As the Republican demolition derby rolls on, I continue to be amused by how each remaining contender tries to assume the “small government” mantle.
Mitt Romney wants a government so small that it provides universal health care.
Newt Gingrich wants a government so small that it will establish a permanent base on the moon.
Rick Santorum wants a government so small that it will fit inside a woman’s uterus.
The only real remaining advocate of small government is Ron Paul. Dr. Paul appears to be disqualified from the Republican presidential primary, however, because he is unwilling to drench himself with the blood of our imagined enemies, like Gerard Butler in the movie “300.”
But what about that Jon Huntsman guy? This week three different people told me, quite independently of each other, how sorry they were that Governor Huntsman never gained any traction in the Republican presidential primary.
I told them that they should get over it. Huntsman wasn’t any better.
It somehow counts as an act of courage for Huntsman to have tweeted: “I believe in evolution.” Of course, it would have been more courageous if Huntsman had said that to a Tea Party audience, and then they tore him limb from limb, thereby disproving the theory of evolution right before our eyes.
And evolution is not something that you “believe” or “disbelieve.” Evolution is like gravity; it’s not like Santa Claus or the Abominable Snowman. (Question: Why do they both live at the North Pole?)
Be that as it may, neither Huntsman nor any other Republican presidential candidate has been willing to take on the hard myths. The myths that are killing us. Here are a dirty dozen, right off the top of my head:
(1) The government can’t create jobs. (Tell that to FDR, who created four million jobs in three months.)
(2) Tax cuts reduce the deficit. (Doesn’t it bother them that a man named “Laffer” came up with this one?)
(3)Â A fetus is a baby.
(4)Â The poor have too much money.
(5)Â Cutting the federal deficit will end the recession.
(6)Â The rich are incentivized by tax cuts, while the poor are incentivized by lower wages, no benefits, an end to the minimum wage, and unemployment.
(7)Â An unwanted child is God’s will.
(8)Â Everyone who wants health insurance has it.
(9)Â The problem with education is the teachers.
(10)Â The “free market” satisfies every human need.
(11)Â There is no discrimination in America anymore.
(12)Â The distribution of wealth and income are irrelevant.
I don’t remember Jon Huntsman disputing any of these myths. And these are the ones that do the real damage. Show me a candidate who is willing to take on these myths, and I’ll pay more attention.
Courage,
Alan Grayson
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| Obama | Romney | |
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| Electoral Votes (270 to win) |
332 | 206 |
| Obama | Romney | |
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| Total | 65,899,660 | 60,932,152 |
| Percent | 51.1% | 47.2% |
| Democrats* | Republicans | |
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| Current Senate | 53 | 47 |
| Seats gained or lost | +2 | -2 |
| New Total | 55 | 45 |
| Democrats | Republicans | |
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| Seats won | 201 | 234 |
As for the "myths", please come up with some actual quotations from the current GOP crowd in Washington. While you're at it, please tell us your solution to each myth. Please be very specific, otherwise you're no better than all the other poltico/talking head/bloggers out there.
(2) They can, if it allows people and businesses to keep their earnings and invest it, thereby creating wealth.
(3) After a certain point, it is.
(5) It was tried after World War II. It worked very well.
(6) Not exactly, but the government does need to step back and allow the Darwinian evolution of the economy to occur.
(9) Actually, it is the unions.
(10) Not every need, but it does better than the unfree market.
(7) It is if you are of faith. Got a problem with that?
(8) Another lie, Everyone has access to health CARE by one program or another. Hell, the illegals aliens even get it for free.
Cheers. No wonder you're confused about what is truth, fiction, speculation, or opinion.
- Women are inferior to men in every way, and therefore, are made to be man-servants in every way. Eve was created to keep Adam company - he even lost a rib over the deal - not the other way around - and don't forget, Eve, another human, was seduced by a talking snake, and then seduced Adam into eating the forbidden produce - Adam would never be seduced by a talking snake since he was morally and intellectually superior to his rib-woman - only the female temptress, woman, would disobey a direct order from God. For this, they will suffer the pains of labor, be shunned in every-way possible for sending humanity east of Eden, and tempting men into sexual frenzies - where men are entitled to rape women since women are subservient to him and don't even possess any rights, even over their physical body - which is ultimately for the possession and use of men - after-all, human females are made of a part of man's personal rib cage. From this understanding of what human females are, men and only men can decide what she is allowed to do, wear, or say (which should be nothing beyond, "how may I serve you today, Master?")
Bottom line: op eds like this do nothing to further the conversation; snark has been tried--and more cleverly than this--and it doesn't get us very far.
Any other questions?
2. Santa Claus and the Abonimable Snowman are said to live at the North Pole because no one can verify that they exist/don't exist that way. Which makes it doubly unfortunate that a copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate is there as well (Santa would have given it to the Repubs for Christmas, but, well, they were bad again this year).
http://www.mrconservative.com/2012/03/2535-liberals-seem-to-love-death/