Open Letter to the Right
For those of you pushing Romney right now, here's why I'm annoyed.
1) If you voted for Bush twice, you have no credibility. You voted for the worst president since the Depression twice. Once can be forgiven, but in 2004 we knew we had a disaster. The man running against him was a decorated war hero with foreign policy expertise and you proved yourself weak minded enough to let a bunch of guys who were paid for their "testimony" to change the story they had been telling since the 1970s to convince you that Kerry was lying about something that happened 30 years earlier, and then pretended that was a good enough reason to vote for the worst president since before FDR again. If you fall into that category, you fail the basic "I can assess politics" test.
2) If you made that mistake, but you're willing to admit it now, in retrospect, I'll listen to your argument reluctantly. Most of you want me to vote for Romney, who's two primary to characteristics are that he doesn't disclose anything about anything, and when he varies from that point, it's to say how much his policies are like those of the worst president since the Depression.
3) If you don't think the country is in a better place than it was in 2008, you can't assess economics or reality very well. Let me remind you. In 2008, there was legitimate fear that we would have the stock market drop to 5000, the entire financial system would fail, the housing market would continue a slide that would eventually cause 20% of the houses to fall into disclosure, that the American auto industry would fail, that the American financial system would fail, and that the public at large would be left in abject poverty. This didn't happen, and it isn't because of Laissez-faire economics. So the country isn't fixed yet, but a return to the policies of (again) the worst administration since the Depression isn't a good idea.
4) If you are blaming Obama for 8% unemployment, remember which party caused the problems. I'll give you a hint. It wasn't the Democrats. Right now, if you're doing that, it's like going into a frat house the night after a huge frat party and blaming the cleaning crew for the mess.
If you want to tell me that the Right has a good idea for the economy, start by admitting that you have, in the past, been an utter moron politically, but have seen the error of your ways. Then you can tell me what you think the new correct path is. If you aren't willing to admit to your mistakes, and you have a proven track record of making bad decisions, I'm just not going to listen. Sorry.
1) If you voted for Bush twice, you have no credibility. You voted for the worst president since the Depression twice. Once can be forgiven, but in 2004 we knew we had a disaster. The man running against him was a decorated war hero with foreign policy expertise and you proved yourself weak minded enough to let a bunch of guys who were paid for their "testimony" to change the story they had been telling since the 1970s to convince you that Kerry was lying about something that happened 30 years earlier, and then pretended that was a good enough reason to vote for the worst president since before FDR again. If you fall into that category, you fail the basic "I can assess politics" test.
2) If you made that mistake, but you're willing to admit it now, in retrospect, I'll listen to your argument reluctantly. Most of you want me to vote for Romney, who's two primary to characteristics are that he doesn't disclose anything about anything, and when he varies from that point, it's to say how much his policies are like those of the worst president since the Depression.
3) If you don't think the country is in a better place than it was in 2008, you can't assess economics or reality very well. Let me remind you. In 2008, there was legitimate fear that we would have the stock market drop to 5000, the entire financial system would fail, the housing market would continue a slide that would eventually cause 20% of the houses to fall into disclosure, that the American auto industry would fail, that the American financial system would fail, and that the public at large would be left in abject poverty. This didn't happen, and it isn't because of Laissez-faire economics. So the country isn't fixed yet, but a return to the policies of (again) the worst administration since the Depression isn't a good idea.
4) If you are blaming Obama for 8% unemployment, remember which party caused the problems. I'll give you a hint. It wasn't the Democrats. Right now, if you're doing that, it's like going into a frat house the night after a huge frat party and blaming the cleaning crew for the mess.
If you want to tell me that the Right has a good idea for the economy, start by admitting that you have, in the past, been an utter moron politically, but have seen the error of your ways. Then you can tell me what you think the new correct path is. If you aren't willing to admit to your mistakes, and you have a proven track record of making bad decisions, I'm just not going to listen. Sorry.