Is This The Best The GOP Can Do For Presidential Candidates?

If So, They Are Guaranteeing Obama's Re-Election, In November, 2012

November 29, 2011

      It is just about five weeks until the Iowa caucus and the GOP have gone from Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain and now, Newt Gingrich, in popularity, as our next republican president the problem with republicans is, that.  For the first time in many years, they are disorganized with many different factions vying for control of the party and none of the eight candidates appeal to more than 25% of a total party member.

      The first front runner was Governor Mitt Romney who has paid his dues over the years ran for the presidency in 2008 but lost out to John McCain for the nomination because of his country wide popularity.  There is no question that Romney deserves to be nominated but for the objection of two important factions, the very conservative southern Baptist congregations who claim he is not a Christian while privately, have decided he is too much of a compromise, just what this country needs to get something done in congress and the country instead of the stalemate which has crippled the country for the last three years.  Besides, the old guard republicans, still in power in Washington want a wheeler and dealer like Gingrich, as their president since he will do their bidding while Mitt Romney, a Mormon, thinks more about his office representing the people first over the party.  Mitt is and will never be one of them so they have decided they cannot buy him at any price so he must not be allowed to get the nomination.

     At first the republican old guard and southern Baptists thought they had a winner in Rick Perry, who has wheeled and dealed with big oil and big businesses in Texas and had the "right" religious background to be one of their boys as president who could be easily swayed as they did with George Bush during the eight years of his presidency, when the rich got richer and the poor, poorer, thanks to the tax breaks and relaxation of government controls over those mega greedy financial institutions and banks who regularly bankroll the campaigns of most congressmen and presidential administrations.  But Perry did not measure up to their expectations when he fumbled and lost his cues during most every public debate with his fellow presidential candidates. He was out of the league, tongue tied and forgetful and a real embarrassment to those rooting for him and to himself.  He is a good man, but needs another eight years to measure up to the competition.

     Reluctantly they turned to Herman Cain, another fast talking and convincing carnival barker, much like Obama and being black, was a perfect match as an opponent to Obama, who they felt Citizen Cain was not a professional politician, but only interested in money for the rich, like the old guard and their backers.  But when the sexual harassment allegations and extra marital liaisons came to light, this baggage became too heavy a burden for any candidate to avoid, in spite of the fact at least two allegations were bought off and quieted, in an effort to sweep them under the rug.  It did not take long for the republicans to become aware of who was the liar and his popularity dropped like a trap door under his feet.

      With  Governor Huntsman a democratic appointee to China, that woman representative Michelle Bachman who want to outlaw abortions as her main theme, Senate loser Richard Santorum and that notorious adulterer and millionaire spending  lobbyist, former Speaker of the House who resigned in disgrace, Newt Gingrich, to pick from, to save face, the republican party gang of thieves naturally went for one of their own, "cash and carry Gingrich" as their safe choice to win the republican nomination and he has had a meteoric rise in the republican polls, whose bull s**t can easily surpass that of President Obama, any day.

      So, the republicans seems to be stuck with a man who hasn't had a real job for the last thirty years who has and is being supported by congress, government agencies and lobbyists for the last half of his life, now wants to move into the White House and be supported for the next four to eight years then retire on a sweet pension the American people must pay for the rest of his life.  All I can say is, why have the rest of us lived a decent clean life when the big profit comes from being a politician and outright bull s**t artist.  He is arrogant and will act as presidential-like the dictator he was when he shut down the government when Clinton was president.

     I say, where are the Washington's, the Lincolns the two Roosevelt's, Teddy and Franklin, who spent their years as president, fighting for and helping the American people in times of crisis, turmoil and war.  None of these politicians, including that phony Obama, will ever measure up to the man or woman we need to get us out of this worsening depression, put the American people back to work in the industrial and manufacturing jobs we have lost to foreign powers due to the laws and tax breaks our former congresses have passed and our former presidents have signed into law.  To the detriment of the American people for the campaign contributions they have received in order to be re-elected and stay in power year after year.

     It is a sad day when the American people are left with the sad choice of the lesser of two evils for the offices in Washington, a system which we have sadly repeated over the last four years, only to find out nothing is changed but the faces and the corruption continues while the American people are left with the budget deficit and national debt that will soon bankrupt our nation if we, the American people don't get it right very soon and elect the right non political people, who will do the job  for us and not anyone else.  It is your country and only you can save it with your voice and votes.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THEIR GOVERNMENT

November 24, 2011

          When, "We the People of the United States", declared our independence from our mother land England, in 1776, it was chiefly because we were being taken advantage of by our rulers and taxed without representation.

          After fighting three wars from within to keep our freedom and many others from other foreign powers, we have managed to form a government which has functioned to the envy of all the world and for the last 100 years and we have been a leader amongst the nations of the world.  We are the place of plenty of room, food and work and not dependent on anyone but ourselves to live free from want, in safety and tranquility.

          However, for the last sixty years, since our glorious days of victory in World War II, when we almost singlehandedly took on and defeated the challenge to our very existance and freedom of Japan, Germany and Italy, we have managed as the world's most powerful and respected nation, to be reduced in a period of five short years to a debtor nation with high unemployment, a deep recession we have not seen in 80 years.  We have become a broken economy and a dysfunctional government whose members cannot agree to fix anything. Yet, the American people are put into further debt of more than a trillion dollars a year because our leaders in Washington cannot or will not agree on any plan to save our sinking credit and economy.

          Everything in Washington is based on politics, and control by both political parties, who control the members of each party and their vote.  Now that they are in a re-election mode for the next year, the political war between these two opposite armies has intensified to the point they want to destroy the other while they don't even talk to each other, seldom meet in session or even agree when they meet as committees.

          All the while, it is the American people and our government who suffer the consequences.  When the people show their disdain and distrust of our government in the streets, they are called kooks and malcontents who should take a bath and go to work, by such candidate as, Newt Gingrich, the perfect example of a money hungry, greedy, fat politician who has profited from the government for the last thirty years and has the reputation of an adulterer and hypocrite.  The Republican Party is so corrupt they are about to choose him as their standard bearer for the presidency.  The democrats fell in love with that sweet and fast talking phony, Obama, who is so impressed with himself, he thinks and acts like he is the kingfish.  I call him a standing and moving well dressed dummy, since he accomplishes nothing in my opinion, he would do better to be a doorman at a fancy hotel.

          Are these, the statesmen we should be electing to the highest office in our country to represent the best of America, worldwide?  This man runs around the world genuflecting and bowing to other world leaders and apologizing for America's actions, when he should be apologizing to the American people for his stupidity and lack of action to help them for the last three years.

          This is the very reason why the republicans are not satisfied with any of the presidential candidates in their party and the democrats better start looking for a real democratic presidential candidate, than have this loser, lose in 2012.

          If the American people are stuck in neutral on their selection of candidates and they know they are unhappy with those presently on the field, they had better find an Independent presidential candidate who will represent them and not either political party or anyone else, as they have done for the last few election terms.

          If we keep swapping one party candidate for another party candidate, only the faces change, and you can expect no improvement or help for the American people, who have lost control of their government from within, by their own selfish, money grabbing politicians who do everyone else's bidding but that of the American people.

           It is time for the American people to take back control of their government, by refusing to re-elect their present representatives, or any democrat or republican because, if they don't, this country will not exist after another four years.

What do you Expect from a Super (stupid) Committee?

Written on November 20, 2011

          Early in the year, the leaders of both political parties in congress, at the behest of president Obama appointed a "Super Committee" of 12 congressmen, to find a way to reduce the national budget at least 1.2 trillion dollars so that some progress is made to balance the budget eventually and, maybe, also reduce the national debt, now reaching 17 trillion dollars and rising shamefully.  This committee was appointed because the leaders of both political parties and congressmen could not agree on this matter, even though that is their constitutional duty.

          The whole process was a joke because, reducing the budget by 1.2 trillion dollars over ten years means 20 billion dollars a year while the budget deficit is ten times that amount, never mind the nagging debt which is still unaddressed for the next ten years.  Therefore, the budget deficit will continue under congress's plan for another ten years, while the debt will increase the national debt during that time, another 5 trillion dollars, and will total about 22 trillion dollars in another ten years.  That road does nothing but increase the debt when it will also take ten years to balance the budget.  Our representatives in congress are using smoke and mirrors to try to fool the American people when they claim they are solving serious financial problems, they, the republicans and democrats made over the last eleven years of Bush and Obama. Remember, President Clinton left us a surplus, instead.

          Now, many months later, our congressional Super Committee and congress are at the same impasse they were many months ago.  They cannot agree on most anything and continue to kick the can down the road, while shirking the duties of their office.  The constitution of the United States makes no provisions for Super Committees to make decisions for congressmen.  As a result, this committee and the congress are acting unconstitutionally, which is no surprise to anyone since the democrats more or less did the same thing with the Obama health bill in 2009, when they controlled congress.  The democratic leaders agreed on a plan in the middle of the night, lead by President Obama and the democratic congress rubber stamped it like sheep lead to the slaughter, without anyone even having time to read it.  As a result, the plan stinks to high heaven.

          All this is, but another example of what is wrong with our government, and you wonder why we are in the middle of a deep recession without any ideas or hope to get the country on the right track to halt the human suffering.     Both political parties' members' agenda is that of their party and not the wishes of the American people.

          The "Occupy Wall Street Movement," now is the second public demonstration of the disgust and disillusionment of the people against our government, the tea party being the first.  All these people have a legal right to be heard and to demonstrate their anger.  Many city, state and governments want us to believe they are a bunch of rag tag, lazy, malcontents, and they are embarrassed by this open rebellion and worry what is next.  They try to quell it by breaking up the encampments. They are using pepper spray, illegally and Gestapo-type tactics to make small of a big problem.  Our government leaders do not like to be reminded of their failures.  All this is just the beginning of a ground swell of discontent in the United States of America by the 90 percent of the people who are suffering because of the actions of their politicians and government, whom are do the bidding of big business for money instead of their obligation to do the bidding of the American people who elected them., while the smug 1%, of the rich get richer and we, the people 90%, poorer.

          The answer will come at the election of 2012, if not sooner, by the ouster of every politician in Washington.  But the problem will not improve, if we still keep voting out one political party member for another, since it is the two political parties who control our government with their power, money and intimidation of our elected officials, who are in turn bought off by big business and union bosses.

Presidential Candidate Cain's "End of Story, Back on Message," Remark

(If, That is the End of the Story", it is also the End of his Candidacy)

November 7, 2011

            That, is the latest message from presidential candidate Cain, recently, after he publically refused to discuss the sexual harassment case further, involving, not one but two employees, who were paid money to settle and quiet their claims.  But, the matter will not go away, because Cain himself is keeping it alive with his refusal to discuss the matter further it may be true that one of the alleged victims does not want to come forward and publicly challenge Cain's account of what may have happened, but through her attorney he says she disputes it.  This is understandable, especially because of the non disclosure agreement she signed with the Restaurant Owner's Association, years ago.  But, that does not mark the end of the story because there are too many unanswered questions which Cain himself has raised with his conflicting statements, which, understandable the American public want and are entitled to have answered before they will vote for him as our next president, the highest office in the country.

            He admits, at least one complaint was made against him for the alleged sexual harassment as an employer.  He admits the matter was settled or an agreement was made by the company who paid the equivalent of a year's salary to one of the complainers and that a non disclosure phrase was included in the settlement.  Cain's statement of the incident, according to his admitted clouded memory was that he was comparing the woman's height to that of his wife, to most people, sounds un justifiable for the association to pay out money to keep the episode quiet, especially when there are two alleged complaints for sexual misconduct.  If Cain's story was true, why would he not insist that he and they defend her complain and his actions in court, if the need be, than to settle in the manner described by him and leave the serious question of sexual misconduct hanging out there for all to know about once the matter was revealed to the public.  Obviously the reason must be that he and the association preferred to settle and quiet the accusers with a non disclosure agreement hoping that would be the end of the accusation and hopefully the end of the story.  However, the non disclosure agreement was between the parties who signed it and cannot bind anyone else, except possibly Herman Cain himself as a member of the association, if he signed it, and act he denies.

            When this matter was revealed and Cain was asked about it, he acted like he did not remember much about it, but later admitted he told a campaign adviser only a few years ago, when he was running for the senate about it and also accused him of leaking it to presidential candidate, Rick Perry, for whom he as now working.  He then flayed out and accused Perry of the plot for political gain.  The more Cain talked about it, the more questions arose and more interest was aroused by the public because of the unanswered questions.  If Cain was bound by the non disclosure agreement also, as he should have been, why did he not hide behind the gag rule and keep quiet and be gagged also?  The simple answer is that, if he did not give a plausible and believable answer to the complaint, the failure to answer would be regarded as an admission in this case.  Therefore, he is dead wrong to say, at this time that, "this is the end of the story" because there are still many unanswered questions about both sexual harassment claims, not one, but both of which have a myriad of unanswered questions that need to be answered to the satisfaction of the American public before any one should feel confident enough to vote for him as our next president.

            It is the public that will tell Cain, when "the story ends," not Cain, he can refuse to answer any more questions about the alleged complaints, that is his decision, to make and he has made it more than once recently, therefore it is fair to assume that his candidacy for president of the United States will fail, as it should because of this unanswered cloud over his head, he, himself has decided to hide under.  We know of at least two bona fide complaints against him who knows how many more lurk in his past?

            When the goes to the extreme, and refused to answer any more questions than berate reporters for asking questions, surely mean Herman Cain is trying to hide the truth from coming out.  When you summarily and boldly challenge a newspaper person who is merely trying to get to the truth, the gauntlet has been dropped and it will be Cain who will suffer the consequences.

SAVE AMERICA, BUY AMERICAN, OR   SAY "BYE -BYE", TO THE

AMERICA WE LOVE

(An Open Letter to Every American and Our Government)

November 4, 2011 

          The American economy is so bad and has been for so long, we just cannot wait for our government to lead us out of this mess.  Our representatives have no time to represent us, because they have sold out for campaign money, ostensibly to get re-elected.

          Let's face it, this country is run by each political party, big moneyed people, unions and corporations no matter whether you elect, a republican or democratic representative to congress, nothing will change and the money will continue to flow, regardless of who is in office.

          It is the goal of each political party to control it's members and destroy the other party every two years and that is another reason nothing really gets done in Washington these days.

          Every American cannot sit idly by, waiting for that good job or for someone else to help their small business to survive and prosper.

          All Americans can and must act in unison and concert to help each other out of this recession.  The first step we all can take is to adopt a program to buy only American products made in the "good ole U. S. A."

          The following are but a few of the important steps we should take starting today:

• 1. Buy, rent and use only American made vehicles such as cars, trucks, buses, planes and also ships.

• 2. Buy only American made clothes, appliances, computers, cell phones and other goods and materials, do not buy anything made in China, in order to eliminate the billion dollar trade deficit with them, before they own us.

• 3. Buy only American raised food and produce of all kinds until we have full American employment.

• 4. Buy only American produced gasoline and fuel oil in order to eliminate the trade deficit with foreign countries. Only American companies should be granted leases or the right to drill for oil in the U.S.A. The government should back a crash program to produce alternative clean energy to rid us permanently of foreign oil products within the next few years.

• 5. Take vacations and trips only in the U. S. A. and not in another foreign country until we have full American employment and the economy recovers. America is just beautiful a beautiful historical country.

• 6. Do not employ anyone but American citizens in your business and boycott every employer and his/her products that does otherwise. Americans should not be left to compete for jobs in America while we have such high unemployment. Ask your government representatives to stop granting work visas to foreigners.

• 7. The government should weed out all foreigners who overstay their visas and permits to enter this country from anywhere and are working in American jobs.

• 8. For the next five years, everyone must be prevented from raising prices, wages and benefits, with government wage price and benefit controls until full American employment returns to the U.S.A.

          If every American practices "buy American," employment will come back quickly and factories will be producing American goods and full employment will return to our country and the economic recession will end.

          All this can be accomplished by the actions of the American people, themselves, "save America, buy American."

THE PROBLEM WITH THE HERMAN CAIN CANDIDACY

Written on November 4, 2011

     After eleven years of both a republican and democratic presidency and congress, which has resulted in the worst recession since the great depression of the 1930's, the American people find themselves in a hopeless situation economically, of which is worsening by the day.

     It seems our elected officials in Washington are more interested in catering to lobbyists and big business corporations for their money contributions, than the needs of the constituents, the American people who elect them and whom they are supposed to represent.  They have tried changing one party president for another and one party's control of congress for another, only to be disappointed and disgusted, every single time, with no improvement.     

     President Obama has already rolled out his re-election campaign based on the fact the republicans are obstructionists, he has done what he could to help the bad economy caused by the republicans and the choice for Americans is whether to go back to the republican plans to help only the rich and well to do, or to stick with Obama who has favored the democratic congress, unions and the union public employees and the big financial institutions on Wall Street while leaving the American people out in the cold with higher unemployment and continuing foreclosures due to a steady lowering of real estate values.

    The American people have soured on the Washington representatives and want the change Obama promised and did not deliver especially during the two years he and the democrats controlled both houses of congress.  The took a quick look at the only opposition to Obama, the republican presidential hopeful field and found Herman Cain, a non politician who has been very successful in the business world who, at least has a plan, to revamp the income tax system 9.9.9., which sounds simple enough but only helps the rich 1% of the country.  All the other retread political candidates make a lot of promises but no one else has a real plan to help the American people who are not at the end of their rope of patience and funds to support their families.

          Herman Cain, soon became the darling of the opposition, for his simple, up front and affable approach to the problem he had a plan even though it was faulty, with questionable backers, he was black middle aged and a republican, the only real objection to his candidacy, after eight years of Bush and republicans who started to unnecessary wars and added eight trillion dollars to the national debt.

          Just after he reached the top of the polls in popularity amongst the eight republican candidates, his past surfaced to haunt his candidacy.  It seems, about a dozen years ago when he was C.E.O. of the Restaurant Owners Association, two women accused him of sexual harassment and the association made cash settlements with both of them along with a confidentiality clause to keep the claims quiet.  When this was reported by a well respected political news agency, after a very thorough investigation and notice to the Cain team, Herman Cain became so vague and protective of himself in the process he shot himself in both feet and injured himself politically with his evasive lies.  The ten days since the story broke, he has kept it alive and menacing, instead of telling the whole truth about the matters, as he should have in the first place.

          Now he is compounding the fatal error by blaming the candidate Perry for the exposure of the true story which does nothing but keep the story alive while he is alienating his fellow candidates and the whole Republican Party and a majority of the American people.  His lies have enflamed the women involved in this case to the point they want to speak out to justify their actions in the first place.  All this keeps stirring the pot poison which will eventually land in a plat at his table and end his run for the republican nomination for the presidency.  America cannot afford to have a president in the White House again, whose truthfulness and sexual prowess are put in question and whose actions when confronted are publicly displayed during a presidential campaign.  It is time for serious note and attention.

          We do not need a president who is devious and dishonest and dumb, some of these faults were previously demonstrated by both Presidents Nixon and Clinton.  Nixon tried to cover up his involvement in the Watergate break in by being evasive and saying "I am not a crook."  So he ended up resigning the presidency, because the recorded tapes said otherwise.  Clinton outright lied about his White house trysts with Monica Lewinsky and nearly got impeached over it.  It is bad enough to see these defects publicly displayed once a president is in office, but when the start appearing during a campaign for president as the did with Clinton, it is time to take a very long hard look at the case and learn all of the facts to be fair to all parties.  Herman Cain has not acted responsibility in this matter, by having a convenient memory and a very bad one, contradicting himself, almost daily at this point, it is clear, the cannot and should not be trusted as our next president.  For that reason alone, he should withdraw as a candidate for this highest office in our country.  It is unfortunate that he is not the clean candidate we are looking for, even though he may not be much worse than the rest of the republican and democratic presidential candidates.

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HERMAN CAIN
THE RICHEST MEN'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

October 20, 2011

            After the republican presidential candidates' October debate in Nevada, I have finally figured out Herman Cain's mission in this presidential run.

          Here is a self made man of the colored race who pulled himself up with his own boot straps and has run successful businesses and made a lot of money and friends in the process he is plain talking non politician knowledgeable, affable and a pleasant person with whom to converse.

          I can see how popular he would ordinarily be to the Republican Party, sick and tired of retreads and reruns and anxious to show a new face in this campaign for the presidency.  After eight years of George Bush and a bumbling Obama.  The republicans prefer a winnable new face with business experience to take charge of the country and lead us out of the dreadful economic recession which has lasted almost as long as the great depression and certainly will, without immediate help.

          Unfortunately when Cain unfurled his 9.9.9., plan, which simplifies the U. S. tax code to three basic sources of revenue for the government, a 9% income tax for individual, a 9% income tax for corporations and other entities and a 9% federal sales tax for everyone on new goods.  All this income taxes off the corporations and onto the poor and middle class since they will be paying more taxes than they may very well be an argument for some relief for corporations, but it should not be shifted to the poor and middle class in any way.

          In light of all the recent alleged sexual harassments claims coming to light, Herman Cain's, political future and popularity may be soon be coming to an end.  Only time and perhaps more alleged victims coming out of the wood work will tell.

          Governor Rich Perry's plan to promote exploration of oil and natural gas in the country to help rid us of our dependence on the manipulative prices of oil, has merit, but if that is the only plan he has to help the economy and employment you can readily see why he and all Texans are only interested in oil production and their profit from it.

          None of the other half dozen candidates even venture a plan to help the economy and unemployment.  They continue to speak in generalities instead of what the American people need, a fool proof plan to put Americans back to work in permanent jobs right away, not in some promised distant future.