Let this author start off by pointing out that he lives in Boca Raton, Florida, in the same zip code as the wealthy Republicans who live in gated communities, but lives in a “normal” middle class home without gates to keep out others!
He is personally embarrassed by the obscene gaudiness and arrogant attitude of multimillionaires who live in gated communities, and think they are better than the rest of us!
These are the people who mistreat the workers in supermarkets, drug stores, and all other local businesses, because, somehow they think their wealth makes them “entitled” to treat others not as fortunate as them, in an insulting, rude, demanding manner!
It is people like this who could sit in the home of a “privileged character” who could demand $50,000 campaign contribution from each participant, the average income of a family of four in America, and twice what many families earn in annual income!
They could sit there and listen to Mitt Romney say he did not care about 47 percent of the population, and the nerve of that 47 percent to think they were “entitled” to food, housing, and health care, and not one spoke up in opposition! Remember that the “47 percent” include veterans, senior citizens, single mothers and children, college students, minorities, and disabled people!
How low and disgraceful could any human being go in not giving a damn about their fellow human beings, and only be interested in the constant acquisition of wealth at the expense of others losing their jobs, their health care, and their homes!
How can these wealthy people look in the mirror each day and not feel that this is not the message of Jesus or Moses, to look down on fellow human beings, and just go ahead and exploit others for material gain without any conscience?
What has happened to America that wealthy people like these in Boca Raton, Florida, have so little concern about others, and can back a candidate who exudes selfishness, greed, and materialism in the most ugly fashion?
These wealthy people who met at a Boca Raton mansion should be ashamed of themselves, and if they claim, as many probably do, to be “religious”, they should meet the judgment of their deity in the afterlife with a strong punishment for their misbehavior on earth!
They have forgotten that the way one treats the “little people” in life, the ones who earn low income but do service for all of us in different ways, is the best judgment of one’s character, and on that test, all these Boca Raton millionaires fail miserably!
Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” speech was honest.
About himself. About his party. About his elite supporters. And about the brand of leadership we could expect him to provide.
When Barack Obama won the presidency of the United States, there were numerous characteristics in the resulting data which suggested that 2008 may be a reallignment election. For the presidency. Favoring the Democratic Party.
Previous realignments, for ones dating back to the Republicans’-vs.-Democrats’ first match in 1856, came with Abraham Lincoln’s first election in 1860 (Rs). And ones that followed were in 1896 (William McKinley, Rs), 1932 (Franklin Roosevelt, Ds), and 1968 (Richard Nixon, Rs).
Now, to be frank, one cannot tell right away if a suspected realignment election [2008] will prove to be true. (That one would feel he can state that we’ve entered a new realignment period, favorable to the Rs or Ds, for winning the bulk of presidential elections over the next 30 to 40 years. Who wants to think that far ahead?!) But in all those previous cases, the party which fell out favor did not put up a credible enough challenger to succeed in unseating the realignment president in the next cycle. In fact, numerous ended up resoundingly rejected by the voting electorate in dramatic landslides: George McClellan (D), won only 3 of 25 participating states in 1864; Alf Landon (R), carried only 2 of 48 states in 1936; and George McGovern (D) won only District of Columbia and his running mate’s home state of Massachusetts in 1972.
Say what you want about the two Georges and Alf … I think Mitt Romney should take his “47 percent” speech—along with his political party—and join their club.
Thanks for this comment, but I do not wish to put Romney into the same “club” as George McGovern, who I love, and I actually interviewed Alf Landon on the phone while researching my dissertation, which became a book, and he was a very decent gentleman, although a loser! LOL
George McClellan–yes—a real loser LOL 🙂