Part of the election process is that people want to “like” whom they vote for.
When I say to “like this person,” they must have many of the characteristics that they themselves have.
That is one of the reasons that Obama won both times is that he is likeable. You will notice in the polls that one of the categories is “likability.”
On that trait alone, Bernie Sanders should win, as he is probably one of the most likeable candidates around.
He is an old hippie who espouses something just this side of communism, which resonates with the millennials. They feel that have been disenfranchised by corporate America because they have paid the big bucks for student loans and companies are not jumping through the hoops to court them with 6 figure salaries and the corner office!
Companies are leaving the country because of people like Bernie but that is another story!
If Bernie were elected his plans would cost another $20 Trillion dollarsin just 4 years. I do not think that any member of congress is that braindead to sign off on it.
This is 1 Trillion Dollars.
Firstly, those who paid the big bucks for college, get over yourselves. You start in the mail-room or some other entry-level position and work your way up.
Immigration should really be on your top ten list to worry about. There are more of you and fewer jobs.
If you want to make good money from the get go, be a plumber or AC repair-person or yes, even a mechanic. You will never get rich, but you will never lack for work. Your white collar counter parts will spend more time unemployed than you.
Character is the defining trait that you should be looking for when you vote.
What has the person done?
What is their record of accomplishment?
Who owns them?
Which group of special interests has given them millions of dollars to hire all of these specialized marketing and PR firms to sway a certain group of voters by telling them exactly what they want to hear?
I seriously wonder if she can even tell the truth.
I do not care personally if I like them or not, I want someone who will do the right thing and make the tough decisions. I want a candidate that will keep the country safe and defend the constitution!
You have no doubt heard it said repeatedly, it is always between a lesser of two evils.
Let me pose this question to you.
What has to be going on in someone’s mind for him or her to think that they are good enough to be the President of the United States? How much EGO and Narcissism, not to mention delusions of grandeur, does it take to run for president?
In House of Cards, Frank is a Megalomaniac! Great Actor!
They all share that trait; the only one that will most probably not change is Trump. Moving into the White House would actually be a downgrade for him. Is that humility?
Love her as well… Great Actress!
Since Trump is funding his own campaign you pretty much have an idea of who and what he is, the rest are total unknowns, as you have no idea who owns them.
Is he a bully, I think he can be. Will he keep his word? I think so. Will his family keep him grounded? I hope so.
They call him the “unpolished” Politician. Good!
Since all of the good old boys and even the other billionaires are fighting Trump, it seems like an easy decision to me.
Promoting and funding political unrest…why?
Just think … all of the billionaires that currently buy politicians will lose their control! The American People might actually get their government back! Special interests might have to take a back seat until someone of lesser intestinal fortitude, wins the office.
For the record I don’t think that Trump is an “Evil,” I think he is a necessity. I think that he has the Swagger to tell those who try to stick it to us, to go F#$K off!
When the likes of Whoopi Goldberg or a Hollywood celebrity uses their megaphone of stardom to taint the election process, it sets me on edge.
Much like unions having their member’s vote for who they want them to, that to me is collusion of the process, or at the very least, a corruption of it. That is one-reason preachers cannot use the pulpit for such things.
John Stewart in my mind is in large part the reason we have had 7 plus years of Obama. Why? People conflate his comedy show with actual news. I would suggest that they don’t read, watch, or listen to the news or tune out when a politician is mentioned.
California is in horrible economic shape. They vote for overly liberal candidates, which have been pushed in large part by the media and of course celebrities. A conservative celebrity is black balled which to me should tell the voters that maybe they should not listen to those that use the megaphone of talk shows, to convince you how to vote.
Liberal giants own most of the mainstream media so a form of “yellow journalism” is a standard.
Glenn Beck who is on the opposite side of the isle has endorsed Ted Cruz. Cruz is as far right as Bernie is left… This in my mind makes him complicit if Cruz becomes elected, and then screws things up. (Another first time Senator.)
Beck has always been entertaining in a John Stewart kind of way except that Glenn is much more macabre that John. Becks’ theatrics have engendered support from the far right. With his advertisers selling things suited for preppers, he has created an atmosphere of paranoia. With such talks of Fema camps, we have many spending their hard-earned dollars on things that they will probably never need.
Gold comes to mind. The multi billionaires of the world can change the value of it in a heartbeat! It was not long ago that oil was a safe bet. Right before the collapse, there were many radio and TV ads trying to get people with a minimum of $40K to invest. Surprise!
Beck’s message resonates with those on the far right. Those who would happily take the world back to the days of no internet. Maybe even take away women’s rights to vote and to drive. Too much? I wonder…
Obama’s talk about guns is responsible for the huge amount of gun sales as well as driven the NRA to receive lots of money from new membership. The gun folks should be thanking Obama! Now we have grandma thinking that she needs an assault rifle with thousands of rounds…just in case! In case of what?
At a Sanders caucus, a college student who was caucusing for him was asked to explain socialism. She was unable to do so but, still firmly entrenched in his camp. “Oh Bernie…what a man…. (Sarcasm)”
Beating Sanders will be simple. Whoever is opposed to him simply needs to educate the useful idiots what socialism is, and why it never ever works! I would suggest they do it with comedy, maybe even a Saturday morning cartoon, as those who vote for him must certainly be ill informed. (Yes, I am being nice…)
Clinton who should not even be running is another example of people not watching or knowing the news. This person should be doing time … Not running for Commander in Chief! …
The Democratic candidates are all incredibly old … One would think that should cause some sort of concern among the voters as we have no idea who would inherit the office if or when they kick the bucket!
Stress releases something in the body known as cortisol. “The stress hormone.” That hormone kills people. Now a young person can handle it however it still takes a toll on their health. And older person???
Truth told the DNC does not have a viable candidate. The RNC has many. Finding a moderate among them should be easy.
What are Americans looking for in a leader?
Trustworthy
Vision
In touch with the people
Defense of the homeland
Limited government
Set the stage where businesses can flourish
Bring Americans together, instead of dividing us on every possible angle.
Someone who can fix Washington … Tall order … Start with Term limits!
Fix the Tax Code, so we do not need accountants.
Stop screwing the Middle Class!
As far as Trump is concerned, Americans should be thanking him. His celebrity status has focused the country to talk about topics that the political elite would love to not talk about. The here to for technique is to control the narrative, talking about things that are benign issues.
Trump has forced the narrative to address things like Immigration.
Political correctness; which is nothing more than a voluntary surrendering of your first amendment.
Trump has made us painfully aware of how bad our “deals are.”
Trump is the elephant in the room and has forced the narrative to substantive issues vs team names and political correctness, not to mention Sandra Fluke. You know the rich girl that wants you to pay for her $6 birth control pills.
This is why both sides abhor him. They cannot talk about bullshit issues. The narrative is now more real and they all have to talk about it.
One final note, Microsoft is not a Trump supporter. If I were he, I would have all of the “free software” looked over carefully by people who know things about such things.
I have not read the “National Review’s” hit piece on Donald Trump. I have known that Glenn Beck has been in the tank for years for Cruz, as are many conservative talk show host.
The media takes everything that any of the candidates utter and try to make it into headline news. Trumps latest comment about Megyn Kelly got me to thinking. Did he say that as a side comment, or is he really concerned about it? My gut feeling is he is not worried about it. He probably expressed an opinion, and the news is running with it like a front page story.
By now, I would think that Trump should be able to handle any reporter with ease. Much like other candidates who do not like the question asked, they simply pontificate on something else.
Trumps poll numbers are in large part a representation of the nerve that he has tapped into.
The JV team is out of control and this administration does little to stop them.
In fact, they are giving their leaders back to them, who we had.
Over 70% of Americans said no to Obamacare; He did it anyway.
The sales job to Americans was a bold face lie. You can’t keep your doctor.
American jobs are going overseas at an alarming rate.
Illegal immigration is out of control.
The vets are being treated horribly.
Fast and Furious was swept under the rug.
The Racial divide is pre-1960 levels of bigotry … In large part because of Obama.
Jobs handed to non-Americans through Visa’s are out of control.
Our military is being crippled by this administration … why?
Political Correctness is a subversive attack of our first amendment rights.
Our 2cnd amendment is under attack by the loons who have body guards … with guns.
This president could not work with the house and senate when he had a majority!
The DC good ole boy club needs to go and Americans are frustrated by this.
China is eating our lunch but American companies are handing it to them.
Politicians are beholding to someone … Trump is beholding to Trump.
The 1973 Gas Crisis was a lie, as is Global Warming; American’s know this.
The jobs numbers are phony, as most of those are part-time BS jobs that people have to have twoof.
It is easy to see why other candidates attack Trump. I would be interested to know why those that wrote their opinion against him in that publication. Trump appeals to conservatives and Liberals; is that why?
Bernie Sanders is out of touch with reality but he is telling people what they want to hear, hence his pole numbers. Is Trump in the same place on the GOP side?
Lastly … Why is Hillary Clinton not sitting behind bars?
I hear people on the radio and TV trying to take Trump to task on his past.
Some of this is troubling. This same mindset kept millions of people home from the poles as they could not stomach a Mormon in the White House.
“How is that working out for you?”
The latest person of notoriety that I heard is Greg Thornbury.
How many evangelicals would you like to be responsible for having them not participate this year Greg?
This election is important. 30% percent of the country thinks that Bernie Sanders is a viable candidate. That should scare the living hell out of anyone who is educated. 3 out of every ten people are clueless when it comes to politics, economics and not to mention history. I can say that because the only way that you could vote for him is that you are either stupid, or you have no idea what economics are, or for that matter what communism is.
The time Obama leaves office we will be over $20,000,000,000.000.00 in debt. What Bernie is proposing is spending twice that amount with no way to re-coup that money. If he were to get it, we would go the way of Greece and nobody would get anything. We would have riots, as the people currently living off the government 47% of us…would not be able to get anything as there would be no more money to give out. Bringing in more folks through immigration, without any means of supporting themselves will also drain the government honey hole, faster… but that is another story.
Communism is great until you run out of others people’s money!
Between the three on the DNC ticket, Clinton is ahead by a skimpy margin which should tell the average Joe blow out there that we are in trouble.
Greg, People can change. Trump is not a perfect candidate but he is self-funded…”nobody owns him.”
He has been married for some time to his current wife, they seem to genuinely love one another.
Moving into the White House would be a downgrade for him…I find that rather interesting, don’t you?
I think he has the swagger that we need to put us on the right track, and to shake up the establishment in DC. I am certain that is why so many are attacking him from every angle as they don’t want the current good ole boy standard that has been the status quoi to change.
We need it to change!
Our government in case you forgot is “of the people, by the people and for the people.”
We have career politicians who are running scared right now because of TRUMP!
Greg, I think that is a good thing! It is time to change them all!
How does he feel about those things as a candidate that you expressed in your ad on the radio now, as a candidate…not three years ago as a business man…now Greg…how does he feel now!? That is what I want to know. Do you not suppose when he made comments in the past as a business man that he gave them little thought as his musings were simply that, musings?!”
“How does he feel now?”
Regarding your non-participation in the voting process “evangelicals” ….
To not vote, is to vote for the other guy!
Silence in the face of evil…is evil!
Maybe you are too close to the liberals up there in New York Greg…Come to Texas and visit with us a while, we can show you what conservatism is about.
“Of course debating Hillary would be easy…so don’t count on it!”
As I watch the political landscape unfold into the nightmare that it is, I cannot help but wonder what is in the other hand.
“Look at this bright and shiny object while we do something underhanded…”
I truly believe that the DNC knows that currently there is not a valid candidate on their ticket.
Even she knows this but, she has to sell the lie.
While there is indeed a percentage of the population that have no idea what economics are, micro or macro; and will find communism under Bernie a great idea. $20 trillion dollars in debt, making it $40 trillion just means more free stuff for them, the ill-informed useful idiots of the world.
Never mind that they are saddling their great grandchildren with their debt.
Maybe this will help you…A familiar face that you might know…
Of course, even if Bernie won; the house and senate would hopefully block him from staying on this course … as we are headed for an ice burg. One only has to look at the state of affairs in Greece to see what we are headed for. Wait. What are the Kardashians up to? Who is playing what team and what football player is hurt? Will my team make the playoffs!? Those are what interest’s people…not politics. They only care when they don’t have enough money to purchase beer, and shoes for the kids.
This cost the republicans the election… “Not a Mormon in the white house!”
I saw a post on social media that is warning Evangelicals that Trump may not fully believe everything that they believe…I guess that means that they should stay home, again, because they did not want a Mormon in the white house…If Trump is not in lock step agreement with everything in one of the over 3000 different denominations your brand of Christianity…that will justify your non-participation… again.
When you see evil, not to speak, is to speak. When you don’t vote…you are voting for the other guy.
With a thousand top secret e-mails kept on a non-secure, illegal server; only being the tip of yet another ice burg; the fact that Hillary is not sporting an orange jump suit learning to do laundry and yes, sharing a toilette with common riff raff; defies logic. The idea of her still running for president again bespeaks of the complete ignorance of some of the people in this great nation.
I am a Clinton, what difference does it make?
Before the final deadline to announce candidacy to become president of the US occurs, I believe that the Clinton campaign will self-destruct; and much like the Hindenburg will be blamed on republicans with incredible spin from the left, and Hollywood elites as well as MSNBC, while totally ignoring the obvious design flaws.
A dark horse, as of yet to announce; will step into the ring as the “savior of the party” and the obvious choice to run for president, because she too is a women. A women that will have escaped all of the vetting process of the election; and debates, thus far.
Have you asked yourself why the democratic debates thus far have been on at times when nobody would watch them?
Did not want to use a shared bathroom…So she missed part of the debate.
Republican candidates will not be prepared to debate her she, as she was not and is not on their radar. This will cause them to scramble and be un-prepared while she, Elizabeth Warren; will have all of her research and well-practiced debates skills down. She will know each end every little detail of who the RNC selects, while they will only have surface information on her. Her jabs will resonant and theirs will fall flat.
Onside Kick diagram
It is akin to football; when the loosing team pulls an onside kick rather than punting the ball back to the opposition.
Many liberals love her, but again they don’t know her. Just like they don’t know the history of the American Indian as their brutality was washed over…they don’t know this women. The American Indian was the ISIS of the day, burning people alive and torturing them in dozens of different cruel and barbaric ways. Find that in your history books…
The spin doctors and the Left leaning media…most of it…will spin her as the next messiah, much like they did with Obama… They will be all so surprised when Hillary is indicted, blaming their candidates faults on lies of the republicans and Trey Gowdy. They will be so happy that Elizabeth Warren reluctantly decided to run and take one for the team… That trip that Biden made to see her, was more than likely a strategy planning trip for her, and this administration. Men and Women of all strips will fall for it as well as many on either side of the isle. It is a strategy that will probably work and remember…you heard it here first!
When the republicans say…”who would have seen that coming?” Well, I did…and now you know too..
If you don’t agree with me or you understand the election rules regarding presidential elections better than I…weigh in. I studied them for hours and they are murky at best.
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This time of year always seems to ground people…well me anyway. We get so wrapped up in the “season” … that we forget what the season is about. As we make it through Thanksgiving, the rest of the turkey is either tossed or frozen along with the last bite of cranberry sauce; I cannot help but think of those less fortunate folks that would have non left to freeze or toss.
Troubles exists everywhere and you don’t have to look very far or hard to find them. The bell ringers are out there in force and many; including myself have done a fair amount of shopping through Amazon or other such services. Local retailers will certainly feel the sting of online purchases as we hear about an American Icon …Sears… that is headed for the scrapbook or dustbin of history. Like so many shops before them; box stores and our shopping habits align the blocks and events of history in a sequence for them, “like dominoes in a row” to fall, or in this case fail.
The poor blame the rich, the government blames the rich, while taking their money for super packs and what have you, and the game goes on, not really identifying the problem. Folks, government is the problem and cannot be the solution as it is currently flawed. Those that make laws for themselves, which are different from the laws that you and I are saddled with, must be changed. There must be term limits for all of them…
I firmly believe that we only live so long, because the God in heaven that created us knew; that if we lasted too long, one person could gain so much wealth and power that they could literally create dynasties that would enslave an entire world forever.
Few understand micro economics, much less macro. Some pay credit card bills, with other credit cards to get by, not even understanding the hole that they dig themselves into until it is far too late. These credit card people make it easy to do with checks made for the express purpose of transferring money around.
Our leaders are doing the very same thing with their credit card, (the one that you pay) to the tune of $18.5 Trillion dollars and counting. If leading by example is the plan, they are doing a bang up job!
Last week we had a full on assault on Christianity, which many consider the magnetic north of their moral compass. It was no accident that this happened at a Christmas party, and yet the Washington Elites in their ivory towers, tried very hard to spin this as workplace violence, calling for more gun laws in a state that has some of the toughest gun laws around. The Hollywood marionettes for the administration took to the tabloids, and airways to echo the administrations agenda which will only effect the law abiding among us. They need to focus on mental health…
30 odd % of the folks would argue with this, as they are probably the few who cannot accept the truth, and only watch liberal media; which is the propaganda machine for DC. Somehow they feel that Bernie Sanders is a viable candidate, which boggles my mind. If however; it was a choice between Bernie and Hillary, I would pick Bernie; at least he is truthful certifiable but, truthful.
Those faraway places with strange sounding names, are calling me.
The places are not so much geographical places but, places in time… The country that I grew up in has been changed and I feel not for the better. Special interests have taken control of our government and I firmly believe have transformed it into something that our kids will learn to hate. Kids getting out of school today are not ready for the challenges that we were ready for. While trades are necessary, we don’t even have those types of apprentice programs today.
Someone needs to get this country back to basics, before we really are making those small umbrellas for the Chinese to put into their drinks…
Those faraway places with strange sounding names might start with an A, and end with an A, as this place is … pretty strange…
There is a theme to my blog here, and it is simply that…insight or enlightenment…
I coined the phrase “mirror-time” In that one needs to know that person who looks back at them in the mirror.
Over the years I have given you clues like “know why you like, or don’t like something.”
I have asked you to examine why you did something a particular way.
Other things included looking for the truth outside of what you would like it to be, or your particular bias and once you find it, embrace it. The truth truly will set you free….
The media in our country has divided this country driven by differing ideologies. Social media is ablaze with ideas which are diametrically opposite of one another… We have devout socialist on one side and conservative capitalist on the other, and their opinions are driven by what the media and Hollywood are selling.
These folks who espouse that guns are evil, all have body guards with guns. Folks who say that guns are a tool, turn a blind eye to the violence in this country.
Garbage in garbage out…
People who see the American way of life as “bad,” teach their children from a young age that dying while killing another people that they don’t like is glorious. We have groups working with 3 year olds showing them how to kill someone, while extoling the virtues of it, while here we have people teaching their children to stifle their free speech; as to not offend anyone…
“There are none who are so blind, as those that will not see…”
Alcoholics refuse to believe that their drinking is a problem.
Drug addicts fail to see the connection between their use of drugs and a lifestyle that they have relegated themselves to while placing blame elsewhere.
Socialist, refuse to learn from history. The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.
Some capitalist, don’t know when to stop. How much money is enough?
Most politicians, lose their souls after they are elected, as power is such an aphrodisiac, that soon they rationalize that living in an ivory tower while looking down at the “little people” is there god given right.
(That is why we need term limits.)
When you start believing your own lies, or the lies of your peers… You are lost.
The people, get it. The people understand what the problems are, and that is why they have gravitated toward non-politicians. Washington insiders are totally perplexed. Like the men who flew the planes into the buildings on 911… They truly believed what they’re doing was “right and good!” they were in fact delusional. The man in the White House truly believes that what he is doing is “right and good.” Instead of looking in that mirror taking a selfie… He should be looking in that mirror doing some soul searching… He is lost. His advisers who are all connected in some way to the liberal media, are also lost. The voters have sent resounding messages to them and their response is to ignore those messages and find more voters in swing states who they can corrupt via scientifically targeted smear campaigns, to vote for them, or their kind. Technology used in this way is in fact a cancer. To corrupt the American way of life to fit an agenda that is anti-American, is by definition evil.
Once your mind is made up, you lose your objectivity… You are of no value as a politician. You are of no value as a voter. As the matter of fact the opposite is true. If you are unwilling to watch something else other than FOX or MSNBC, or CNN… You actually harm the body that we know as the United States of America.
As the Brian Williams’s of the world are called out, you can at least know that somebody, somewhere, cares. If groups have to make up the facts and otherwise lie to sell their agenda… That should at least prompt you to dig into history.
We have lost our moral compass in this country, and somebody is trying to tell you what it is rather than what it should be. In this case, history holds the key and you should look at it quickly before somebody rewrites it. Talking with recent graduates from high school and college, one has to wonder if they have rewritten it, or simply stopped teaching it.
Back in the days of slavery it was illegal to educate them or teach them to read. I would challenge the American people to look at their school systems today. Is not teaching to the test, and ridiculous things like common core, not creating tomorrow’s slaves?
Interestingly enough, it is not about the facts but more the style and impression that the viewers leave the debate from, which might influence them.
Kasich and Bush I feel were the two weakest up there, with RandPaul close third.
Rubio most probably came off best as he was most informed and I think we will see donations to him increase. Carson was on point, soft spoken, and hopefully the media smear campaign will be put to rest. I want to hear more about his ideas instead of what he said in the third grade.
Fiorina probably would be one of the toughest opponents against Hillary but factually I have no clue how well she would stand up.
Cruz is an animal, I think one of the smartest in the room; certainly one of the best debaters.
Again Trump was simply there…low on depth and high on platitudes… I think he has the swagger but he really needs to do his homework….If he had a little of Rubio’s facts that he could regurgitate “like Rubio does” he would be much more formidable…
The haters took to twitter tonight, as they promoted the progressive Hillary agenda…. It is almost laughable that 40 odd % of the country is behind such a corrupt individual…tens of thousands of tweets each denigrating the GOP and extolling someone who should be in prison…
Carson’s closing monologue was succinct and on message.
“During this debate we borrowed another 200 million dollars… 20 babies were killed due to abortions so many murders occurred from some sort of violence and 2 vets took their lives because they were depressed and not getting the care they disserve… “
Folks, if that does not mean something to you, than you are probably a progressive…
Of the pre-debate…the four that did not make the adult table cut…Chris Christie was the winner, and I hope that he makes it back to the adult debate…
Between the main stream media and Hollywood, Conservative values are constantly under attack.
The GOP debate last night called them out on their hypocrisy; which I would doubt many liberals even watched.
The government is “Of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
Progressives want government in every facet of your life, not theirs, just yours….
Conservative values are for limited government… Keep the country safe from all threats both domestic and foreign. We don’t need you mucking with our McDonalds fries or Big Gulps!
When the MSM decries Hillary had a good week when she was exposed as the liar she is, you know that the Rachel Maddows of the world are just so biased, that they cannot be objective, therefore they are not journalist!
Journalism is finding the truth and telling the truth about it, whether it is against what you would like to see or happen or not.
Walter Cronkite was a Flaming Liberal, but you would not know it by his reporting of the facts. He was a journalist.
I would like to turn on my TV and watch the news without the Brian Williams of the world slanting the story to fit some White House agenda as they currently do….
Fox has the ratings that it does because they are for the most part “fair and balanced.”
I would exclude Hannity from that lineup, as he is entertainment, opinion related, with a biased version of the news.
The Winners last night were Cruz, Rubio and Chris Christie in that order (in my opinion.)
Donald Trump was just about a no show last night, as were the rest of the candidates.
For the record, I don’t believe that Trump knows what an H1B is.
Companies lobby to bring them over by the thousands to pollute the pool of workers keeping the price down that they have to pay for talent.
The talent is here…they just done want minimum wage for a job that is for skilled workers.
Any visit to a Walmart of hardware store you can find American people who are under employed because of H1B’s.
Our government is for sale to the highest bidder, and the American people don’t stand a chance as they are asleep!
Where greed is concerned, companies will find a way like outsourcing, shipping jobs overseas or taking their whole company to Mexico and beyond.
If you are in college now and looking to pick a major…pick something that requires English, knowledge of our mores, idioms and possibly customer service centric, as “Peggy” still does not have it….
Should America get involved in stopping the wholesale murder of Christians?
Any person with any kind of morality would give the immediate knee jerk reaction of, Hell Yes!
As Wilford Brimley might say, “It’s the right thing to do!”
In this day and age we don’t do anything. We are paralyzed by politics.
If Winston Churchill had been this worried about political blowback, we all might very well be speaking German!
There is this problem that some face in management called “analysis to paralysis.”
Today with a 24 hour news cycle, we have taken that to all new levels!
We have organizations who do polls of everything.
Frank Luntz, who is an interesting guy, makes his livelihood by putting together groups of people to gauge their emotional state, at different snapshots in time of events like speeches or debates.
There are several different pollsters and they all solicit an opinion from a low percentage of actual people who will take the time to take a poll. That in and of itself is a problem, in that it biases the results.
Polls are flawed to begin with, in that the accuracy is somewhere below 10%, depending upon the type of poll and the questions ask.
Robotic polls are the least accurate and even some of the most prestigious or respected pollsters, depending upon their particular bias, are flawed. (Aka Fox news Vs MSNBC)
Politicians today are always in re-election mode so they are in fact paralyzed. If there is a bill on the floor and some senator does not want to cast a vote one way or the other, he simply votes present or is a no show. Currently, Planned Parent Hood funding was on the floor and one of the presidential candidates was in fact a no show. This was an important bill and for his party, he should have been there. He however represents the Millennials, and a good amount of them are liberal leaning and do not distinguish the difference between the murder of a baby, and “women’s health.”
“You’ve got to stand for something, or you will fall for anything!”
We send these folks to Washington to represent us.
Obama, when he was senator voted present 130 times, not allowing his political aspirations to get tarnished with anything. The people of Chicago sent him there to represent them, and he voted present. One could infer from his votes that the people of Chicago, simply don’t care about anything!
Today on the stage of the world’s Arena, we have a president who is still voting present, and leading from the rear.
Is it politically safe to stop the wholesale slaughter of Christians in the Middle East?
No, because there are some who don’t like Christians, who happen to vote and they might vote Democrat unless of course you do anything that they don’t like. Is it the right thing to do? Hell Yes!
We watch them on the computer, and TV, and what have you, being butchered in the most heinous of ways, and there is nothing but the sounds of Crickets coming from Washington.
Today we have the Russian Dictator Putin “standing for something.” I am not certain what he is doing and if he is truly targeting the right folks, time will tell. The US has always taken the lead in such things and yet, we are dismantling our military.
“The purpose of our government is to Defend and protect the people of this country and this country from all threats domestic and foreign.”
This president has cut military spending and in fact allowed our military men and women to fight with antique equipment.
Air Force tactical aircraft: over 20 years old;
Navy and Marine Corps tactical aircraft: over 15 years old;
Army M-113 armored personnel carriers: 27 years old;
Bradley fighting vehicles: 17 years old;
CH-47 Chinook helicopters: nearly 20 years old;
UH-1 Huey helicopters: 35 years old;
Ticonderoga-class cruisers: nearly 20 years old;
P-3C Orion long-range aircraft: almost 25 years old;
B-1 Lancer bomber: over 20 years old;
C-5A Galaxy transport aircraft: 40 years old; and
KC-135 tankers: 44 years old.
Over 65% of this president’s budget goes to ….wait for it….”Entitlements”and they are really not entitlements because for it to be an entitlement, you must have done something to be entitled to it!
We are talking about food stamps, Obama phones, Obama Care, and to quote one of the people in line for her share of the free stuff, “his stash!” These are not simply for American poor folks, these are for anyone that can cross the border in any way shape of form!
The money he is giving away is not his to give, in fact he is appropriating it from places like the military, and your great grandchildren’s future piggy bank!
Which candidate will save us from ourselves?
The outsiders are leading the pack for the republicans and the Socialistis leading the pack “basically” for the DNC.
He wants the government to pay for everything! $20 Trillion of debt is nothing to this man. We can simply print some more…lots of ink and paper…
How you ask? They are telling the truth, the things that you were afraid to even think about, as they need to wake you up. Even Bernie Sanders is talking trash about the Washington Elite or as one candidate calls them “The Washington Cartel.”
We need a candidate that will shake things up, and focus on what the government is supposed to be doing.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
“Establish Justice:” Appoint or elect judges who interpret, not create the law.
“Insure domestic Tranquility:” Unite instead of divide us by race, religion or sex or by any other means. We are Americans, and we need to bind ourselves together by that.
“Provide for the common defense:” Have a military that is so strong, that no one will dare to test it.
We are not doing that, and these last 7 years have proved that beyond any shadow of doubt.
Whoever inherits this mess, will indeed have to be the best of the best. We will need to start with the basics and go forward. This will take a concerted effort from everyone to put this country back up straight; we need to prepare for that.
At the rate this administration is pissing money away, we will most likely be $20,000,000,000.000.00 in debt by 2017. That is if the rate does not change one way or another.
All of these candidates except one are bought and paid for by someone, or a group of someone’s.
That is why the Keystone pipeline has never happened.
That is why 20 odd percent of our Uranium was sold to Russia in a backroom deal made by Hillary.
Do you want more of the same or would you like a change?
Campaign reform and total transparency needs to top any agenda for this next administration.
Term limits need to also top any list of to-do’s as we need to get the good old boys out of Washington.
As one man put it, we need to dismantle the Washington Cartel.
You dismantle them by holding them accountable.
You dismantle them by transparency of their funding and you force them to create term limits for themselves.
They need to live by the same laws that we live by, and by the same social security, and the same health care.
In short, you remove the incentives to be corrupt. If you go to Washington to serve, you go there to serve, not to serve yourself!
At a Sanders caucus, a college student who was caucusing for him was asked to explain socialism. She was unable to do so but, still firmly entrenched in his camp. “Oh Bernie…what a man…. (Sarcasm)”
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