Back to the future! Presidential Election edition

I have been saying for months that President Obama's team will be framing the 2012 election as a choice of continuing to move forward or going backward (to the Bush years). It is a natural theme and maybe the only one they have.

During the primaries it became pretty obvious the Republican field was offering a warmed over version of the Bush Presidency. The one notable exception was Herman Cain. The only thing new in the Republican Primary was his 9-9-9 plan. Whether it made sense or not was irrelevant, it was a new idea. As Romney outlasted the second tier of the Republican field it became clear that the forward vs. backward theme was going to fit.

In attempt to be as objective as possible I see Romney's platform as cut lower taxes to even lower levels than Bush, talk aggressive in areas of foreign policy, return our Health Care system to the way it was 4 years ago and.... let me know if I am missing something. There have been several hints of the Obama Team setting up the continue forward or go backward theme. Well today they have unleashed it in full color glory with the following video.

One Day - MLK

I came across the following article. It states the Martin Luther King Jr.s "I have a dream" speech is not public domain. It stated that Sony was sending takedown notices. While I should have posted this yesterday. Here it is.

Newt's Battle to Define Mitt

it is going to look something like this.

Politico reports

What a difference 4 years make

Two ads by GOP candidates for President. The 1st from Governor Mike Huckabee in 2007 and the 2nd by Governor Rick Perry in 2011.

I don't agree with Governor Huckabee on a lot of issues. However, this was a classy and effective ad.



I agree with Governor Perry even less. I hope this is simply indicative of his own personal lack of class and not a reflection on the GOP as a whole.



This might be a good time for Sister Sarah to do some "refudiating".

BONUS VIDEO:

Compare & Contrast 1 is bigoted and 1 has class

Two Videos

OWS / Tea Party: Two sides of the same coin

I happened upon this post after following a couple of links on the subject of OWS and the Tea Party.

I mentioned in a post a couple of days ago my belief that moneyed interest were able to hijack the sentiment and passion of the Tea Party Movement and misdirect it through slight of hand.

"Voters can be persuaded that their moral well being is more important than their financial well being. What I have been amazed at and confused by was how successful the Rick Santellis, Koch Brothers, Karl Roves, Grover Norquists etc could fool these voters with financial issues."

Blogger James Sinclair posits his opinions on the similarities of the two movements in his post Occupy Wall Street vs. The Tea Party.

"We should pay less attention to the individual lunatics, and more attention to what a movement is really about. Occupy Wall Street, at its core, is a reaction to the increasing power and influence of large corporations. The Tea Party, at its core, is a reaction to the government's constant interference with private enterprise. But wait a minute—aren't those things connected?"

The fact that there is a very large group of people in America that are reacting to the increasingly "large and powerful influence of large corporations" scare politicians that rely on said powerful large corporations. This is one major reason you will see the establishment right wing and the corporatist attempt divide the two movements. You will see the elite attempt to dismiss and undermine the validity of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

If the supporters of these two movements were to combine their anger and energy in the same direction it would be a force for true change in America.

Maybe the best part of Mr. Sinclair's post was his third footnote.

By all means, leave a comment if you think I'm wrong, but it's a myth that big corporations are anti-government, right? They don't want to have to compete in a free market, they want to "compete" in an artificially restricted market.

An attempt to dismiss Occupy Wall Street: Rebutted

5 Myths of Occupy Wall Street

1) Myth: The protesters are pushing for anarchy, support violence and communism.

2) Myth: Most Occupy Wall Street protesters don’t know what they’re protesting.

3) Myth: The protest is simply a liberal tea party.

4) Myth: Occupy Wall Street is a paid group aimed at re-electing Obama.

5) Myth: The protesters are hypocrites. They say they hate the banks, but they bank. They buy from big corporations. They’ve been spotted at McDonalds.

David Weidner of MarketWatch debunks the 5 basic myths

The devils greatest trick was convincing the world he didn't exist

The greatest hoax of the last couple of decades has been the ability of the right wing to co-opt members of the struggling lower middle class and lower class and pretend they speak for them while enacting policies that enable the super-rich.

I understand how the super rich have been able to use social issues to achieve this goal. Voters can be persuaded that their moral well being is more important than their financial well being. What I have been amazed at and confused by was how successful the Rick Santellis, Koch Brothers, Karl Roves, Grover Norquists etc could fool these voters with financial issues.

The quote above comes from John Cole over at www.balloon-juice.com and his post title Long Division


To clarify for those that need clarifying, I am not suggesting that rich = devil. There is just a familiarity with what has occurred over the past 30 years and the old saying about the devil.

Understanding Occupy Wall Street

Moderate to Conservative Blogger Andrew Sullivan discusses the movement and it's necessity.


Why Occupy Wall Street is here to Stay

This is not socialism. It's pointing out how capitalism, unchecked by government, can kill itself. But if this issue is left unresolved or defended in the brain-dead fashion of many in the GOP, it will soon become so.