It’s Not About Them

I love it when I hear those so called independents opine on about how they want to hear the candidates say something specific so as to change their minds one way or another. They ramble on as if they are some sort of intellectuals waiting for words that will sway them toward one or another candidate. These people must live under a rock or something if they think that what the candidates say this week is important enough to sway them.

The reality is this—the candidates are backed by certain interest groups that want something in return for their backing. That is what you are voting for, not some bullshit that they say in the debates or what they really stand for. They stand for what the people that back them want.

Having said that, let’s look at the people backing the candidates. Obama has my vote because he is backed by progressives that think somewhat like I do. I say somewhat because I am way to the left of him, however, he is the closest to my thinking. Mr. Romney on the other hand has advanced to where he is because of the backing of tea party conservative types that have an agenda that is regressive and not progressive. Whether Mr. Romney is for abortion or against it, for condoms or against them, for marriage equality or against it, for wars all over the planet or against it is irrelevant. It’s what the people that back him want, believe me. They felt that they were screwed over by Bush and they will not let it happen again.

It is clear Mr. and Ms. Independents, you are voting for the party behind the man and not the man. Have you read the Republican platform? Try it out for size. See whether you want to live in their world, a world that only exists in their minds or maybe in Kansas.

HE HAS NO RIGHTS

Here’s the thing. The minute that I and millions of other people selected Barrack Obama to be our candidate for president, he lost all his rights. The only right that he has now is to get himself elected and help enact the priorities that I and the millions of others deem important. He does not have the right to dislike debates, I don’t give a shit what he likes or dislikes, its part of the job. He doesn’t have the right to act “presidential” when his opponent is throwing punches, I don’t give a shit how he wants to act, winning is part of his job and his commitment to me and others. He doesn’t have the right to be unprepared for a debate, I don’t give a shit what all else he has on his plate, because if he is not there after November 6^th,  it is all for naught. His commitment is to win, then he can be unprepared for a debate. If his comportment during the debate was because he was “advised” to do so and I do not know this to be the case, then I feel his advisors can be called crooks and thieves, because they stole from me and others a hope for the future. He either was advised to act the way he did or he ignored something his advisors told him. Either way it is unconscionable.

I chose him to be a complete president and that means debates and fielding lies from his opponents. He doesn’t like to be confrontational?  Neither do I and that is why I chose him to run for president as my surrogate. I have the brains to be president (actually nowadays it doesn’t take that much), but I don’t have the temperament. I did not know that he did not have the temperament either. Actually, he lied to me, a lie of omission but never the less, a lie.

Throughout the year I have given lots of money to the democrats and their surrogates and they obviously squandered it. If they do not produce a bombshell between now and November 6^th , I want it back. Today I received this via email:

 “Robert — Since last night’s debate, Romney is collecting money from his millionaire donors hand over fist.
The scary part? This race could turn around on President Obama in the next 24 hours. Polls now show Romney is within one point in Florida (47-46) and two in Virginia (48-46)”

This was my response:

“How dare you ask me to back a prize fighter that refuses to fight when he gets into the ring. He screws up and Romney begins collecting from his big donors and I'm supposed to chip in my hard earned dollars to off set the screw up? Screw you!! He just threw away a generation. From now until my death I have to hear about abortion, gay marriage, condoms, etc. Tell the president thanks but no thanks. What is it they say? “If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.” Where's Hillary?”

Can you imagine? This sounds like “Too Big to Fail”. We screwed up, now can you bail us out.

My wife says things can turn around in five weeks, but who cares. It is over for me. Not that I will vote for RICHIE the Liar RICH, but down ballot is a lot more interesting.