Tuesday, October 16, 2012

BEFORE THE DEBATE

Hey, Mr President, the debate is about to start, where are you?

You're busy???      This is important, you've got to be here!

Your wedding anniversary ?

Go ahead without you???

Wha   Wha  What???

You say just give them the facts?


Should we use some of that funny stuff they said in their primary debates?

No???    You say just let him talk and he'll screw up again?

Should we mention his remark about the good for nothing 47%?

No???    You think that this wouldn't be polite? 

What do you care if the pundits would think you are rude?

Well, I think you should be here.  If you don't make it you can't play basketball with us next week.

That's more like it, see you in a few minutes. 


Monday, October 15, 2012

TO THE DEBATERS

Mr President and Candidate Romney, may I suggest that you both get on the same page tomorrow.  No need to make wild promises or tell what a great leader you would be, and no need to be overly polite and assume that everyone already knows the facts and you don't need to remind them.  Just tell us your positions on the issues.

Are you going to continue the tax break on the Middle Class and poor?

Are you going to continue the tax break on the wealthy 1%?

Are you going to bring the troops home in 2014?

Are you going to cut spending for the Military?

Are you going to  have affordable Health Care for all citizens?

Are you going to  keep pressure on Iran  not to develope an A Bomb?

Will you support a preemptive Military strike on Iran?

Will you restore vital govenment spending to support Education and Public Service?

Will you cut unnecessary spending in an effort to balance the budget?

Will you cut government spending as much as necessary to balance the budget regardless of any unintentional consequences?

Will you maintain rules and regulations on business to protect citizens and the environment from harm? 

Will you honor and defend the Constitution of the USA?

Will you vigoresly defend the Bill of Rights for all citizens?

Thank You!


THE ROMNEY ADVANTAGE

Like all candidates, Candidate Romney can make all  kinds of wild promises  whether they are promises  that he can keep  or not, and as a result,  he can really excite the crowd.  The incumbent President on the other hand must stick to the facts that even though they show success, they  can't compete for excitement with the promise of greater success.

Candidate Romney has criticized the President's leadership and  lack of full success citing his leadership and success in the corporate world.  Unfortunately, leadership is not the same in  the Government as it is in the Corporate world.  In the Corporate world, leadership is based upon risk taking.  The bigger the risk, the greater the gain or loss.  If the risk is successful, both the stockholders and the corporate officers make great gains.  If the risk is a failure, the stockholders are the loosers and the Corporate Officers bear no personal liability; that's the law.   In Government,  failed risks cause a loss for the Nation as a whole,  This dual approach cannot. be ignored.   The President  just cannot  take chances.  Failed decisions  cost lives  as well material losses.

A perfect example of this dangerous leadership concept is Mr. Chaney in government as Sec. of Defense, then Mr Cheney in the Corporate world  with Halburton,  Then Mr Cheney  in the Government as Vice President.

Cheney as Sec of Defense went along with President Bush's decision not to
occupy Iraq  in the first Iraq "encounter."  After  a successful role as a leader  in the Business world, when he became  Vice President he pushed for the invasion of Iraqto take the chance of finding wpw's that just didn't exist.  History will attest to the tragic consequences of this failed decision.

Romney's big advantage is not his personal success in the business world which may be a disadvangtage, but it is rather his freedom to be flexible and make any promise that the people would like to hear.



Friday, October 5, 2012

A SCENE WITH THE EMPTY PODIUM

(A take off on the famous Clint Eastwood Empty Chair Scene)

You looked good last night, Mit, but let's face it, wild promises look good even if  we know that those Promises just wouldn't be kept.

You are going to have a health care plan that cancels Obama care and still takes care of everyone? --  Your own party opposes such a plan, and you promise to pass such a plan that your own party opposes?

I'll bet $10,000, that you would simply cancel Obama care and turn the problem over to the states, which, will result in 50 million people being without health care, the condition we were in before Obamacare. 

There are a couple of promises that I feel sure that you would try to keep.  1) Keep the tax break for the top 1% and 2) Keep the billion dollar gift to the Oil Companies.  Neither of these parties need these gifts, and not having these gifts won't make one bit of difference in the number of jobs gained or lost


Thanks for reminding us of the fact that President Obama did not fully suceed in all of the many problems he has tackled. ---Perhaps  Four Years just isn't long enough to  solve all of the problems caused over the previous 8 years.

What concerns me the most, Mitt, is your claim to be a superior leader.  You must know that you can't do this job all by yourself; you have to surround yourself with top level experts like President Obama did.  I have to question your judgement in this regard.

You pick a young light weight like Ryan to take over and keep your promises
if something happens to you?  Who are you going to pick for Secretary of State, Donald Trump?

Mitt, you did a great job of imitating a young Obama, but you're no Ronald Reagan.  You're acting just won't do the job!