tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post1804805316044753059..comments2024-03-27T01:57:19.605-04:00Comments on Return To Excellence: Presidential Election Analysis & Our Way ForwardReturnToExcellence.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149859814999976879noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-85021798795838012362012-11-10T17:11:08.438-05:002012-11-10T17:11:08.438-05:00HI Doug and Carol,
Finally catching up...HI Doug and Carol,<br /> Finally catching up on my email now that I nave internet service back. I just want to comment on one thing you mentioned in the blog , namely that there are so many uneducated voters. You are quite right. For instance, we have young people, who voted heavily for Obama, who have never been taught civics in school and know nothing about how our country's governance is supposed to work and/or got their higher education in liberal colleges where the uber-liberal professors brain washed them for 4 years. I know this too well , I have 2 granddaughters who fall in the later category.<br /> We also have many immigrants, who though they have earned citizenship, really have no clue on how or who to vote for. They really do not get the fundamental ideological differences of the political parties and are easily swayed by others. Many voters don't make enough effort to learn what the basic principles of each candidate are. They just pick a party and run the line. I don't know what the answer to the problem is but something is very wrong. <br />STnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-45868599257869965122012-11-08T22:50:08.757-05:002012-11-08T22:50:08.757-05:00I said this before - Hispanics-Latinos are growing...I said this before - Hispanics-Latinos are growing rapidly in U.S. & they lean to vote for Democrats.<br /><br />Today's Newark Star Ledger said it all. At least 70% voted for BO. If this trend continues Republicans are in big trouble. Over 90% black vote went to BO as expected. They<br />supported BO because of promise of jobs, health care, education.<br /><br /> <br />Republican message flopped. BO's bailout of General Motors swayed many people to believe that jobs were saved. Romney's plan to create jobs went nowhere. Romney wanted to dismantle health care. Good article in the SL.<br />The Historiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-53869157627098163532012-11-08T22:48:44.848-05:002012-11-08T22:48:44.848-05:00Too few of electorate know anything of significanc...Too few of electorate know anything of significance about Saul Alinsky. Great IBD editorial today http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/110712-632608-obama-followed-alinsky-playbook-beats-romney.htm<br />THnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-21747907685298506072012-11-08T22:47:12.978-05:002012-11-08T22:47:12.978-05:00Hello Doug - sadly saying that this election was t...Hello Doug - sadly saying that this election was the most divisive we have ever seen. Obama won by driving class against class, using color against color, and being backed up by the media with the most blatant, obvious lies imaginable. Even though minority groups are outnumbered in this country, they obviously live in the right states with the most number of electoral votes, along with all those jubilant recipients of entitlements. <br />EWllnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-832559198063246192012-11-08T22:45:14.033-05:002012-11-08T22:45:14.033-05:00RTE – McCain was the most incompetent. Mitt was t...RTE – McCain was the most incompetent. Mitt was the most flawed - how could you expect to win with one of your party’s biggest objectives being the repeal & replacement of ObamaCare when your candidate was the co-creator of the state system ObamaCare was based on? There were many other examples of these types of flaws that led to three million less people voting for Mitt than voted for McCain. <br />RTEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-22610731830750167222012-11-08T15:02:51.195-05:002012-11-08T15:02:51.195-05:00Many voters who pushed the button for Obama are hi...Many voters who pushed the button for Obama are highly educated - just in the wrong fields.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-82067025843995126142012-11-08T00:17:05.099-05:002012-11-08T00:17:05.099-05:00John Galt, where are you? This small business own...John Galt, where are you? This small business owner is ready to go.JMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-47307667930365221742012-11-08T00:14:53.407-05:002012-11-08T00:14:53.407-05:00Hi Doug - I am much more upset over the election t...Hi Doug - I am much more upset over the election than I thought I would be, knowing in advance that Obama had little chance to be ousted. Will never understand why he is so much the media darling. Did Sandy help him? The GOP were so unorganized to begin with, who knows. Did immigration do it, is this the group we have to cater to? Our families were all immigrants, and we saw them work like dogs so they could have something to eat, and buy 2d hand clothes because they didn't have entitlements and walk around with free phones. Just sick about it. Big headline today, WORLD CELEBRATION - OBAMA VICTORY. Reading on I saw who was celebrating - China, Jakarta, Palestinians, and hints of secret meetings between Iran and his chief advisor Valerie whatever, former communist, born in Iran or Iraq, now Michelle's best friend. <br />Catch you later.........................EWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-5455863261592520292012-11-08T00:11:43.739-05:002012-11-08T00:11:43.739-05:00Well stated. Bottom line is until the people feel ...Well stated. Bottom line is until the people feel the pain, namely after the free enterprise producers "go Galt" and demand the crony capitalists ( Clinton, Buffet, Soros, etc) pay more and more of the tax burden reform will not come. <br /><br />If and/or once it happens we have to be ready to take control once again. Simply meaning we will have to have been educating the people on basic freedom and economics in a user friendly way. We are 30 years behind the Dems. And we need to emulate what the liberals did on the other side.<br /><br />When I ran for office one point I consistently made was that the schools should be teaching economics. If students studied Henry Hazlett's " Economics in One Lesson" and any of Thomas Sowell's economic books in middle and high school we could kill off fascism / socialism in one generation. <br /><br />The one point I disagree with is Romney being "the most flawed candidate". John McCain is much more flawed. Doesn't understand a single thing about economics (which puts him in good company in Washington) and was clueless on most topics as well. <br /><br />I really don't blame Romney per se. I do blame the Republicans as a whole who keep putting out their "America is a conservative nation" shtick for over 30 years, while the nation has been steadily shifting to the left with rapidly changing demographics. And the Republican leaders are too dull to have figured that out.DCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-45311138700297353762012-11-07T23:23:43.736-05:002012-11-07T23:23:43.736-05:00Thanks for coming over yesterday. Nice seeing you...Thanks for coming over yesterday. Nice seeing you and Carol.<br /><br />Re: Election was close, but as I see it there were two major problems Romney had.<br /><br />One was Bain, where he would send U.S. jobs to foreign nations. <br /><br />Other was where he said no bail out for General Motors - let them fail. You have a lot of auto workers employed in Ohio and Mich. They make good money and would not like to be unemployed, even tho they do not have special skills.<br /><br />My gut feeling is that blame should go to the Rebublicans who nominated Romney in the first place. They did not do their homework seeing what negative comments would be made by potential people who wanted to run for President in the Primaries. They fell down on their job in making complete background checks.<br /><br />One bright spot - within next two years BO has to produce results, if not he will lose a lot of Democratic senators to Republicans.BZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-6911022637744444832012-11-07T23:13:39.969-05:002012-11-07T23:13:39.969-05:00Great article. Great article. JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-55573480132370565852012-11-07T20:50:02.761-05:002012-11-07T20:50:02.761-05:00Doug – the glimmer of hope you note is significant...Doug – the glimmer of hope you note is significant:<br /><br />The peaceful hope is that enough Americans will see the inevitable collapse of this type of country in time so that America can return to the excellence of our long forgotten founding principles. <br /><br />Perhaps when our economy is on brink of collapse this will all start to make sense to many Americans and start a comeback.<br /><br />Right now the reality is that:<br />at present the US does not have the prerequisites for traditional free market capitalism. This must be grasped by all. The expertise and motivation for free market capitalism, its risk taking, entrepreneurship has been in decline and accelerated over the past few years. This is a reality and a message from the election. <br /><br />Overcoming this mindset will take some real leadership from a champion of free markets and strict constitutional law. We need someone with charisma and one who can communicate with the common people. Do we have a young Ronald Reagan in the waiting? If we do he should not wait but start countering our Nanny State right now – today. <br />Economics501http://economics501.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com