I just think his stand on the issues would some what coincide with my own and with the majority of Americans.
What stand on the issues??
Is he pro-choice?
Well, back when he was a Senator he was pro-life.
Is he pro-control?
Well, " " " " " " he was a STRONG supporter of American's right to bear arms.
Is he anti-smoking?
Well, " " " " " " " he was a strong support of the tobacco constituency. Furthermore, he inflicted his "crocodile tears" over his sister's death from cancer, twisting the sympathy and emotions of uncounted Americans back in 1996, DESPITE THE FACT that his family made their fortune growing that evil plant, and the fact that VERY LITTLE of the MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR tobacco settlement is being spent on governmental plans to reduce smoking (state governments are adding it to their general tax revenues and spending it on whatever comes to mind).
Is he for the poor?
Only when they aren't residing in one of his "shot-gun shacks" near the family home in Tennessee (who's poor residents only live a short distance away, yet have never been personally visited by their landlord. Otherwise, I'm sure he would have felt compelled to fix their backed up toilets and dilapidated kitchen floor (but it took WEEKS after that story broke for it to happen)
Is he free of any conflict of interest with "Big Oil"?
Well, not when his momma's trust, for which he is executor and primary inheritor, has anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million worth of Occidental Petroleum (who's corporate activities against Indian tribes in Colombia were one of the primary "issues" that the protesters in LA demonstrated against). And especially not when it was his and Clinton's personal intervention resulted in the SALE AND PRIVATIZATION "of the Elk Hills oilfield in Bakersfield, California to Occidental petroleum, the largest privatization of federal property in US history".
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Is he "pro" military defense increases?
Not when we have military personnel leaving the service in DROVES, overdeployment of scarce assets, military aircraft with no pilots and being cannibalized for parts, reservists on highly disruptive deployments to Bosnia/Kosovo for 9 months at a time, AND a HUGE BACKLOG, numbering in the HUNDRED'S OF THOUSANDS, of lapsed security clearances, or pending initial investigations, that have primarily accumulated over the past 8 years (Read non-properly cleared personnel handing our nation's highest secrets).
Is he for welfare reform?
Only when individual governors like Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin, implement "workfare" programs aimed at undoing the 40 years+ of hand outs, dependence and subservience, and human degradation created by liberal entitlement programs than would rather hand out fish instead of teaching people to fish for themselves. A system that aimed at creating a locked-in democratic voting constituency that perpetuated dependency on govt "entitlements", and created immense delusion that people have a "right" to soak the system without returning any benefit.
Is he for securing Social Security against further governmental deficits?
Only if he opts NOT TO FUND all of the governmental programs he has promised to the liberal special interest groups and others he has pandered to. Doing so would surely destroy whatever surplus we have and COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT to even more expensive ENTITLEMENTS (not grants or temporary subsidies, but PERPETUAL GOVERNMENTAL FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS).
Is he pro campaign finance reform?
Only when he's in the bathroom (and not at a Buddhist temple).
No Pezz, the only issue he clearly stands for, IMO, is the government's contrived "right" to take as much money from taxpayers as it can get away with, and then control and dictate who gets a refund when the government overcharges and runs a surplus.
I'm all for helping people to help themselves, or to take care of those who are unable to care for themselves. But this silly concept that people are "ENTITLED" to the wealth of others, or that government is "ENTITLED" to take in more than it is spending, is something that just has to be rejected. It creates a serious perceptual belief that government is non-accountable entity that can, and should be exploited by those who know how.
The issues are clear for me Pezz. The government is there to serve the people of this country and preserve their rights, liberty, and ability to pursue happiness (opportunity), not to dictate and legislate their way into my pocketbook. |
