Democrats Deserve to Lose
By Alan Moore | Friday, October 29th, 2010 | PoliticsOn Tuesday November 2, 2010 the direction of this country could dramatically change for the better. In what would be a direct repudiation of the Obama Administration’s failed policies, the American people should send a signal that the left-wing lurch the country has seen since January 20, 2009 is unacceptable and unwanted. While it looks to be almost a sure bet Republicans will take the House and possibly the Senate, we won’t know for sure until all the votes are counted. Whatever the outcome, the Democrats have shown in less than two years that they are incapable of leading this country and are deserving of being thrown out of office.
Democrats deserve to lose because of the federal deficit spiraling out of control from massive spending during the recession. In 2011 we’re looking at a deficit of $1.4 trillion. We’re borrowing 41 cents out of every federal dollar spent. If current policies remain in effect Americans can count on the largest tax increase in the history of the country just to get out of the red. Defense spending? Social security? Medicare? Medicaid? Funding for all those things could easily collapse.
Democrats deserve to lose because they would rather play politics than actually fix the current ailments of the country. Barack Obama still won’t accept any responsibility for his failures. Time and time again he blames his predecessor for the ailments of the country. Even though in the first 19 months of his presidency Obama’s policies have resulted in the accumulation of more debt than the combined amount accumulated through the presidencies of George Washington to Ronald Reagan.
Democrats deserve to lose for mandating Obamacare. I know for a fact that my health insurance rates are going to double and my level of coverage is going down. You can expect something similar next year and there’s nothing you can do about it because you’re going to be required by law to purchase health insurance. This new socialized system of health care is an entitlement program we don’t need and can’t afford.
Democrats deserve to lose for nationalizing student loans. A lot of students are now dependent to the bureaucratization of the federal government to go to school. Don’t think they can’t raise your rates or cut off your funding completely, because it’s all within the realm of possibility. The government can’t even run Amtrak; you think they can competently run a student loans program?
Democrats deserve to lose for taking GM away from the stockholders and giving it to corrupt unions, for failing to secure the border, for neglecting the war in Afghanistan, for letting a rogue nation like Iran become a nuclear power, for turning their backs on Israel, and for wasting our tax dollars on failed stimulus plans that went to payoff special interests. The list of disappointments goes on and on.
So do Republicans deserve to win? Unfortunately, the jury is still out on that one. The next two years will be perhaps the most important we have ever faced as a nation. If what we’ve recently experienced in the political landscape was a tremor, get ready for an earthquake. If the GOP can’t effectively counter the liberal Obama agenda then we’re in a lot of trouble. But after the ineptitude of the Obama Administration and his cohorts in Congress, we should all be willing to go on a little faith.
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17 Responses to "Democrats Deserve to Lose"
Well done, Alan. An excellent synopsis of where we are.
An intelligent analysis of the same set of facts could lead one to conclude that the country is on the path to recovery from the wild excesses of the Bush administration and the path we are on will establish a solid foundation for prosperity. Frankly, moderate republican thought and analysis is totally missing, and we get pummeled with the tax cuts to stimulate the economy despite proof that it is just not that simple. The irrational exhuberance of the bubble created by the Bush implementaiton of vodoo economics masked significant failures of our nation to invest in public infrastructure to stimulate educational achievement, research and development, and transportation. We are now on a sustainable path to future prosperity based on a strong foundation, not hot air. No need for a return to the damaging policies of the past.
Bill Clinton passed NAFTA that has destroyed the job market in Southside Va. Now Perriello has voted for cap and trade that even Obama says is a job killer.Since Tom Perriello took office the 5th district has lost over 11,000 jobs even after Tom Perriello voted for the jobless stimulus package that according to the Democrats was going to keep unemployment below 8% now it is at 9.6%.The people of the 5th district will not reward Tom Perriello for a poor job performance.
That’s right, Mike. Clearly $3 trillion of addtional national debt materialized magically in the past 18 months and continued increases in unemployment are the result of the previous administration.
Mike, I totally agree “No need for a return to the damaging policies of the past.” two years.
As purists know, President Clinton worked with Congress on a bipartisan basis to implement budget discipline such that when he left office, pay go and restrictions on earmarks had been so successful that the budget was balanced and the nation was on a path to retire the national debt. Had those policies been retained by Bush, we would no longer have long term debt. But the combination of vodoo economics, tax breaks for the wealthy, and fighting two wars with the illusion that they could be paid for with tax cuts, we were far worse off than when Clinton took office. Why any rational citizen would put those who espouse the same policies back in charge is simply astounding.
Mike if what the Democrats are doing is so great then why do some many Democrats running for office keep talking about in this political climate ?
Alan Moore: Save your blog article/comments and in two years you can replace the word “democrats” with “republicans” and you will have something new on the web site. It will save you time, money and thinking effort. You will not even have to spend an extra minute to have your story ready to go!!!!! LOL
Well Will, I think that attests to the incredible snow job the republicans have done with help from the almost unlimited, secret corporate support. Frankly, this is the most serious challenge to our republic that I have ever seen. It is insidious, and insures that big money, the wealthy, the super rich, can use mass media to ensure that their interests are served first and foremost. As if they really needed it, but apparently, they think they do, and their investment will ensure that tax breaks for the rich will be the first order of business for a republican Congress. Middle class, eat cake. For entertaiment, watch public infrastructure crumble. It’s what you deserve.
Mike Obama wouldn’t even disclose where his money came from how is this the Republicans fault ? You love to blame anything you can on the Republicans when the Democrats are ones hiding where they get money from.On November 2nd you will find out exactly what the American voters think of Obama and the Democrats.
Will, I beleive we need legislation that passes muster with the Supreme Court that requires that donors to political campaigns and in issue campaigns, be identified so that voters will know from whom the money came. This should apply to all political parties. While this has been an issue before, I think the recent Supreme Court decision has opened the flood gates and the since the republicans are the main beneficiaries of corporate money, it has benefitted them the most in this election cycle.
Mike if you think this election is going to be decided by money you must truely be a Democrat that like the rest of them have not heard a word the American people have said.
I for one think money should only come from inside of the district where you are running.If this was true Perriello would be broke.Take a good look at the out of district and out of state money Perriello has recevied.
Just as President Eisenhower warned us of the influence of the military industrial complex, so should we be concerned about unleashing the corrupt influence of international corporations who can influence public policy through the mass media. The ads against cap and trade, for example, financed by oil and gas companies, with the money we pay for utilities. Or the inevitable ads financed by the war industries warning of danger if we don’t buy the XXX weapon. That is the danger of the situation unleashed by the Supreme Court.
“We are actually experiencing a mini version of a stagflationary growth recession.” from
“The Final Nail in the Democrats’ Coffin”
I think a stagflationary growth recession is another way to say “liquidity trap” In a liquidity trap environment, banks are unwilling to lend, so the central bank’s newly-created liquidity is trapped behind unwilling lenders.
Could the current recession last until 2020??
Would be unwilling to take bets either way on that question.
@James, that liquidity trap is all too real and we are in for a hellish ride until obama-ried-pelosi keynesian economics go the way of the horse and buggy. The profound error made by the late 80′s japanese banking system should be closely studied. They had low interest rates and a flat line economy for a decade BUT they had manufacturing. We have offset our capacity to recover by not going out of our way to buy american made goods. Voters are also generally ignorant with respect to economics.. lacking a basic understanding of cause and effect, they (we) elected impotent leaders who have assigned the principles of impotent economists who are calling for more taxes and less privatization.. the root of japans problem. This is all so deja vu.
One important but almost completely overlooked lesson that japan and israel have learned is to continually hold the banks responsible for cooling home prices when the markets index heats up irrationally. That lesson was suggested by McCain and only a few others from both sides of the aisle over a decade ago to their credit but top dems and rinos in leadership positions were harvesting a Clinton era windfall and shushed him. And yes, rinos called him a spoiler too.. lol
“If America, the biggest reserve currency issuer, does not stop pumping liquidity into the world economy, the world will be inevitably be dragged into an enormous disaster.
The US strategy will not work on China. If history is any guide, it’s obvious that America’s domestic economic problem can’t be resolved by external measures. Although the US government blames the high unemployment at home on China’s exchange rate regime, the sharp depreciation of the dollar in both the early 1970s and mid-1980s did little to help the US economy to fundamentally adjust its external imbalances. What did help is the emergence of new industries and a new global competitiveness America found in those industries.
No serious scholars will buy the theory that a sharp appreciation of the RMB will help address America’s problem. The only certain consequence it may have if China accepts the US plan, as demonstrated by Japan’s experience, is economic chaos and long-lasting depression.
America should stop blaming China’s cautious saving for America’s reckless spending. This accusation is unfair. To expect China to rapidly appreciate the RMB, at the risk of widespread bankruptcies and social unrest at home, is even more absurd. America should stop externalizing its domestic issues and act in a more responsible way, by reducing the twin deficits, stopping the hazardous liquidity-creating measures, restructuring its own economy and be more open to foreign investors.
In the above three fronts, America is starting a war with unclear targets and wrong methods. Although senior US officials deny that America seeks to sustain its economic recovery by depreciating the dollar, they could not convince the world. America should rethink its recovery strategy and play a more responsible role in preventing the fragile recovery from degenerating into a recession.”
From Opinion Section of China Daily.
The Chinese Communists are not happy.
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