1933 THE LAST FANDANGO
Got home yesterday afternoon- had
a few buddies that were waiting for me at the house.
Yeah- they hunted me down!
Actually I told the guys the
other day [homeless bro’s] that we were gonna do another all nighter this week.
I get with them- we hang out for
the day- I pick up bbq and we have an all day fellowship- then they crash out
on the floor till morning.
So- they ‘picked’ last
night!
No BBQ- but they ate left over
home made meatballs [they did come good!] and a plate of Mac’s- I think they
liked it better than the BBQ.
Henry’s crashed on the couch- we
both watched the debate and fell asleep.
Okay- howd’ it go?
A few points;
I think they both pretty much pleased
their base- after the poor showing by the President in the 1st
debate- his base wanted him to ‘go after Romney’.
And that’s what he did.
The political team of Obama chose
to use the word ‘you are a lair’ or ‘you
are simply not telling the truth’.
This became a mantra for Obama.
After saying it once or twice- I
found it tiresome.
The president did in fact say
this- when he was the one who was ‘factually wrong’ [sounds better than liar-
don’t you think?]
Last night the president accused Romney
of not wanting to help the auto companies during the bailout.
At the time Romney wrote an Op-Ed
and said he felt the auto companies should go thru bankruptcy- and then the fed
govt. could at that point bail them out financially.
Last night Obama said that Romney
did not want any fed money to be used.
Romney replied that he was wrong-
he did indeed call for fed money- Obama said he was lying.
It took 5 minutes to Google the
op-ed- yes- Romney was right- Obama wrong.
The problem?
He was using the accusation ‘liar’
when he himself was doing it.
He must know he is doing it.
Then why do it?
He made the political calculation
that this was the best way to raddle your opponent- you lie about him- and call
him a liar at the same time.
What about the people who will
find out that Obama lied?
That’s part of the calculation-
only so many will find out the facts.
I don’t like it when a sitting
president does this- most candidates fudge the numbers on stuff- but to
actually outright lie in a public forum is rare.
He did this in the last debate as
well.
Romney said that oil
drilling/permits on public [govt.] lands went down the last 4 years.
Obama said Romney was ‘lying’-
huh?
Romney tried to be careful- he
said that oil permits/drilling went down on govt. land- but up on private.
Now- as a news guy- I have known this
stat for a few years now.
But- Obama repeatedly said Romney
was lying- and that drilling/permits went up on govt. Lands in the last 4
years.
Huh?
It took 5 secs to find out that
drilling/permits have gone down- 39%- on govt. lands the last 4 years.
Okay- while the pres was being
‘factually wrong’ at the same time- he is saying ‘your lying’.
I just found the whole ‘you’re a
lair’ strategy to be condescending- your making the calculation that the other
guy will get really mad [wouldn’t you?] Because you are the one actually lying-
numerous times- while making the accusation.
Romney never took the bait- many supporters
of the president- who only watch MSNBC- will never find out he was indeed wrong-
and for the others who did find out he was wrong- he could care less.
So- that’s the big story- Obama
never really laid out any plan- anything he would do that would be different
than the last 4 years.
The tax plan ‘the rich paying
their fair share’ will increase taxes on individuals making more than 200
thousand a year- couples making more than 250.
In many areas of the country- that’s
not rich.
So why do it?
If you simply 'tax millionaires’
you won’t make enough revenue.
So- you say ‘tax the rich- they
are not paying’ but you mean ‘tax many in the middle class- but don’t say it’.
That’s the only real ‘plan’ the
president has- and that’s not really a plan.
When I was in N.J.- I caught some
news.
In the beginning of the year we
knew that in order for the unemployment number to go down- under 8%- you needed
to create at least 300 thousand jobs a month- for a few months in a row.
At one point- it looked like that
might have happened- and all the pundits- liberals and conservatives- agreed
that the only way unemployment would go under the 8% mark was for this to happen.
But then- not only did the
monthly jobs never make the above 300 mark- they did not even keep up with the
150 thousand mark- which meant that the rate would go up- to around 8.5. [you
need around 150,000 a month to keep up with population growth- new people
entering the workforce for the 1st time].
So- as the year rolled on- what
could the media do?
Some said- just watch- they will
get the number they need- somehow they will simply say ‘the new unemployment
number is now under 8’.
But how?
Last month’s jobs number came
out- they were once again below 150,000- and nowhere near 350,000 or higher.
Yet- as the labor dept. put out
the new employment numbers for the month- they reported unemployment at 7.8%.
This would mean that the
jobs/economy is doing better than it has in many years.
This simply was not true- yet
they got the magic number- somehow?
How did they do it?
There is lots of speculation- but
there was a little note at the bottom of the report.
When the labor dept. does these numbers-
they collect all the data from the sates and average it out.
In the reported states- one state
was left out.
Was it a little state- say like Rhode
Island?
No- it was California.
The largest state- economy wise-
in the country.
They used to be the 8th
largest economy in the world- they were just passed by Brazil for that rating.
But- they are also the worst
state- economically- then all the others.
If you leave out Cali- then you
get the magic 7.8 number.
Sure- they will later revise the
number- after the initial effect wears off- but they got what they wanted- that
initial effect of ‘unemployment is the lowest it has been in years’ the month
before the election.
Even though that stat is
unreliable.
So- as we end the debates and head
towards the election- one guy kept saying the other guy was lying.
And time after time- in many
ways- we were all lied to.
Vote your conscience- look at the
facts- don’t let others form your opinion of either man- simply look at the
track record for yourself.
O- and may God help us all- we
will need it.
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