Apologies to Forest Gump.
The pundits have said that November’s Presidential Election will be one of the dirtiest in living memory…and so far, they are bang on.
I am on record as saying Mitt Romney will win the Election in spite of my philosophy of never overestimating the intelligence of the electorate. But even I cannot imagine a majority of Americans casting their votes for the current occupant of the White House.
Obama has been such a disaster by foisting Trillions of Dollars of Debt on an already grossly indebted nation. The only comparison I can think of is having Dalton McGuinty in the White House rather than Barack. Like McGuinty in Ontario, another four years of Obama in Washington will likely put the USA over the economic brink. Unlike Ontario though, the American decline will negatively affect the world – Canada included.
Anyway the nastiness.
Two recent Democratic Ads speak volumes:
The first consists of an interview with a widowed husband who blames Romney for the death of his wife from cancer. The widower explains his wife was laid off from one of Romney’s businesses and with the lay off, she lost her health care. She then contracted cancer and soon died. The truth soon came out that although she did lose her job, like millions under Obama, her health care remained unaffected and in place and her death did not occur until years later. I cannot imagine a campaign ad getting lower than that, unless of course it is the following one.
In the second ad, a chap purporting to be Paul Ryan – Romney’s VP choice – is seen pushing a wheelchair with a struggling old lady in it. He pushes her to the edge or a cliff and promptly jettisons her into the abyss. If the whole thing did not look so unbelievably funny, it would rank in infamy with number one.
The ads remind me of the Tory Ad put out during Kim Campbell’s unsuccessful run for PM back in 1993 where a picture of Chretien’s distorted face was shown to voters as part of their negative campaign. Even it did not reach the lows of Obama’s.
Yesterday, a Republican Senate Candidate used inappropriate words when trying to say that foetuses resulting from a rape should not be aborted. He is a strong proponent of prolife and whether you agree or not with his position – it is one he honestly and deeply holds.
Sadly, Democrats and Republicans both are demanding that he resign his candidacy for his poor choice of words, when advocating his stance. This despite the fact that he profusely and most sincerely apologized. Fortunately, as of the time of writing this Blog, he has refused to give in to their demands.
Another instance of gottcha politics and another reason why good people – be they Republican / Democrat or Conservative / Liberal are disinclined to run for office.
As I see it …
‘K.D. Galagher’
