Many different explanations have been given about the triumph of Senator Scott Brown in winning the Senate seat previously occupied by Ted Kennedy:
• The voters overwhelmingly rejected the healthcare liberal agenda
• It is time to stop this socialist administration from taking over the government of this country
• People want freedom, and independence, and they want to be able to exercise their right to make their own decisions without government interference
• Congressional seats do not belong to anybody: they belong to the people of the State
• The Federal Government should not interfere in matters better left to the States
• The radicals and their liberal agenda are a threat to our democracy and to our freedoms
• The liberals want to spread the wealth around giving it to those who do not work and getting it from those that produce and create businesses
Put on your thinking hat and consider this:
First, people, not only in Massachusetts, but everywhere else in the nation are fed up with the incumbents, both Republicans and Democrats, because of their incompetence and inability to think and solve real problems. A clear example of this incompetence is their inability to discuss intelligently the healthcare issue, in spite of the fact that it has been talked about for more than 50 years, and it was discussed in Congress for more than a year now. Many other examples could be mentioned here, but this incompetence is the same when discussing matters of education, energy, the role of government in society, church and state relationships, etc. All of these are issues of paramount importance to be critically analyzed if a modern society wants to progress.
Second, Massachusetts has a Health care system that covers 95% of the people and most of them are happy with what they have. What benefit do they get by signing up for a proposed bill that was rewritten in the Senate to make everybody happy except the people the reform bill was supposed to help? None! They voted against the wrong kind of reform (reform to keep lobbyist happy and to spread the pork around amongst the signers), not against smart legislation to change the way our healthcare system is bankrupting the country.
Third, and finally, just because you want to succeed a Kennedy, does not mean that you do not have to work hard and show intelligence. It does not mean that the voters owe you an appointment. You have to demonstrate that you deserve the position and that you will defend the gains they have already accomplished.
It makes sense to me.
February 20, 2010
Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Well paid....easy jobs.....
How would you like to have a good paying job, with excellent health care benefits, with unlimited fringe benefits that allow you to travel, meet people, live the social life, improve your love life with the complacency of your close friends, and appear to be virtuous, patriotic, and good in all areas of your public life? I can tell you about that job.
The job may be easy to execute, but not easy to get.
• First, you have to "sound good", so that people do not run for the exit when you begin to talk. Having a good voice is a valuable natural talent that did not cost you anything, to begin with. Acting skills are also a plus.
• Second, you need a lot of personal and economic support. Support of countless volunteers and financial gamblers who are willing to work for you, hoping to get back some of their investment later, should you get the job.
• Third, you have to be able to learn a few basic tenants, all of which fit in one 8 1/2X11 page. You must be able to use them to express lies that appear to be true. You must use them to distort reality to the point that even yourself become confused. You must accuse, insult and threaten anybody who does not agree with you. Extremely helpful is to scare the incompetent, the lazy or the sick who cannot think by themselves. And finally, oppose, say no, do not do anything or agree with anything which does not benefit you, your friends, and those who have supported you.
This job is easy, because according to what the tenants in the one page you memorized tell you, you do not have to do anything about problems because it is unnecessary: eventually things will get better by themselves if left alone. People like you are so good, compassionate and moral, that you will make sure to solve all existing problems, without government help. Interfering with them only makes matter worse. If you can do all of these, then YOU will be a success. It may take longer for everybody else, but YOU will be ok.
If the job just described sounds good to you, and you qualify, you can get it. All you need to do is to run as a Republican candidate for Congress.
The job may be easy to execute, but not easy to get.
• First, you have to "sound good", so that people do not run for the exit when you begin to talk. Having a good voice is a valuable natural talent that did not cost you anything, to begin with. Acting skills are also a plus.
• Second, you need a lot of personal and economic support. Support of countless volunteers and financial gamblers who are willing to work for you, hoping to get back some of their investment later, should you get the job.
• Third, you have to be able to learn a few basic tenants, all of which fit in one 8 1/2X11 page. You must be able to use them to express lies that appear to be true. You must use them to distort reality to the point that even yourself become confused. You must accuse, insult and threaten anybody who does not agree with you. Extremely helpful is to scare the incompetent, the lazy or the sick who cannot think by themselves. And finally, oppose, say no, do not do anything or agree with anything which does not benefit you, your friends, and those who have supported you.
This job is easy, because according to what the tenants in the one page you memorized tell you, you do not have to do anything about problems because it is unnecessary: eventually things will get better by themselves if left alone. People like you are so good, compassionate and moral, that you will make sure to solve all existing problems, without government help. Interfering with them only makes matter worse. If you can do all of these, then YOU will be a success. It may take longer for everybody else, but YOU will be ok.
If the job just described sounds good to you, and you qualify, you can get it. All you need to do is to run as a Republican candidate for Congress.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Urgency of Involvement
One thing I learned from my involvement in the presidential election campaign last year. What I learned is the reason why I want to continue getting involved in the political process. What I learned is that the closer elections get, the less effective we are in getting our message across to our voters and getting our candidates elected.
During the feverish campaign (not only here in Miami-Dade but also in Forsyth County, NC.) to get then Senator Obama elected to the Presidency, we knock on many doors where we were made aware of one reality. The “potential” voters we called on were in desperate need to get either more information, get clarification on certain important issues, or just in need of being reassured that things would eventually get better if we won the presidential election.
The pressure then was to knock on as many doors as possible, to get as many people as possible to the polls. However, the lack of knowledge about the issues, the cynicism about the political process, and many times just the need for reassurance, kept many people away from the voting booth. In many cases, a little bit of information about an issue, a short explanation about a doubtful point, or the clear identification of how the opposition mixed myth with reality, was sufficient to get the voter on our side.
That is why I believe in the urgency of involvement, and in the need to make every possible tool available to us useful for the purpose of educating, informing, and gaining support. Congressional elections are already closer than we imagine, and our effort to get the message across has not started.
During the feverish campaign (not only here in Miami-Dade but also in Forsyth County, NC.) to get then Senator Obama elected to the Presidency, we knock on many doors where we were made aware of one reality. The “potential” voters we called on were in desperate need to get either more information, get clarification on certain important issues, or just in need of being reassured that things would eventually get better if we won the presidential election.
The pressure then was to knock on as many doors as possible, to get as many people as possible to the polls. However, the lack of knowledge about the issues, the cynicism about the political process, and many times just the need for reassurance, kept many people away from the voting booth. In many cases, a little bit of information about an issue, a short explanation about a doubtful point, or the clear identification of how the opposition mixed myth with reality, was sufficient to get the voter on our side.
That is why I believe in the urgency of involvement, and in the need to make every possible tool available to us useful for the purpose of educating, informing, and gaining support. Congressional elections are already closer than we imagine, and our effort to get the message across has not started.
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