What were thinking?
Telling Americans that 47% of their numbers are on the take, so to speak. Readers of my Blog will realize this 47% number actually understates the extent of the problem – but even so Mitt, do you have a death wish.
Readers will also know that I have a way of knowing when a politician tells a lie – ‘he or she opens her mouth and speaks’ but here we have the contestant for the highest political office in the world and – brace yourself – telling the true.
Whatever was he thinking?
My own feeling is that he stated it awkwardly but he did state accurately the fact that the United States is split politically right down the middle and I have made the same point on numerous occasions.
I would have worded it differently – something along the following lines: ‘this Election represents a watershed in the history of this great country not only in regard to our out of control debt, but also due to the fact that too many of our citizens have opted out – opted out of the work force, opted out of society, opted out of their civic duty and so on’. I would then go on to say that for the health of our country we need to get this ever growing portion of society reinvigorated and back into productive contribution ‘since we as Americans need all hands on deck if we are going to preserve our place in history.
But as I have also said before – this election will not be decided by the 47% that support Obama nor even the 47% that support Romney; rather it will be decided by the small % in between who are not allied with either major party.
In that regard, I am still hopeful that this small % will see Romney’s comments for what they are – the truth and a realistic assessment of how bad things have become. The supporters of either candidate can rant and rail all they like – but it is with the middle, that the November Election will be lost or won.
Should the day after the Election show that Obama has won – I will be surprised and of course very disappointed for America itself, but I will have a bit of that ‘Dalton McGuinty’ feeling – i.e. Obama will have to live with the consequences of his winning and it will not be pretty.
As I see it …
‘K.D. Galagher’
p.s. part 2 of ‘What to do with the Islamists’ got bumped given the above. G
