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What do the political parties actually stand for?

Posted by Mick O. on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:13:20 AM
Let's break it down to specifics. This election is pretty clearly defined. Other than the global warming issue, McCain and Obama are clearly on opposite sides of most of the remaining issues. At first I thought that there was a difference between the parties in that true Republicans stand on principles regardless of win or lose, while Democrats will do and say anything to win. But I'm not sure that is the case now. However, the fact that Democrats won't give up a seat when one of their members is in a coma pretty much says it all. And it's not about the truth, it's about politics. If it were about the truth, then Democrats would say that they agreed with Bush that Iraq had WMDs, but to say they NEVER thought he did and that Bush made it up to go to war is a LIE! Doesn't the truth and character mean anything anymore? Guess not to Democrats.
 
Here are some of the issues and where the parties stand:
 
Democrats (what they are eagerly proposing)
  • Anti-war in Iraq (but they are willing to send troops to Darfur and Tibet to free people)
  • Higher taxes on the rich (though they don't define what that number is so they could be aiming for you)
  • More regulations to reduce global warming (though they never tell you how many jobs would be lost by the regulations or how much money that would cost and how little effect it would make because seemingly no progress has been made)
  • No allowing drilling of oil - pushing conservation instead as a way to lower prices
  • Believe abortion should be legal through upholding Roe Vs. Wade decision (but are terrified to let states make that decision on their own because then people would see where their politicians stand on the issue)
  • Amnesty for illegal immigrants (including giving them voting rights and welfare benefits)
  • Nationalized health care (paid for by taxes - of course there would be no bureaucracy involved with setting this up)
Republicans (what they should do, anyway)
  • The war on terror has kept the US safe from attack for 7 years - strong on security
  • Lower taxes for everyone, smaller government
  • Global warming (if it even exists) has not been affected by all the billions we have sunk into the effort and it's time to admit that the earth goes through normal warming and cooling periods - this is just one of them
  • Drill here, drill now, pay less and build some refineries and nuclear power plants
  • Just the opposite - States should be making the law on abortion according to the will of the people - should not be a federal "law"
  • Close the borders and make business -verify all social security numbers before employing people
  • Leave health care alone other than doing something about frivolous lawsuits against hospitals and doctors

I know McCain is kind of lame on a lot of issues. But true Republicans that are running for house and senate seats are our best hope. Obama is dangerous because people are looking only at the color of his skin and not at the principles he believes in. Very scary.

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What choice do we have?

Posted by Mick O. on Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:35:21 PM
On the Republican side, we have McCain who has constantly voted with the Democrats during his time in the Senate. Now, suddenly, he's talking about Conservative values. Talk is cheap. He has undermined Republicans at every turn, voting against extending Bush's tax cuts, trying to sneak an illegal amnesty bill through the senate with Ted Kennedy, the gang of 14, campaign finance reform with Feingold... and the list goes on.
 
On the Democrat side it is a little trickier. First you have Hillary whose experience in the whitehouse was First Lady... hardly a policy making position. Then you have the health care fiasco that was soundly pushed back. Do we really want more of this socialist agenda? More big government nanny state legislation. But she does have one more term of experience as Senator of New York over Obama... though she has hardly participated in any significant legislation. I don't think "just showing up to vote" qualifies as experience.
 
Obama... what can I say? His followers are like the Beatles with the Maharaji. Star struck and wide eyed. Fainting? It's being called Obamania. Remember Beatlemania? It's like a spiritual revival all over again. And about what? Do any of his followers know where he stands on policies? I do.
 
He's about change. His website says so on the home page... "Change you can believe in". Hitler was a change from the way things had been run in Europe before he rose to power. That's not necessarily a good thing. Don't misunderstand, I am not comparing him to Hitler. My point is that change is not always for the better!
 
Not only that, but he's asking us to BELIEVE in change. Does he really think he can change Washington by himself? Let's see what that change involves, shall we? From the Blueprint for Change:
  1. He's going to end lobbyists... So that means if you band together to support a common cause, your voice will not be heard. Does that mean teachers unions no longer will have a say about education? We'll see about that.
  2. Shine the light on spending... Most people have not been paying attention to how our government wastes money otherwise they would not vote for liberals over and over again. But if you elect him that's going to change, and everyone will become involved. As Dr. Evil would say, "Righttttt....."
  3. Reform the political appointee process... does he realize that Demcrats have caused the president to make decision on appointees thanks to Senate oversight rules? But he's going to change that all by himself? Again, we'll see.
  4. Universal health care coverage... This one scares me the most. And all politicians are guilty of buying into the premise that we need MORE government to fix the health care industry. It's the government regulations that have gotten us to where we are (with the help of outrageous lawsuits) and driven up costs. Can you imagine some bureaucrat, who has absolutely no experience in running a business, managing the nation's health care system? Picture the same people who are running security at the airport. Then realize that they are going to be the same ones running the health care system.

    And it's all going to be FREE???? Services will suffer and wait times to see doctors will increase as every hypocondriac in the country takes your appointment so that you have to wait a year to be treated for a cold. Simplified paperwork. We can't do it for the IRS and our tax forms, but the health care will be different! You're dreaming, Mr. Obama! Washington LOVES paperwork! 

I can't go on. Read it for yourself. It is so broad-stroked and vapid that this column would go on forever... Kind of like this election cycle. But rest assured... Hillary or Obama, it's socialism-lite. They will get away with as much as they can... incrementally if necessary. Look at where we started with the Boston Tea Party and where we are now with taxes. Incremental-ism.

I hold the media responsible for not telling the truth. Instead they push these different problems as something government should fix. We should fix the media... Solution? Castration!

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Want a recession? Vote DEMOCRAT!

Posted by Mick O. on Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:00:56 PM
Listen to what Democrats are saying (both Hillary and Obama) about controlling businesses. If you want a recession, vote Democrat. Their stated policies will only deepen the economic slowdown we are experiencing, with or without the stimulus package!
 
They're not saying it openly. They are attacking certain segments of business such as big oil, but what they really want is to controll every aspect of our economy, and it will not stop with just tobacco or oil or health care. That's communism, folks. And it has been proven to fail.
 
I urge you to read Thomas Sowell's latest book on economics where he discusses how a centralized approach to managing the country's output has failed in the past, no matter the good intentions. Once again, it is a feel good approach as opposed to a sane approach. It is amazing that there are a number of highly educated people who still believe that this will work, even though it has been disproven over and over again. Can anyone say Russia?
 
Democrats and liberal Republicans have slowly and incrementally worked us into a state of dependency on the government. First by implementing the IRS, then requiring employers to withhold people's taxes for them, they have lulled us into thinking we are not being taxed as badly as we are. Any change in the tax rate only has a small effect on a weekly or bi-weekly paycheck and is hardly noticed.
 
Inch by inch they are legislating regulations on businesses that hurt and cripple our economy. Want manufacturing jobs? Forget it. They have been legislated into oblivion by heavy taxation and requiements to comply with the EPA, OSHA, the minimum wage and soon... health care!
 
Think I'm kidding? Check out San Francisco's latest attempt at being the first city to have every one of its citizens covered. Businesses with 20 or more employees MUST provide health care for their employees... whether they can afford it or not. How can a city government demand that a private business provide health care for its employees even if it is not economically feasible? And what about the people who use those products? Will we have to listen to them whine when the cost of a widget goes from $20 to $40 overnight? Or what about the businesses who decide they will move to Sacramento or Reno in order to get away from the oppressive government regulations so they can stay in business, thus creating newly unemployed people? Guaranteed that if Hillary is elected, this will be coming soon to a country near you!
 
This sort of thinking has moved our manufacturing jobs overseas! GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR!!! That's why it's called private!
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