The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same
Keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again. There has been an election and some monumental things have been said and done. As I told you in my previous articles, when observing the politics of your allies and your adversaries, one must learn to read between the lines. Well, this presidential election has given you several things to take note concerning. In the nature of being scientific, one must be devoted to knowing, and in order to truly know--not only must you read between the lines, but you must learn to predict and project based upon known perspectives. Here is your opportunity to now practice and hone your skills. If you do your duty, practice your craft--and you will be rewarded with tremendous insight and eyesight:
"When I say unto the wicked, thou shall surely die, and they giveth not warning--nor speaketh to the wicked to warn the wicked way; the same wicked man shall die of his own iniquity, but his blood will I acquire at thy own hand."
--Ezekiel 3:18
--Ezekiel 3:18
"I am guilty. I am guilty of every crime known to man, because I watched without protest." --Jean Claude T, The Bicentennial Poet
Heavy, eh? Keep your eyes open.
Things have gotten dangerous, but they are still in their infancy, making them easier to spot. "If you can spot something in its' infancy--it will be easier to know the nature of that thing." Plato said something like this, and I must say it is as good as gold--so let's go.
Now I spoke to you, my people, in my treatise on "Political Organization" concerning the candidate's debate: I said these debates are a chance to find out where these candidates are coming from, and the townhouse meetings are the places where you can rapid fire the candidates with a barrage of questions. This will give you the opportunity to hear candid answers and grant yourself with the ability to make an intelligent decision. If you follow these footsteps, you shall see some ominous signs, but at least you will know why things are the way they are. Are you ready? Let's go!
First, let's focus on the Republican party's primary. Here is the genesis of the situation we are now facing. There were several candidates for the Republican party, each with various points of views between them: Each saying things and coining phrases concerning President Obama that sounded more like conversation between rednecks chasing some runaway slave or escaped convict, than sounding like challenges to take down the incumbent president's policies.
Several times, the whole lot were expounding more on their personal feelings towards the president, than they were on the issues of his job performance and the problems facing the economy and the nation. Many were spitting out slurs, verbs, and words that sound like our president did nothing during his four years in office and that he was personally responsible for the recession. Never was he even implied as the one who brought us delicately out of the jaws of a recession and looming depression, or the president who's forces eliminated the Bin Laden threat, start sending the troops coming home from Afghanistan (a war started by the "Bush Jr." administration), or greatly reduced unemployment and medical insurance waste with his medical care program (not to mention more healthy eating alternatives for our American public).
The Republican candidates during the Republican primary were Fred Karger, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Buddy Roemer, Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney. Having that many candidates alone, seem to indicate that the Republican party is very divided on issues and direction.
Fred Karger, Illinois native, political consultant, brokerage firm owner, gay activist and part of the radical homosexual community, has never held public office but worked on nine presidential campaigns. He was senior consultant for the campaigns of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford. He is a gay rights activist, championing causes from protection of rights to investigating the LDS Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)--a Mormon religious organization. Obviously, this placed Karger as "Anti-Romney" element--causing havoc for the Romney campaign. He called candidate Michele Bachmann a liar, hypocrite, and bigot in connection with her husband using conversation therapy in his clinic to attempt to cure gays of homosexuality. He withdrew in June 2012.
Newt Gingrich, is a politician, author, and political consultant, former U.S. House Speaker and member of House of Representatives from Georgia. Newt formed the Conservative Opportunity Society, a group which included young conservative House Republicans in 1983. Ronald Reagan adopted COS ideas on economic growth, education, crime and social issues for his 1984 re-election campaign. While he was House speaker, the House enacted welfare reform, passed a capital gains tax cut in 1997, passed the first balanced budget since 1969-- in 1998. He is a former Lutheran who spent most of his life under Southern Baptist ideology before converting to Roman Catholicism in 2009. It was Gingrich who was one of the loudest instigators against Obama, calling him "Obama Care/Welfare president." The infamous "Gang of Seven," which is Gingrich and a host of others, railed against what they saw as ethical lapses under the Democratic control of the House for almost 40 years. The House banking scandal and Congressional Post Office scandal were emblems of exposed corruption. Yet Ol' Newt himself was among the 450 members of the House engaged in check kiting. Gingrich had overdrafts on 22 checks, including a $9,463 check to the IRS in 1990. In 1990, GOPAC distributed a memo which included a cover letter signed by yours truly, called "A Key Mechanism of Control," encouraged Republicans to speak like Newt, containing lists of contrasting words--words with negative connotations such as "radical," "sick," and "traitors"--and optimistic positive governing words, such as "opportunity," "courage," and "principled," that Gingrich recommended for use describing Democrats and Republicans, respectively. I guess we don't have to guess who assisted in most of the negative campaigning for the presidential elections. . . Eighty-four ethics charges were filed against Gingrich during his term as Speaker. The ethics panel "finding that Gingrich repeatedly violated one rule by using a political consultant to develop the Republican legislative agenda," i.e. claiming tax-exempt status for a college course run for political purposes. Instead, the House officially reprimanded Gingrich (in a vote of 395 in favor, 28 opposed) and "ordered Gingrich to reimburse the House for some of the costs of the investigation, in the amount of $300,000". It was the first time a Speaker was disciplined for an ethics violation (the Republicans never found such things on Obama. . . a.k.a., people in glass houses. . .). Additionally, the House Ethics Committee concluded that inaccurate information supplied to investigators represented "intentional or ... reckless" disregard of House rules. When Newt relinquished the speakership, Gingrich said, "I'm not willing to preside over people who are cannibals." After then-front-runner Herman Cain was damaged by allegations of past sexual harassment, Gingrich gained support, and quickly became a contender in the race, especially after Cain suspended his campaign. By December 4, 2011, Gingrich was leading in the national polls. The Newt 2012 campaign used a new slogan referring to Gingrich as "the last conservative standing." Despite this, on April 19, Gingrich told Republicans in New York that he would work to help Romney win the general election if Romney secured the nomination. Gingrich ended his campaign on May 2, 2012 and endorsed Mitt Romney.
Rick Santorum is a former Senator of Pennsylvania, who began a campaign for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for president of the United States in April 2011. He had been preparing for a run since shortly after the 2008 presidential
election. Santorum was one of the non-Mormon candidates to directly take on the accusations of Mormonism being a cult. At a debate, which took place in Orlando, Florida on September 22, 2011, a gay soldier deployed in Iraq asked the candidates if they would take measures to "circumvent" the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, if elected president. Santorum, answered the question, "Any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military, the military's job is to do one thing, and that is to defend our country. The fact that they're making a point to include it as a provision within the military that we are going to recognize a group of people and give them a special privilege to -- and removing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' I think tries to inject social policy into the military. What we're doing is playing social experimentation with our military right now. And that's tragic." At another event, Santorum suggested that children would be better off having a father in prison than being raised by lesbian parents. Although he was considered a "joke" candidate and panned as unelectable in some quarters, his solid consistency with his fellow pro-life Catholics kept him in the race. Rick Santorum surged in the week before the Iowa caucuses, propelling him to a narrow victory over Mitt Romney in the first contest of the presidential primaries. Santorum's presidential hopes received another boost when he surprisingly swept all three votes held on February 7, 2012, in Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado. Santorum suspended his campaign on April 10, 2012, following the hospitalization of his three year old daughter Isabella, as well as a strong showing by front runner Mitt Romney in recent primaries and polls. He conceded the race to Romney later that day, though didn't fully endorse him until May 7.
election. Santorum was one of the non-Mormon candidates to directly take on the accusations of Mormonism being a cult. At a debate, which took place in Orlando, Florida on September 22, 2011, a gay soldier deployed in Iraq asked the candidates if they would take measures to "circumvent" the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, if elected president. Santorum, answered the question, "Any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military, the military's job is to do one thing, and that is to defend our country. The fact that they're making a point to include it as a provision within the military that we are going to recognize a group of people and give them a special privilege to -- and removing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' I think tries to inject social policy into the military. What we're doing is playing social experimentation with our military right now. And that's tragic." At another event, Santorum suggested that children would be better off having a father in prison than being raised by lesbian parents. Although he was considered a "joke" candidate and panned as unelectable in some quarters, his solid consistency with his fellow pro-life Catholics kept him in the race. Rick Santorum surged in the week before the Iowa caucuses, propelling him to a narrow victory over Mitt Romney in the first contest of the presidential primaries. Santorum's presidential hopes received another boost when he surprisingly swept all three votes held on February 7, 2012, in Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado. Santorum suspended his campaign on April 10, 2012, following the hospitalization of his three year old daughter Isabella, as well as a strong showing by front runner Mitt Romney in recent primaries and polls. He conceded the race to Romney later that day, though didn't fully endorse him until May 7.
Buddy Roemer, Former governor of Louisiana, declared his candidacy on June 21, 2011. On February 22, 2012 he announced he was withdrawing from the Republican race to pursue a place on a third-party ticket, specifically the Reform Party and Americans Elect nominations. Shortly after Americans Elect announced they would not be fielding a candidate. On May 31, 2012, Roemer announced that he was ending his campaign for the presidency in 2012.
Rick Perry Governor of Texas, declared his candidacy on August 13, 2011. Rick Perry said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should stop printing more money to stimulate the economy, saying it was "treasonous" and that he would be treated "pretty ugly down in Texas" for his actions. He also criticized Barack Obama for not serving in the military, saying, "The president had the opportunity to serve his country. I’m sure at some time he made the decision that isn’t what he wanted to do." Perry criticized the Obama administration's announcement on December 6, 2011, that the United States would initiate the use of foreign aid for promoting homosexual rights across the world. Perry spoke out against the measure, saying, "Just when you thought Barack Obama couldn't get any more out of touch with America’s values, AP reports his administration wants to make foreign aid decisions based on gay rights. After doing poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire, he suspended his campaign on January 19, 2012.
Jon Huntsman, Jr., Former Governor of Utah and US Ambassador to China, declared his candidacy on June 21, 2011. Huntsman sought to establish himself as an anti-negative candidate and take the "high road." In his announcement, he also stated "I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president." Huntsman touted himself as a fiscal conservative, with an economic plan which the Wall St. Journal labeled "impressive." A foreign policy moderate, Huntsman called for a decrease in defense spending and withdrawal from Afghanistan, while increasing pressure on Iran and support for Israel. Huntsman strongly supported civil unions for years but not same-sex marriage. He described himself as "a conservative technocrat-optimist with moderate positions, who was willing to work substantively with President Barack Obama." He has also named Taiwan, human rights, and Tibet among the "areas where we have differences with China" and vowed "robust engagement" on human rights. After coming in third in New Hampshire, he suspended his campaign on January 16, 2012
Michele Bachmann, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, declared her candidacy on June 27, 2011, in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. In an interview with David Gregory on Meet the Press, when asked about submission, Bachmann responded that "submission means respect." Gregory joked "Congresswoman, I didn't even have to check with my wife, and I know those two things aren’t equal." to which Bachmann responded "in our household it does." The question has raised concerns of sexism, while Bachmann's deflection of the question has been criticized. In a June 26, 2011, interview, Bob Schieffer summarized Bachmann's critics as saying she was "very fast and loose with the truth", and noted that only one of twenty-three Bachmann claims analyzed by PolitiFact.com was found to be completely true while seven statements were rated "pants on fire". Despite winning the Iowa Ames straw poll, she received only 5% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses. Bachmann announced the suspension of her campaign for president on January 4, 2012.
Ted Kennedy. He was born as Willard Mitt Romney and raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he attended the prestigious Cranbrook School before receiving his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in 1971. He attended Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, and received both a law degree and a Master of Business Administration degree in 1975. Romney married Ann Davies in 1969; they have five sons, Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and Craig. Mitt and Ann Romney are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church. Their openness about their faith has brought Mormonism into the national spotlight, creating unique media attention for the Romneys and other famous Mormons. Romney took over the Salt Lake Organizing Committee and helmed a successful 2002 Olympic Games. He became governor of Massachusetts in 2003 and made a run for the Republican nomination in the 2008 election, losing to candidate John McCain. Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, declared his candidacy on
June 2, 2011. But he's on record championing some of the most extreme -- and more importantly, extremely unpopular -- tactics aimed at blocking women's access to basic reproductive health care, including abortion and birth control. Romney made a second run for the U.S. presidency in 2012, with U.S. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate, but was ultimately defeated by President Barack Obama in a tight race.
So within the party, you have a gay activist who doesn't care for the LDS and declares "open-season" on Romney because he is a Mormon, and obviously some of Mormon views incensed the "alternative" community. It also stands to reason that Karger does not like Santorum very much either, for "his gays in the military position," nor Perry because of his criticism of Obama and his gay/foreign policy view--not to mention Bachmann because of her husband's therapeutic treatment of gays.
Of equal importance, the Republican party is well-known for its conservative view--yet Karger, Huntsman, and Paul are so far Right. This has got to be disorganizing for the republican party. Herman Cain embarrassed himself out of the race, on allegations of sexual harassment, and Romney seems to say awkward and disgraceful things like his comments on the women/ contraceptive-abortion issue. Now if Romney can be this Left on this issue, how can he be documented as holding a 56% to 42% lead over President Obama, where White women are concerned? We shall come back to this issue.
Since the Democrats has the incumbent, the media focus was on the Republican Presidential primary--putting undue attention on the sideshow issues of the party. Anyone who does a background check on Newt Gingrich (as we did), would label him a liar and a thief, a "people in glass houses" candidate--and yet he stood tall hurling borderline racial slurs at the President, creating lies concerning Obama, job-less-ness, and the economy. We shall return to this issue as well.
Now, does it come as any surprise to you that four out of the nine candidates were
Southerners? Not to me, when it comes to a Black president. That seems real
ultra-conservative-- especially for the Republican party (conservative group on the
overall). They don't want a Black man in charge. This is an Imperialist society; just like most of the countries in Europe. A male-dominated society, such as America, always concerns itself with money, power (male dominance) and respect--and a Black male president challenges that perspective (at least in their minds). Not to mention that a 72% White male vote for Romney in the exit polls (and Newt's posturing to its' public), serves as a confirmation that most White males have a problem with it. Obama only took three Southern states--Virginia, New Mexico and Nevada (election exit poll) respectively [unless you consider Mason/Dixon states like Maryland, or Washington, D.C.].
Does it come as any surprise that once each were eliminated from the race, each
Southern Republican Presidential candidate promised to deliver their state to the
endorsed Republican nominee, in order to make a decent challenge at
presidency. Mitt Romney is said to have won the popular vote, but failed to deliver in electoral votes for president (the votes that really count). Yet on CNN network, on the night of the concession, the polls show Obama leading the
popular polls with about 600,000 votes. However, that would not surprise me because their are substantially more Whites across America than Black, Latino, and other ethnic groups combined--yet some of these numbers are deceiving. We will get back to this issue towards the end.
presidency. Mitt Romney is said to have won the popular vote, but failed to deliver in electoral votes for president (the votes that really count). Yet on CNN network, on the night of the concession, the polls show Obama leading the
popular polls with about 600,000 votes. However, that would not surprise me because their are substantially more Whites across America than Black, Latino, and other ethnic groups combined--yet some of these numbers are deceiving. We will get back to this issue towards the end.
The New York Times on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 reads: FOCUS IS ON
ECONOMY AS VOTERS CHOOSE; DEMOCRATS SEEN AS KEEPING THE SENATE:
Party Captures Massachusetts; Seizes Indiana.
[Massachusetts is Governor Romney's state]
In the main headline article by Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg, I quote the
following: "Four years after Mr. Obama drew broad support across so many categories of voters, the national electorate appeared to have withdrawn to its more familiar demographic borders, according to polls conducted by Edison Research. Mr. Obama's coalition included support from Blacks, Hispanics, women, those under 30, those in unions, gay men and lesbians and Jews, though his support among Jews appeared to have diminished some.
Mr. Romney's coalition included disproportionate support from whites, men, older people, high income voters, evangelicals, those from suburban and rural counties and those who call themselves adherents of the Tea Party--a group that
had resisted him through the primaries but fully embraced him by Election day."
Party Captures Massachusetts; Seizes Indiana.
[Massachusetts is Governor Romney's state]
In the main headline article by Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg, I quote the
following: "Four years after Mr. Obama drew broad support across so many categories of voters, the national electorate appeared to have withdrawn to its more familiar demographic borders, according to polls conducted by Edison Research. Mr. Obama's coalition included support from Blacks, Hispanics, women, those under 30, those in unions, gay men and lesbians and Jews, though his support among Jews appeared to have diminished some.
Mr. Romney's coalition included disproportionate support from whites, men, older people, high income voters, evangelicals, those from suburban and rural counties and those who call themselves adherents of the Tea Party--a group that
had resisted him through the primaries but fully embraced him by Election day."
CNN's "Situation Room," aired on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 from 4:00 pm
to 6:41 pm, claims that a major component in how these results came to be for
Obama, was the last minute shift in undecided and some decided votes
concerning the hurricane Sandy disaster that wreaked havoc along the eastern seaboards. The Situation Room also claimed economics as another major factor, as well. In other words, it was Obama's sense of humanity, manifested as a quick
response to providing aid to people in these areas that gained him support by even some of his sharpest critics like Governor Chris Christie, of the state of New Jersey. It sounds more like the hurricane victims knew there could possibly be a lot
more "red tape" if leadership shifted hands--they were only protecting their own interests--especially since one president does not have to honor the agreement of another.
CNN's "America's Choice 2012" with Soledad O' Brien, aired on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 6:00 am, had Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee
Congresswoman and Mitt Romney Camp Surrogate, came on Soledad's show, to give explanation as to why after gathering 72% of the White males votes and 56% of White women vote in the exit polls, Romney still lost. She had this to say: "The president was helped by Hurricane Sandy and that kind of took the campaign and broke the campaign's momentum. The Obama campaign has convinced people that jobs and the economy is getting better. I have a disagreement with that as you probably could imagine. Jobs and the economy was the number one issue, especially with women. People want to get back to work and their camp convinced them that things are getting better. . ."
Soledad retorted, "You don't mean to say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is spinning numbers to somehow favor the Democratic? You're not saying that are you?"
Marsha said, "No, what I'm saying is people are looking for full time gainful employment, not two part-time jobs. . ."
Right! Where did she get these facts and statistics from? The Bureau of Labor Statistics? A poll that she personally conducted? Did she go into the areas where employment is down and interview them? Or is this just how she feels (as opposed to knowing)?
The above situation is essentially the problem in a nutshell: Going on feelings and likes and dislikes, instead of what is really being done. Let's look first at the 72% of White males who did vote for Romney instead of Obama:
Would you say that they are voting with their hearts or with their heads? If you said head, then are they rational and reasonable, or stubborn and unyielding regardless to the facts? If they are using their minds and are reasonable, then observe the following:
Right now I am watching Erin Burnett "Out front"
on Wednesday November 14, 2012 at 11:00 pm
The Topic is: DOW FALLS ON FISCAL CLIFF FEARS
President Obama: "There are loopholes that can be closed and we should look
at how we can make the process of deductions, the filing process easier, simpler.
But when it comes to the top two percent, what I am not going to do is to extend
further a tax cut for folks who don't need it, which would cost close to a
trillion dollars."
Host Erin Burnett: "You saw it in the market: The market gets really worried
--forget whether you think they want tax increases or not--the reason the
market plunges, everybody, is because they feel that the president is saying:
"I'm not going to do this." And on the other side, the Republicans are saying:
"I'm not going to do that." And that just means, No DEAL--and that's the worst
outcome possible. Hogan Gidley is a Republican Strategist and Maria
Cardona is a Democratic Strategist. Good to have both of you.
Maria, let me start with that question: The reason that the market goes down
so sharply on this isn't because of their personal view, it's because they are
worried of going off this fiscal cliff could mean a pretty deep and sudden
recession in this country and that is really bad for everybody and for
corporate earnings. So is the president hurting chances for a deal by
saying, before they started even discussing it--"I'm not going to do this!"
Maria: "No I don't think so, though I agree with you, the reason that the DOW
plunges is because of this uncertainty. But I think what the president is doing is
laying out the marker that frankly shouldn't surprise anybody: Let's remember,
this is the one thing that he ran on: We can discuss during the campaign
whether he had a lack of clarity on what he would do beyond this for the
next four years. but this was one of the things that was crystal clear that
he wanted to do. And he got elected.by the majority of people, in a
statistic that just blew me away, Erin, and the exit polls show he won
8 of the 10 wealthiest counties across this country. So apparently
wealthy people also agree that they should be paying more. So he's
the one who has a little bit of leverage going in. If Republicans have
other ideas on how to get to where we need to go, if even Democrats
have other ideas there: Which would mean to deal with this in a
balanced way that would not hurt middle class families, which does
not hurt seniors, that does not hurt the most vulnerable--I think he's
willing to listen to that. So I think that is where the comprise can lie."
Erin: "Do you agree with that, that Republicans are going to have to
give a little bit more?" That the president did win the popular electoral
vote. The margin of the popular vote was only 2% but he did win it."
Hogan Gidley: "Sure. Elections have consequences. This is the consequence
of the election. He is the president of the United States and he ran on this.
He said he was going to do it, although he didn't come through on any of
the promises of 2008, this is one he is hell bent on trying to make sure it happens."
In all fairness, Hogan--after that off-kelter remark, starts to lay into the president about no spending cuts, alternative plans, etc., but he did not disagree that we are not currently in a recession. And this is precisely my point! Both Cardona and Gidley are party strategists--Gidley did start to get testy about other things--so it would be a tremendous over-site, to give the above underlined statement a pass, rather than dig into it if it was not true. Also in all fairness, there was a recession when Obama was ushered in, based on a war in Afghanistan that the Republican former President Bush ushered in under the auspices of the so-called "weapons of mass destruction." Combine this with Bureau of Labor Statistics statements concerning employment being up and you wonder, in a time when the villain of Bush (Bin Laden) has been captured and killed under the Obama watch and tell us why 72% of White males would legitimately change "horses in mid-stream?
The headline read economics, the Republicans talk about Hurricane Sandy helping Obama win the re-election--but other than tongue-wagging, Romney offered no comprehensive plan for helping the middle-class, working class or poor. He posted no web-sites concerning his plan during his election for people to get enough information about his plan or his position on things--yet 72% of White males were willing to follow him. Why? Romney planned to dismantle Obama care, cut social programs, which he called "over-budget spending," which would cripple the middle-class, working class, and poor who depend on such things when the economy is not good (which it is right now) and their money doesn't go as far as it used to.
Now I told you; you have to learn to read between the lines, so let's do some:
Now go up to the maps on the top of the page: The states Romney won in, symbolically look very much like the maps of the slavery states (Obama is the product of a free White woman and a "African" from Central Asia, which means his ancestry does not trace back to slavery--yet the message is clear). See the Runaway Slave poster? Good!
Now go up to the maps on the top of the page: The states Romney won in, symbolically look very much like the maps of the slavery states (Obama is the product of a free White woman and a "African" from Central Asia, which means his ancestry does not trace back to slavery--yet the message is clear). See the Runaway Slave poster? Good!
Now when the South succeeded from the North there were two presidents and two houses: President Obama has the House of Congress and the "ghost" Southern
president controls the current day House of Representatives. Each side army had its' own generals. Look at the news today: Isn't today's gossip about generals in scandals?
president controls the current day House of Representatives. Each side army had its' own generals. Look at the news today: Isn't today's gossip about generals in scandals?
Who was the most famous Southern military Strategist? General Robert E. Lee, wasn't it? And the hog is another name for a pig, correct? In the 60's, the pig was the symbol of "the real authority"--"Thee Man," so to speak, eh? Not to mention that Gid is a disease that appears in herbivors like sheep (people are like sheep/ "bringing in the sheep"). Make no mistake about it: Do not take the words of the Southern-- I mean, Republican "Strategist," Hog-an Gid-Ley (Lee), as humble-pie--far from it. His reference to 2008, is saying, "Yeah, you won in 2008 too, but we blocked most of your policies by House of Representative veto power, and he implied, we will slow up your bills passing, this year too--you don't control us, we regulate you (pig=enforcer, the authority)--we have the authority!
As I said previously, with men--its all about power, money and respect in the Western world. A Western-oriented male would rather buy-off his woman, than to give her real power. Would rather cut off his arm, than to let a Blackman run the government. And in the not so distant past in this country, the ruling class White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, shared his throne with no-one. Make no mistake about it, Michael Vick goes by the play-calling of Andy Reid. He doesn't have the authority of a Peyton Manning--to audible and change plays--despite what the offensive coordinator puts in play. . . to oversee the overseer--so to speak. But this is not U.S. National League Football: this is for the highest position of the United States; the presidency. Veto power is somewhat for 'homeostasis' in Congress. It is a check and balance mechanism--not something to throw a wrench into the works, then exclaim--"it's not working." Veto power was to keep any one part of government from gaining too much control--not to make it damn near impossible to run the country--due to ethnicity, party fashions, or some other divisiveness, while the country gently heads towards a depression!
Unless the business is owned by a Blackman, I personally have never seen a Blackman in control of a multi-racial business, where he did not have to report to another who is White. I'm not saying it does not exist, but I am saying--there isn't much of it. There is a feeling of general distrust, I get from most White men that are my age, towards Blackmen running things. It is a sort of a fear that we will one day take over and destroy them--I know it is irrational, but if we could hypnotize them and get them to put away the politically correct rhetoric--this fear would be on a majority of their minds. The kind that would make 72% "pull the trigger" in the election polls.
Blacks are mainly the descendants of agriculturally-rooted people. We have rose up against injustices in this country on a few occasions, but most of us push to be accepted into their society (which I feel does not get us the respect and equality we desire because that puts them in the scrutinizing position). We, as a people, do not demonstrate that way--accept against our own. Look at all the nations within Central Asia that have won their independence--even South Africa--after the smoke clears, Whites still remain. I guess it reflects what they would do if the tables were turned. But White men generally act as though we cannot manage ourselves, much less the country of the United States.
Blacks are mainly the descendants of agriculturally-rooted people. We have rose up against injustices in this country on a few occasions, but most of us push to be accepted into their society (which I feel does not get us the respect and equality we desire because that puts them in the scrutinizing position). We, as a people, do not demonstrate that way--accept against our own. Look at all the nations within Central Asia that have won their independence--even South Africa--after the smoke clears, Whites still remain. I guess it reflects what they would do if the tables were turned. But White men generally act as though we cannot manage ourselves, much less the country of the United States.
When I pass White men in the work place and they say that Obama did not keep his campaign promises, they are very vague on enumerating them. It seems to be a general dislike that they are covering up as something else. When I mention the capture and execution of Bin Laden, after the Bush Administration wasted so-much time and money, not to mention a whole term chasing him--they down-play that. When they mention the deficit and I mention it was balanced under Bill Clinton--the Republicans recreated the deficit under "Bush Jr." they deny those facts as well. When they talk about the bad economics and I mention the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the upswing of employment, they deny this as well. I guess if they would stop and just tell the truth, many Whites would have to admit that they don't trust us, even though they were the ones who enslaved us and generally treat us like second class citizens! Go figure. But keep in mind, there's 72% of the White male population, not happy with this same Black man in the highest office in America--and that can't foster rational thinking--but it can facilitate foolishness.
Now about the 56% of White women who voted for Romney: Is it that many White women who hold Romney's view on women, abortion and birth control--or is it that they just don't know his views--or is it that they dislike Obama (and his kind) being in control of the Presidency just that much more? I also find it ironic that there's this figure, because the general view is women love Obama. I guess, for the first time they mean mainly other than White women--which came in on the exit polls as 55%.
Romney's views are as follows: "There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children." Plain English translation: they support criminalizing abortion. " But he's on record championing some of the most extreme -- and more importantly, extremely unpopular -- tactics aimed at blocking women's access to basic reproductive health care, including abortion and birth control. Romney has said again and again that he would end funding for family planning clinics like Planned Parenthood that provide abortion services as part of a broader range of women's health care.
NUMBERS CAN BE DECEIVING
Percentages in exit polls do not explain ratios, nor concentrations or voter turn out, according to ethnicity. It can be quite possible, that rather than change party affiliations, a number of people from a specific ethnic group simply skip a person on the party ticket and vote only for the candidates whom they agree with politically. It does not explain ratios. For example, 72% of the White male vote is much less than 56% of the White female vote because women outnumber men in this country on average of four to one. Which means 100 men : 400 women; or 72% of 100=72; 56% of 400= 224: therefore 72% of White men (72) is smaller than 56% of White women (224) by a margin of 3.11 women to every 1 man.
Also the population of White men who voted for Romney was 72% percent across the United States. This does not account for density though. Whites are not equally distributed in every state; in New Mexico for example, there may be more Mexicans than Whites in most of the districts, or more Jews and Latinos in most of the districts in Florida than Whites. So if only two-thirds of the White population show up and vote for two different candidates, it will not match the whole Latino and Jewish community voting for one candidate because the White population would have split itself into one-sixth of their population for two of three candidates, whereas the Jewish and Latino community would equal a greater percentage because the whole of both populations combined would have voted for one candidate.
That's what happened in Florida. Something like that occurred in Nevada and New Mexico with the Chicanos because Obama took all three Southern states-due to density and voter turn out. So the question is 72% of how many White people showed up to vote for Obama versus how much of the population of the minorities showed up and what percentage did they vote for Obama. Percentages alone does not paint the picture in total numbers. That's why voter turn out amounts is more important than the percentages of who voted for who.
I watched these debates and saw that Romney did not have a comprehensive plan and said Newt-like things which offended women, the working class, the middle class and the poor. He championed the rich and wanted to cut programs to balance the budget. I cannot believe that 72% of White men and 56% of White women could not know these things and were voting in the dark. I also cannot believe 72% of White men and 56% of White women are not within the lower income brackets like the poor, working class, and middle class families. Romney lost the state he governs to Obama. That should tell all voters something, because that's like your family, they know how it is to live under Romney's tutelage.
President Obama spoke to the American Public during the First Presidential Debate: "Four years ago we went through the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Millions of jobs were lost. The auto industry was on the brink of collapse. The financial system had frozen up. And because of the resilience and determination of the American people, we have begun to fight our way back. Over the last 30 months, we have seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created. The auto industry came roaring back and housing has begun to rise But we all know we got a lot of work to do."
It's easy to do Monday morning quarterbacking. You look at what another did and then say what you would have done. Hind-sight is always 20/20. And if you are negative or running for office you leave out the good things to say about your opponent and what actually worked. What you have above us, in the top paragraph, is what the outcome was after four years with Obama. It is not perfect, but it was improvement, and that's why he was voted back in. What you saw during the hurricane disaster, is a president who responded immediately to come to the aid of the people, not the one who waited and aided the upper Mississippi victims first--not the hard hit areas. Bush used the levy money to fund his weapons of mass destruction campaign, raising the national deficit right back up after the Clinton administration balanced the budget. In the first presidential debate, Romney blamed Obama for inflation, citing how inflation is crushing the middle-class--without ever referring to those who's joint income is under 250,000 a year (sign of a tycoon)! How ridiculous! That's like blaming your girlfriend for the rain and bad weather--because it started raining when she came up! That's just nature at work, and you're being superstitious. He criticized Obama for having government funded training programs for the working class, not just middle-class and his solution was to increase trade, put the money in the workers hand and let him pay for his own education--at a time when the people need government programs. In typical Rich Republican fashion, he leaves the people to fin for themselves--talking in the flowery terms of "If I were president." Romney has been rich so long, he is out of touch with the common man and the need for assistance in hard time. Mitt even said during the first debate, that the "high income people will do fine whether you are the president or I am." But it's the working class who is struggling. Mitt Romney, the truth is, those promises are all talk--"you haven't done nothin yet" and--nine times out of ten, it's just candidate pipe dreams anyway. . . never to be fulfilled.
My bottom line is, if 72% of White men and 56% of White women looked at the same things I made available to my people, then they still decided to vote for Romney, ignoring all these facts--and that's frightening. Seventy two percent out of a hundred White males do not believe that a Black president should lead them. This is something that confirms something you will never get that many White men to openly admit. They will say all the right things and deny the obvious--but the fact is, this many White men said we don't want you to lead us and they did not get what they wanted. They will not take this lying down. These are not the type of people who cooperate with the man whom they tried so hard to remove, after they failed--nor will they feel all that friendly towards the stock of people whom the victor belongs. Maybe these people have a issue of getting around color--it certainly looks like that. Seventy two percent of White men and Fifty Six percent of White women? Where's the love? I mean you are not in a recession. . . I mean 56% percent White women didn't spoil entirely because the exit poll totals for all women was 55% -44% in favor of Obama; but 72% White men made the total men percentage 52%-45% in favor of Romney. That could have been devastating, had it not been for other factors like urban area--where density of population is highest (62%-36% in favor of Obama). Or rural areas, where there is more land and less people, so depending on the amount of major cities, their density numbers may not count to win the state (rural 59%-36% Romney; 50%-48% Romney; urban top density 62%-36% Obama).
Nor do I believe this 72% of White men and 56% of White women to be people acting out of rational thought and will express anger and violence over the oncoming months and years. Bad economic times brings out the worst in people. Be careful. These people can be "closet racists" but the exit poll paints a very ominous but factual picture. This could prove very interesting . . . Be careful and don't put to much trust in hidden public opinion, look how they voted.
Peace and Blessings,
C. Be'eerla Hai-roi Myers
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