tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post7351432323835748871..comments2024-03-27T01:57:19.605-04:00Comments on Return To Excellence: Third Party Debate Shows We Have More Than Two ChoicesReturnToExcellence.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149859814999976879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-28716210430425943602012-10-28T17:25:44.994-04:002012-10-28T17:25:44.994-04:00Hey Doug
For both selfish personal and very patri...Hey Doug<br /><br />For both selfish personal and very patriotic reasons I will vote for<br />Mitt. Why? 3rd Party vote even if its sends a strong message, is a<br />vote for BO. A BO reelection will severely damage my current career<br />path. The Investment Banking industry is shrinking in large part to<br />BO harassment and demonization. Dodd Frank following SOX is a strong<br />two punch combo. Add now BO attacking banks for ‘predatory’ loans<br />after same banks ‘succumbed’ to Fed pressure to provide toxic<br />mortgages, is indicative of full scale war against the banks. Ahhhh –<br />just as Saul Alinsky called for as a pre-req to destroy capitalism.<br /><br />A 2nd BO term will not last more than 2 years. Before total debt<br />reaches $20 Trillion (16.2 Trillion today), when (if) BO gets a call<br />from major foreign investors stating they will dump $2 trillion dollar<br /> denominated securities, BO will be so happy . He will reach out to<br />his global Leftists and call for a Communist New World Order. He will<br />be rebuffed but throw the US into economic chaos as we have never<br />encountered before.<br /><br />Mitt, per his stated goals of reducing Fed Gov to under 20% of GDP,<br />and massive expansion of developing oil and gas (thus reducing our<br />trade deficit by 1.5% of GDP down from 3%) will have more time in<br />getting such a call (and this call may be averted). And if we reach a<br />Day of Reckoning with our global creditors, Mitt will then be able to<br />restructure our debt in a way that would today be political suicide.<br />We will then finally get our financial house in order and start a<br />long but productive recovery . This then is my ‘patriotic’ reason for<br />supporting Mitt. And I blog now with Miami Herald to help him win<br />Florida. Will hit the Ohio and Wisconsin papers this week too.<br /><br />BTW - watch out for November surprise - like Nov 2-3. Or if Tropical<br />Storm Sandi creates extreme economic chaos - domestic martial law,<br />suspension of election. This may be the 'perfect' storm. BO may not<br />have to stage a fake right wing assignation attempt for martial law.<br />Marxist revolutionaries tend not to go away quietly.<br />Economics 501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-52322990403318159312012-10-26T18:45:57.890-04:002012-10-26T18:45:57.890-04:00Doug - As you know I am on vacation. Went to Will...Doug - As you know I am on vacation. Went to Williamsburg for the first time. I found a new hero Patrick Henry. Before I only knew his "Give me liberty or give me death" quote. (Thanks public education!). <br /><br />As you also know I was a registered Libertarian in 1976, and have voted for numerous Libertarians over the years. <br /><br />This is not the election to encourage 3rd party candidates. I firmly believe this is a pivotal election. <br /><br />This election is more akin to whether we stay loyal to the King or fight for our independence. <br />We may end up with a big government President like Washington rather than an ideologically pure person like Henry. But at least we will be free of the King If Obama is reelected, and he may will be if we get defections to 3rd parties, we will lose our Liberty. JMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-47691500188589119462012-10-26T06:28:54.724-04:002012-10-26T06:28:54.724-04:00If we had a system of proportional representation,...If we had a system of proportional representation, it would make sense to highlight the alternative choice we have with third parties. The problem is, we don't. To illustrate the point, if I am the best typist in town but a mediocre accountant, which path do I pursue? Economics dictates that I pursue accounting because accounting pays more.<br /><br />Analogizing to US elections, should I vote for Gary Johnson, who supports the FairTax but has no chance of being elected, or should I vote for Mitt Romney? If this were a European country with proportional representations, I could vote for Johnson's party and have my voice heard in Parliament. But here we have direct representation. As with economic choices, the political choice is to vote for Romney, even though he is only second best at representing me. A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-40474618958699817882012-10-25T18:56:01.875-04:002012-10-25T18:56:01.875-04:00I agree with you Doug, we need a 3rd party, but as...I agree with you Doug, we need a 3rd party, but as I see it - a 3rd party needs BIG Money behind it. If not, it will fade away.<br />The old expression money talks is true. The exception is when a person is well known, like T.Roosevelt, of Bull Moose fame.<br />I do not like to make above comment - but it is true. You have to have big money to wage a campaign. You need national exposure, you need your face to be seen by MILLIONS of people, not thousands. BZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-28588537819279292252012-10-25T18:53:14.699-04:002012-10-25T18:53:14.699-04:00Hi Doug - We’ve had third party candidates: Walla...Hi Doug - We’ve had third party candidates: Wallace in 68, Anderson in 80, and Perot in 96. Wallace was an anarchist who was paralyzed from an assassin’s bullet. However, Perot and Anderson were viable candidates and were included in the primetime debates. Perhaps the closest the country came to electing a third party candidate was former President Teddy Roosevelt and his Bull Moose Party in 1912. The simple truth is the country rejected their campaigns. For whatever reason, history is not on the side of third party Candidates. A vote for anyone besides Romney is a vote for BO.<br /><br />RTE - I agree the third or more parties movement will take a mindset change alright. I am not looking to repeat history but something new like the Tea Party being the start – which is what I have always considered it. My postings certainly convey that idea. I am hoping that BO & Mitt – the worst two candidates I have ever seen - help propel this third party movement which is why I put out the last posting. A vote for either one of them just perpetuates the slide we have been on for a long time as we always seem to have the choice of voting for the lesser of two evils. <br /><br />SSnoreply@blogger.com