My thoughts on Romney and who he should pick for Vice President

With Rich Santorum and Newt Gingrich dropping out of the GOP primary it clears the way for Mitt Romney to become the GOP nominee.  Mitt Romney was not my first choice as the GOP nominee but that doesn’t mean I won’t support him. I do have questions about how conservative he is because of his decisions as Governor of Massachusetts. He is the de facto Godfather of Obamacare by creating Romney care. I do not feel that these issues make me so uneasy that I could not support Romney for President against Obama.  Let’s not forget that many including myself saw Romney as the conservative alternative to John McCain in 2008. While my preference would have been another candidate; now is the time as a party to come together and turn our attention to beating Barrack Obama in November.

Where does Romney’s strengths lay going forward against the President? In this economy, Mitt needs to focus on his business background. He needs to beat this point to death and challenge the President on this every chance he gets. The first time that Barrack Obama has ran anything that closely resembles a business is when he became President.  Mitt should pounce on this and remind everyone how he made the Salt Lake City Olympics successful.  He should reinforce how many jobs he created and much tax dollars he generated without raising taxes and how much his business contributed the benefit of the communities they were in (i.e. charities…etc.).

National Security is another key area where Governor Romney can beat President Obama. Obama has shown that he is going to try to exploit the fact that Bin Laden was killed during his time as Commander-in-Chief. Mitt can counter that by reminding everyone that it was President Bush’s policies that worked to make this happen. I would also recommend at strategy going forward that he will not use the military as political tool the way President Obama has done with Seal Team Six.  This would hit home with many conservatives and show that unlike President Obama he will focus more on keep us safe rather than campaigning his during his entire presidency.

The final area I believe Mitt should concentrate on reminding voters on the huge difference between him and President Obama is for Supreme Court nominations.  It is likely that during the next 4 years there could be 3-5 justices to leave the bench and the court would likely shift one way or the other during the next administration. It is important for Romney to remind voters and especially conservatives that are not enthused by his nomination that he would nominate those like Roberts, Alito, and Scalia rather than Obama who seeks ultra-liberals.

Let’s talk VP picks. I believe picking the correct running mate is more important now that it has ever been because of the 24-hr news cycle. The media is relentless covering politics and will dissect very thing possible about a VP choice, especially the GOP VP choice. It is important obviously that the VP choice is qualified and ready to become President if need be.  Other qualifications that should be considered in this social media driven news cycle are:

-          The ability to energize and mobilize voters, for Romney this is especially true of the conservative base.

-           The ability to balance the ticket. Similar to what Gov. Palin did in 2008. She was able to motivate the conservatism to vote for McCain who has had the label of RINO associated with him for a number of years. If Palin had not been on the ticket McCain would have lost by a far wider margin than what he did.

While Senator Rob Portman has been rumored to be the VP nominee and he is someone that I feel is highly qualified for the position I do not feel he is the right choice this time. I feel that their are better candidates with similar qualities as Senator Portman but have the ability to connect and motivate conservatives. My recommendation would be either Congressman Paul Ryan, Governor Walker of Wisconsin, and Senator Marco Rubio. Each of these candidates have become stars inside the tea party and have shown the leadership needed to step in and become President if need be. While they will be attacked relentlessly by liberals they have already shown the ability to handle those attacks in a positive manner and come out on top.

Three Kinds of Democrats

So in the run up to election day, I have been debating what to write on my blog in the limited time that I have had lately with a new born a full time job and working on my master’s degree.

So I am going to write what I call the Three Kinds of Democrats. Type 1 are Democrats that think it’s cool and are against the “system” or ant-establishment.  Type 2 are the ones that feel like this party is looks out for the poor and less fortunate and minorities above anything else. Type 3 Democrats are those that are claim they are Democrats but are really the true Socialist/Marxists/Communists of the party. The goal isn’t to help the masses but to control the masses. Let me discuss these types a little further.

Type 1:

These guys are the animal rights, global warming, hired protesters of the group. Mostly made up of college kids to mid-thirties, they take up these causes because they either really believe in some specific liberal ideological issue or they are hired by liberal groups for political events. This group may or may not continue working these causes after school. I look at this group at those that enjoy being a part of what ever political fad is being promoted at the time.

Type 2

These are your true Democrats in the sense they have a fundamental belief in the Democratic Party and what they stand for. They are not extremist, and are likely uncomfortable with the current party leaders and where they have taken they have taken their party.

This kind of Democratic believes that women should have the right to an abortion but wouldn’t likely have one themselves. They believe that unions are still needed to protect the workers from large corporations, and they believe in a strong national defense, but that the Army should be used to deter attacks on American not to be used unless absolutely necessary. They believe that Democrats are care takers of the less fortunate and minorities. They see some commonalities with Republicans and likely center-right Clinton, Liebermann, McCain type beliefs To sum these Dems up they are the JFK Democrats.

Type 3.

These are the most dangerous of all to America. These are the Socialist/Marxists/Communists leaders that have stolen the Democratic Party. These are the Nancy Pelosi, Harry Ried, and Barrack Obama’s of the nation. What makes them so dangerous is the fact that they are the current leaders of the nation. Their goal has nothing to do with making it better for the middle class or minorities. It’s about controlling the masses. Control Type 1 by giving avenues for them to make their voice heard, and they pay just enough lip service to the “middle class” issues of Type 2 concerns to keep both groups happy. What we should be concerned most with though is Obama and his agenda.

Obamacare, TARP, the bailouts are about weakening our nation and forcing more people to rely on the government. Why else would he extend unemployment for 99 weeks? Why else would he believe the government should mandate healthcare. If you control access to healthcare for the people then you will effectively control the people. This Type 3 Democrat is about transforming this society to two class, the ruling class (which are themselves), and everyone else.  Just like every other time Communism/Socialism has been tried, the middle class and poor get poorer while the ruling class gets richer and more powerful, and then controls and exploits the lives of everyone

Type 2 Dems; take back your party because the current leaders are destroying it and this nation. We will never agree about every issue but we don’t need this fundamental change that Obama has been trying to force on us since he has been elected.

Twas the Weekend Before Christmas

Twas the weekend before Christmas and all though the country, 

All parents and children were hoping for a turn around in the economy

They stared at their paychecks with looks of fright,

How could they possibly afford presents to give out on Christmas night?

 

Our U.S Senators were snug in their taxpayer paid beds,

With visions, of Bailouts, Climate Change, and Healthcare reform dancing in there heads.

Harry Reid and Barrack Obama were talking on the phone with each other,

Plotting more ways to take away my hard earned dollars.

 

When out on the White House Lawn arose such a clatter,

The President walked out to see what was the matter.

Obama looked out on the lawn far and near,

And what he saws were Americans that felt anger and fear.

 

The moon light reflected the tears in their eyes.

As they chanted “Enough, Enough with your damn Lies!”

President Obama turn and said someone get me a phone,

He called Secret Service and said make these people go home.

 

The crowd left the White House frightened and dismayed,

But on they marched to the Capital full of rage.

They demanded that Congress listen to the people, not the puppet-master,

For it there is no doubt that this Health Care bill will be nothing but a disaster.

 

Vote Spector, Vote Lieberman, Vote Brown, Vote Nelson; vote yes on this bill,

President Obama shouted as he drove up to Capital Hill.

I am keeping score, so if you allow this to be undone,

The next time you run for office, I wish you luck on raising any funds.

 

Now that Christmas Eve is upon us the Senate has met

To pass a Healthcare Bill that no one could vet.

The Democrats waited with patience and glee

They finally had the votes pass this and flee

 

And now the President waits for the bills to merge

He hopes that this will result in an approval surge,

Little do any of these lawmakers realized what’s at hand

This is something that we will never let stand

 

Did they not listen this summer? The people asked

Or is they just don’t care enough to remember the past

The citizens of this country are tired and afraid,

The direction this government is taking us is clearly the wrong way.

 

 

Even with these actions all is not lost, and much is to gain,

People are rising up rather than staying on this crazy train.

They are coming together from all walks of life,

Because they understand who is causing this strife.

 

Rallies and Tea Parties have started all across this great nation, the people are now awake

Because despite our governments best effort we understand what is a stake

No longer will we take this government abuse of power.

Stakes are too high, and now we must fight for our rights this very hour

 

The ACLU and liberals can try to take our liberties and safety away,

But unlike politicians, the American people will fight this battle in every way.

Keep the Terrorist out of our nation we yell and scream,

Guantanamo Bay Cuba is where they need to be.

 

The Senate met under the cloak of night,

Because they know they are trampling on all our rights.

The Democrats thumbed their nose at all us all,

But come Election Day 2010 we will see who will fall

 

So on Christmas day let our message be heard on every radio and TV station,

The people will take back our power from this Obama-nation,

We are coming together again as one people; and this is a wonderful sight,

Merry Christmas to all, and GOD Bless us all on this solemn night!     

 

Destroying America

Never before in my life have I been so fearful of the direction that this country is going. President Obama is taking us down a road that few of us could have ever imagined and sadly that most Americans are paying little attention too. One by one President Obama is destroying every major industry in this country and turning them into a government run mess.

On top of that President Obama has been going around and apologizing to the world for being America.  He is putting this county and all Americans in grave danger from not governing from a position of strength. Does anyone think that it is a coincidence that North Korea started acting like high school bullies as soon has President Bush left office? 

Say what you want about President Bush, he was respected by our allies, and feared by our enemies. Unfortunately this is no longer the case with President Obama and like during the ineptitude of the foreign policy debacle of the President Clinton Administration I fear Americans will pay for the mistakes of this President with their lives.

What ever happened to the Democratic Party of John F Kennedy and FDR? While we can debate their Domestic Agenda not even the farthest right Republican could question their ability or resolve to protect our nation. How can President Obama be talking about disarming our nuclear arsenal and our missile defense system when North Korea is threatening to fire missiles towards Hawaii?

It is going to be up to the grassroots efforts of the average American like Mike Wilson of the Cincinnati Tea Party to stop this madness. Americans can no longer afford to stand on the sidelines when it comes to voting. We  must demand accountability from all of our leaders Republicans and Democrats. Politics as usual must stop!

It could be argued if we had a Congress with a backbone that President Obama actions are rising to the level that Congress should be considering removing him from office. Their is very little doubt he is a National Security risk and is failing to live up to his constitutional duties. Unfortunately his pals in Congress are no better, and the Republican track record after 2000 isn’t much better.

Real reform is needed. We need new leaders,  bold leaders, leaders that are willing to do what it takes to either bring the old Conservative Republican Party back or create a new party that will fight to restore true American values. We need these leaders at all levels of goverment. Unless we as a nation are willing to get up off the couch, quit playing our videos games, and stop getting sucked into the black hole of Obamamaina that the media feeds us everyday we will become the very type of nation that our brave military fought to protect us from during WWI and WWII.

Part 4: Fiscal Responsibility

Just like every other municipality in the United States, Cincinnati is facing a plethora of economic and financial issues. Cincinnati City Council for too long has been acting irresponsibly with our tax dollars, and as a result we are in situations like telling our retired city workers that we will have to renege on the retirement benefits that we have promised them. The time has come for a change on city council and to bring financial stability and responsibility back to city hall.

When I am elected to Cincinnati City Council I will fight for a five percent reduction in pay and in the office budget of the mayor’s office and each city councilperson. If it weren’t for some on city council during the last budget meetings, they would have passed a five percent budget reduction in the office budget for those on city council. Unfortunately we had a couple of council people that felt it was more important to make a political point and “ show who was in charge” rather than do what was best for the citizens of Cincinnati.

 I will on city council, fight for those that through their hard work and dedication have earned the retirement that the City of Cincinnati has promised them. Cincinnati City Council must stand by these promises. It is not the fault of the retirees that Cincinnati City Council has mismanaged the city’s retirement program Changes must be made to the program but it should not be at the expense of those that are retired and were already promised their benefits. 

How do we pay for this? The answer is through redevelopment. We can pay for this by making our city more business friendly and to make the city more attractive to live in. Taking these steps will increase Cincinnati’s tax base without increasing taxes or cutting vital services to our citizens. Investing in promoting business and population growth in Cincinnati through redevelopment of infrastructure is fiscally responsible.

Part 2: Cincinnati and Race Relations, Time to make a Real Effort

One of the biggest hurdles that Cincinnati faces is dealing with racial issues that face our community. For far too long Cincinnati City Council has paid lip service to this issue. We need a Cincinnati City Council that is will to engage community leaders to find real solutions to this issue. This issue is  not only are hurting those that are directly impacted by City Council’s lack of leadership, but its hurting every citizen that lives, works, and does business in Cincinnati. 

Our city leaders must address the race issue head on. Have race relations improved in Cincinnati? I would say yes, but that doesn’t mean that we still don’t have plenty of work to do. Cincinnati City Council has failed to engage community leaders and at level necessary to bring real solutions to these problems.This issue should be addressed in every neighborhood in Cincinnati from Avondale to Hyde Park. 

It’s shameful that we have such an obscenely low amount of worked being contracted to capable minority business owners, and the only thing that is being done is that Mayor Mallory says he will have a study. It doesn’t take a study and wasting taxpayers money to point out the obvious. This is a problem, whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, or Independent, we all should demand a change.Unfortunately to the frustration of most, Council seems to take the approach that this problem will go away on its own. That’s not a solution, that’s a way to deal with a problem because your more worried about your political career rather than working for what is best for Cincinnati. 

We must have economic plan that works for all Cincinnatians no matter your race, or gender. This economic plan should have in place a preference to business that are owned and or have the majority of their workers that live in the City of Cincinnati. Not only does this help the minority population, it is smart business for Cincinnati. This will allow the tax dollars to be spent on supporting the Cincinnati workforce rather than giving it to an out of town corporations. If this policy is adopted this would significantly increase the number of minority owners getting contracts for work being done in Cincinnati. 

How can we expect to grow if we don’t have city leaders that are willing to lead when it comes to dealing with important issues such as race relations? Dealing with this issue doesn’t mean we just throw money at programs that don’t work or by just pay lip service to the issue. It means making real decisions when it comes to law enforcement, education, and economic development. It means acknowledging our past shortcomings and working with our neighborhood leaders to develop a comprehensive plan that address race relations, neighborhood and economic redevelopment. The time has come to stop having studies and focus groups; we need leaders to implement a real plan and address these issues. If the leaders of this city can address these issues, we will see a positive change that will impact everyone that calls Cincinnati home.  

My Thoughts on the Cincinnati Tea Party

What a great event that Mike Wilson put together this past Sunday. Being down at Fountain Square was truly inspiring. To see so many people come together for such an important issue and to hear so many great speakers gives me hope that we can stop these terrible fiscal policies that are being force-fed to us.

There is no doubt that our government is taxing us into socialism. The T.A.R.P. and the stimulus bills have proven that. We need to find and elect strong fiscally conservative leaders at all levels of government. We need our leaders to give our country back to the people before it is completely taken from us.

Let me again say thank you to Mike Wilson for putting in the time and effort it takes in putting this event and the April 15th event together, and to all the speakers for the inspiring messages. It only takes an event like this to remind us how great of a nation we are. Lets keep this movement going and bring true change to America. A change back to a day where American leaders place the American people above the lobbyist that fund them and political parties they represent.

Now it Begins

Finally the wait is over. President Obama has taken his place on this historic day as the new leader of the United States of America. The first minority to do so, which is a feat we should all celebrate. 

Lets be honest given the fact of the terrible economic situation we are in , the amount of money spent on this inauguration was absurd. I have no problem with the money spent on security for the event, but everything else was excessive. Especially given all the talk about doom and gloom with our economy. I think this event is truly worthy to celebrate but the expense is not justified. I guess it is just everyone else but the government  that should penny pinch.

We as nation need to keep careful watch of this administration. Let us not get caught up in all of the Hollywood Glamor.  We need to pay attention to President Obama’s message and his actions. He again repeated the fact that he feels it is the governments responsibility to provide for such things as universal health care and that people should look to the government for help. This didn’t work for Roosevelt and it won’t work for Obama. And let us not forget most of President Clinton’s success  came in working with a Republican Congress.

I wish him well, I hope he leads this nation in the direct it should be lead. I suspect though that him and his  liberal cronies will lead us straight down the path of socialism and bankruptcy.

Good Bye 2008, Look out for 2009.

History will look back at 2008 as one of the most historic years in our nations history. It was a year that saw the United States go through many changes and face many challenges. At the international level this maybe the year where we look back as a nation and say this was the year that signaled the beginning of the end of the United States as the lone world super power.

Looking back I can see this being the case for several reasons. The first reason is the inability of the United States to effectively keep Iran in check. Iran with its nuclear ambitions has continued to move forward with little or no resistance from the international community. Russia has stepped up to become a relevant power again. While there economy is hurting again like everyone else’s they have taken advantage of the high oil prices over the last few years and have used that money to reinvest in their military. Russia has flexed their muscle in places like Georgia and has also sent war ships to the Western Hemisphere for the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis to have military exercises with Venezuela. While it appears our government has stood by and watched this with little or no response.

Even our traditional spheres of influence such as Latin and South America seem to be waning. These countries have increasingly fallen into the hands of socialist leaders.

While there is no doubt that the war in Iraq has alienated many of our allies that traditionally take a passive view to resolving conflict and take a reactionary view to defense, I think there has been a fundamental shift in world view of the United States. There are many factors including, ineffective polices, a government that actively sought to undermine the President, and a national media that had its own agenda to shape America rather than just reporting the news.

We also have to recognize that we took an important step as a nation when it came to politics. For the first time ever we had both an African-American and a woman as a viable candidates for the office of the President of the United States, and further more we elected the first African- American as President of the United States. No matter what you political party affiliation is, one has to agree that this was truly an historic moment in our nations history.

With that said though we may look back at 2008 as the year we began as a nation the move toward socialism. We have bailed out our finance sector along with our auto industry and we have done this with little oversight. President Bush has even acknowledge that while he believes in a free market economy that he was willing to jump into a little socialism to save these companies. And we have elected what is widely acknowledge as the most liberal President in American history who has been quoted in saying such things as “spread the wealth”, and that he wants universal health care; which gives us a dangerous combanation of factors pulling us toward a European socialist type of government.

This year was one of the most challenging years of my generation because ofthe state of the economy, and the collapse of the sub-prime leading market that lead to millions of people losing their homes. The stock market lost over 25% of its value and all of us lost money in our 401k’s. Companies that we thought would never close collapsed under the weight of greed and poor management. We also saw gas shoot as high as $4 a gallon and come crashing back down to $1.50 a gallon in the course of a few short months. We all have been touched in a negative way by the events over the last year.

While 2008, feel will be looked at as an historic year; I feel that 2009 will go down as a turning point for our nation. Will we willingly and blindly as a nation let our media, our leaders, and government takes us down the road of socialism? Or this will this be the year we begin to revolt as people and begin to take back our nation and hold our governments responsible for their actions. I am hoping that with the negative reactions to the government bailouts, and the slow realization by many that Obama is just another politician that we may have hit rock bottom as a nation and that the people will take back our government.

There are many issues that need to be resolved in the coming year. We live in the most challenging times that have faced this nation in decades. We the people can no longer take a passive stance like most of our politicians when it comes to solving our nations problems. We must rise up and come together as people to find a balance between dealing with international affairs and fixing our problems at  domestically. We must be willing to make sacrifices and in turn we must demand our government  make the same sacrifices without raising our taxes. Tough choices must be made and we need to demand our leaders make the choices or leave office. If we don’t 2009 maybe known as the year Socialism began in the United States of America.

 

The New American Dream

Is it me, or are we losing our country to a group of people that have no sense of what it takes to make this great nation work? It should be impossible that a presidential candidate can say to a hard working American business owner that he “wants to spread the wealth so the people behind you don’t get left behind” and that it gets played again on national television, even by the mainstream media and still Obama is leading in the polls. Granted McCain has made Kerry’s campaign in 2004 look like a well-oiled machine, but that’s for another blog.

            What are the American people thinking? Have we lost that much pride in ourselves that we believe that we should take money from hard working American’s and give it to people that haven’t earned it. Don’t tell me that the rich can afford it, because that is a BS excuse. The fact is that 80% of people that are millionaires are self-made millionaires. They work hard for their money, working long hours, and being frugal. Maybe if some of us had been a little more frugal we wouldn’t have this collapse in the housing market that we are seeing today. Seriously, you make $40,000 a year and you think you can afford a $200,000 house? If you believed that then you deserve the mess you’re in.

            Back to my point, the point is we have no right to take money from those that have earned it and give it to those that don’t have as much. We already have something like that and it’s called welfare. Do those people really need more of our money to waste? I know I am tired of paying for people to get their vouchers for childcare, and food. Granted some people truly need the help and I am all for that, but many flat out abuse the system. Politicians keep on saying we are going to help the “middle class”, so my question to them is when the hell I am going to get my childcare vouchers. The answer is never because I actually believe in the crazy old “American Dream” when you should go to work and get what you earn so therefore I make too much money according to the government. Plus I wouldn’t take the vouchers anyway; I have more pride than that, I refuse to let the government take care of my family.

            Well now we have a choice this election. Now we can vote for Barrack Obama and vote for a man that wants to spread the wealth. Someone call the U.S.S.R and see how well that worked out for them, and while you’re at it give England and Canada a buzz about their Universal Health Care Programs to see how that’s going. Obama is selling this New American Dream, that government should solve your problems and hard working people that have wealth should pay for it, and for some reason the American people are buying it. Are we really that lazy in America that we aren’t willing to earn it ourselves? I am not saying that McCain is the answer, but I can tell you Socialism isn’t. McCain is a far better choice than Obama. As Earl Pitts would say “WAKE UP AMERICA”, if World War II veterans were known as the greatest generation, I am afraid we are currently staring at the worst generation if we are willing to rely on the government to take care of us all.