broken record. We now recognize, as Gertrude Stein once famously said of Oakland “There
is no there, there.”
Clint Eastwood portrayed the President as an empty chair, a
metaphor for an empty suit.
"Yes, we can" became "No we can't and didn't."
"Yes, we can" became "No we can't and didn't."
President obama's opponents, the American people, have the enthusiasm this year, as they did in
2010.
James Carville coined the phrase for President Clinton “It’s
the economy, stupid.” Governor Romney essentially revised it to “It’s jobs,
stupid.”
Not even a Missouri Senate candidate will turn this election into one on social issues. It's JOBS!
President Obama is avidly courting the youth vote,
especially college students. The young are historically more liberal and
idealistic than their elders, and hence drawn to Democratic candidates..
Even today’s youth have to understand that they have only a
50% chance of obtaining a job upon graduation in President Obama’s economy.
Students are not stupid; neither are the American people.
President Lincoln, also from Illinois, famously said “You
can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the
time, but you cannot fool all the people all of the time.”
Of course, if the American voters decide they prefer
government benefits to jobs, they will soon learn they will have neither, just
like Greece.
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