IS IT TRUE October 30, 2012

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IS IT TRUE October 30, 2012

IS IT TRUE that our first order of business and interest this day is to encourage our readers to think positive thoughts and take whatever actions are at your disposal to help the people whose lives have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy?…seeing the beaches like Absecon, Margate, and Atlantic City on the Jersey Shore where this guy spent two summers in the early 80’s was a bit disturbing as were the images of New York City under the flooding?…sometimes it takes a natural disaster to remind us that we are all in this together and that none of us controls each and every day of our lives?

IS IT TRUE that one of the additive elements to the perfect storm was the fact that the moon is full?…in the desert sky the full moon was in the constellation Taurus last night?…that could actually be interpreted with the statement “Full of Bull” which brings us to politics?…the sheer number of dollars spent on campaigns at nearly every level has gotten to be staggering?…the two candidates for President of the United States are expected to spend roughly $1 Billion each to get or keep a job that pays only $400,000 per year?…it would take a President 2,500 years before taxes to earn enough money to pay for their campaign?…Senate campaigns at about $10 Million are a relative bargain and only would take 60 years of pre-tax earnings to cover the campaign?…that a mayoral contest in a place like Evansville is even more of a bargain at about $1 Million since the Mayor earns just under $100,000 and could pay for the campaign in a measly 10 years?…City Council almost seems cheap at $25,000 that can actually be paid for in about 1.3 years which is less than the term of office?

IS IT TRUE that as money and campaigning goes it is when one stops running that cashing out becomes an option?…that former Indiana Senator Evan Bayh left office with roughly $10 Million in his campaign coffers?…former Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel was holding over $500,000 in the Weinzapfel for Mayor coffers just before announcing that he would not be seeking a third term in office?…there are plenty of legal ways for the “leftovers” to find their way into the personal accounts of these guys and others and exploiting those ways is not so difficult?…that speaking of the former Mayor he was spotted with Democrat Senate candidate Joe Donnelly at a north side eatery recently?…if the CCO had seen this earlier we may very well have held back on our endorsement and stuck to the policy of non-endorsement that has served us well?

IS IT TRUE before Obama was president, the U.S. ranked 40th in “favoritism in decisions of government officials” and today, the U.S. ranks 59th, a fall of 19 places?… before Obama was president, the U.S. ranked 50th for lowest “burden of government regulation” but today, the U.S. ranks 76th, a fall of 26 places?…before Obama was president, the U.S. ranked 28th in “transparency of government policy making” and today, the U.S. ranks 56th, a fall of 28 places?…our nation was founded on the idea that freedom could only be preserved if a strong executive branch of government was checked by an equally strong legislative branch?… by choosing to assert his executive power over Congress at every turn, Obama has weakened our freedom?…high unemployment and weak economic growth are direct results of these actions taken specifically to avoid collaborating with people who do not share his own views verbatim?

IS IT TRUE that for months it has been predicted that if the Obama campaign sensed the possibility of a loss that the last week would see the race card and the Mormon religion coming from the campaign surrogates?…it is now one week until election day and this morning Real Clear Politics which is a very good aggregator of good articles has 5 articles on racism in the election and one about Mormons?…it has been reported that 100 Romney signs were swiped in greater Evansville over the weekend?…this is one dirty nasty path that the CCO hopes the presidential race does not go down?…the best article on RCP about this subject is on the link below?…that just before posting this article the sound of Chris Matthews voice in the other room just yelled “they are still fighting the Civil War” and he was referring to people not supporting President Obama?…if Matthews and other pundits really want to divide the country then they are doing the right thing?…the best course of action would be for Matthews to shut his damn mouth and stop fanning the fires of hate so whomever wins this election will have a chance of uniting the American people and actually working with the congress?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/30/perfect_storm_race-baiting_and_the_2012_election.html

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13 COMMENTS

  1. I would wager that the sign swiping (which has been plaguing all candidates and campaigns) is mostly because tomorrow is Halloween and pranksters are out in full force. Several people will be waking up Thursday morning to a yard full of assorted yard signs if kids act the way the did when I was in high school.

    • Nice spin but very obvious. Why just Romney/Ryan signs? Maybe you need to buy one of those T shirts from your sponsor. Voted Mourdock today, so did my wife and mother.

      • REALLY!!! This is real news??? This is only news because it has happen to CCO main man (Romney). This sh*t happens every election..

        • The sign story was included for local flavor. It is true but you are right that sign stealing happens often. The other things are sort of new to the presidential election of 2012.

  2. I think you take Chris Matthews’s comment totally out of context. What he said, to paraphrase him, is that the history of America is a war, a civil war, where the two sides are fighting for and against civil liberties, and that the side that fights for extending civil liberties tends to win.

    Now, you can take that to mean that the current ultra-conservative wing of the Republican Party has an unreasonable hold on the party’s platform and policies in Congress and statehouses across the nation. Or you can refer back to the originators of the Republican Party, and their heirs, who fought the good war to preserve the Union and extend civil rights early in the party’s origins.

    Or you can make your determination of what the Republican Party fights at the national and statehouse level by the radical bend the party took during the 1960s when the Republican Party was infiltrated and perverted by racist Dixiecrats rebelling against JFK and LBJ.

      • I watch Morning Joe every day. I have for years. You have to watch both sides to stay informed. I listen to NPR too.

  4. “if the CCO had seen this earlier we may very well have held back on our endorsement and stuck to the policy of non-endorsement that has served us well?” Mourdock made his mistake, and the CCO made its mistake. Might be a good thing though because I was beginning to think the CCO was never mistaken.

    • We are not perfect and don’t even try to be. What we try to be is practical. In an increasingly distorted world people confuse that which is practical with perfection.

  5. Money raised for state or local races in Indiana cannot be used in federal campaigns.

  6. The day I planted political signs in my yard they were pulled up (but not stolen) in the middle of the night. I put them back up long before the sun came up. No one has touched them since.

    Never, never Never give in to cowards, thugs, and assorted political hacks who seek to steal from you your right to Free Speech!

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