| Re: [PR&C] Presidential Race 2016 |
Subject: Re: [PR&C] Presidential Race 2016 by bogus on 2015/8/10 19:54:30 You all more then likely won't like what I am going to say... but I am fine with that. I watch politics from a different perspective. More theoretical than marketing. In short, the GOP has a problem... Barry Goldwater identified it 40 years ago... the Christian right. It is ok to be Christian, I am one... but once the GOP embraced the Christian right as a political force, all things negotiated went right out the window. Christians have a tendency to be dogmatic, wrapped up with their God and beliefs that are without waiver. This is fine on a Sunday and a good moral compass to guide ones life with, but to govern this way makes us no better than an Islamic state. Seriously. Think about it. As for Mitt Romney, he lost because of the Tea Party. They have absolutely scared the shit of of the moderates in our society. So much so that Romney, a classic Eisenhower Republican, was not elected... because he wasn't far enough to the right for the Tea Party and Paul scared the moderates for being too far to the right. Talk about a catch 22. I have done some fact checking on Scott Walker. Wisconsin is in bad shape... and it has a lot to do with his policies. Check the numbers... the state is in serious trouble, economically. Unless they have improved dramatically in the last 6 or 8 months... I wouldn't vote for him to save my life. The other side, Democrats, scare me also. I really really really wish Elizabeth Warren would run. But I don't think she will. The other task of government is to establish a stable economic environment. The Tea Party wants to gut that and let the markets rule... the markets will only ruin... those greedy bastards will be the end of the middle class if left alone. Privatize Social Security? No. No way in hell. I don't trust Wall Street as far as I can spit on it, and I sure don't want them being in control of ALL my retirement. Some basic regulation is needed to keep greedy, unethical people honest. Without them, we have the Savings and Loan disaster and the Mortgage Meltdown. Oh, forgot all about Black Friday, 1929... Final thought: Government must be able to compromise to establish laws that satisfy the majority of the population. Not placate a small group that yells a lot. This means laws that allow vs ban are more appropriate over the long haul, because bans effect everyone, where as permitting only effects those that want... Case in point is gay marriage and abortion. Allowing them doesn't change my life, but banning them, all because a small group is offended (for whatever reason) is truly the definition of a nanny nation. And by allowing abortion, it isn't a REQUIREMENT, but an OPTION. I am not a fan of tax monies going to pay for abortions, tho... I do draw the line there. As for gun control, use both hands. Fix the damned mental health system, improve reporting of those institutionalized and much of the problem will fix itself. |
