As I scribble this little missive the fine folks in Iowa are doing what they usually do this time every four years.
Having dinner.
But AFTER dinner, they all bundle up...
Well, not all of them, but many of them.
Ok, some of them.
A few of them bundle up and head out to the local schools and other public sites and sit down and “caucus”.
Caucus - noun ( pl. caucuses )
a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy.
This is the very first step in selecting the next President of the United States. No, not the GOP candidate. If there is anyone left in this nation that is willing to look over the past three years, honestly and objectively, then it is highly unlikely that Obama will be in the White House after 2012. The probability is very low. Not zero, there are no absolutes. He could, based on the laws he just signed, imprison all Conservatives in the country the day before the election. Without trial. He said he wouldn’t, but he can. He could. That would ensure his re-election. He certainly won’t win based on his record. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at that record, shall we?
Unemployment has been over 8% since shortly after Obama took office. With the exception of November, it has been above 9% for this entire year. This is not the sign of a “recovering” economy. It’s also not a “gold star” for the Obama record.
What else? Well, our national debt is now over $15 trillion dollars. Obama has overseen a larger three-year increase in the national debt than at any other time in history. Ever. You’d be hard pressed to call that a positive aspect of any record. We’re $14 billion from breaking the debt ceiling that was just increased. Again. Obama has even floated the idea of raising the debt ceiling. Again.
I’ve asked this question before, but it’s worth asking again. What’s the purpose of setting a limit if you just move it each time it’s hit? Can I do this with the speed limit? I’d get to work a lot faster if I could move the limit past 55 when my speedometer said “55mph”.
Let’s talk about the government takeover of private industry under the Obama regime. How many car companies are now owned by Obama? How many banks? What about the health care industry? Roughly one sixth of the US economy is now under Obama’s control. And they’re not doing all that well. You think you want to buy a Chevy Volt?
Health care costs are on the rise, unemployment is up, debt is up, and the size of government is up. For all that to be true, and it all is, then something else must have shrunk.
That’s right, that would be the middle class. The shrinking of our middle class has already been documented in the media, believe it or not. It’s worse in minority groups. This type of division in the classes, and the decline of the middle class, is a common occurrence when Socialism is the dominant political philosophy. I’m not saying Obama is a socialist but, well, ok I AM saying Obama is a socialist. It’s hard to argue the facts:
- Increased government size
- More and more industry under government control
- Increased entitlements (i.e. the new unemployment welfare plan)
- Collapsing middle class
I think it’s hard to argue the facts. Those points are all part of the three-year record of this President. So, keep in mind as we move through the various causes and primary elections. We, the members of the GOP, the Conservatives, are selecting the next President of the United States.
Either that, or I’ll see you in the local jail.
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