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Jewish World Review June 26, 2012/ 6 Tamuz, 5772 If you don't vote Romney you're on Obama's side By Dave Weinbaum
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A popular generalization about politics is, "They're all rotten. I'm not wasting my time
voting." Or, "I'm gonna show him/her and vote third party." Of course, there's not a
rats' chance in Hell of third party candidates winning, at least under the current
structure. In an interview by his granddaughter, Jenna, 88-year-old George H.W. Bush
almost had a stroke when asked what he felt about Ross Perot.
The 2012 election is the same. Some friends who are not politically adept are
determined to sit on the sidelines and some who are normally brilliant are also infested
with this psychosis. In my opinion, each of them is clueless, but the brilliant ones have
no excuse.
On June 12, I co-hosted the Talk to Solomon show on cpnlive.com . One of his
frequent guests is the Honorable Dr. Alan Keyes. Alan has run for President three
times and was thrown into the Senate race at the behest of the Republican Party
against Barack Obama after the Illinois Republican opponent resigned.
In a previous show, Alan, a Hahvad Graduate and noted debater, had revealed the
notion that Governor Mitt Romney is just as bad, if not worse than Dear Leader. Dr.
Keyes' only benevolence toward Mitt was that he would destroy us slower. Shocked
at this smart man's willingness to give the presidency back to a man intent on
destroying this country, I decided I wouldn't let it slide.
The next show I did with Alan, I brought up the issue of Romney. Ambassador Keyes
took the bait like a starving Marlin, railing against Romney like he was Mao, Stalin and
Marx all rolled up into one Mormon businessman and former governor.
One issue brought to the fore by Alan was Romney's alleged act of duplicity in
allowing raped MA women to be administered the day-after abortion pill by Catholic
medical facilities. If correct, I'd have to grant Dr. Keyes that point. However, that
instance pales in the light of the all-out attack on Catholic Dictum by the Obama
Administration, who are demanding Catholic-run facilities supply birth control and
commit abortions for all women.
I would speculate that Romney will win the Catholic vote with the support of Catholic
clergy, even if his faux pas is proven true.
We all make mistakes—reasonable people learn from them
Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat liberal, a fan of FDR and The New Deal. He
was labeled a "B" movie actor with no brains. Plus he was president of the actors
union and governor of one of the most liberal states in the union.
Despite that, those of us who supported him Vs. Jimmy Carter chose to vote for Ron
with the knowledge that he would probably surpass what we had with the peanut
farmer. I think it would be tough to find many Democrats who would disagree that
Reagan was better than Carter.
The notion that based on Reagan's history he was ineligible for our vote is buried deep
in the abyss of stupid political thought--the kind that turns democracies, even flawed
ones, into tyrannies. It proves my argument that you can't tell a candidate from a few
flawed policies.
In professional sports there are drafts. The teams that don't get their top picks aren't
folding their tents and bankrupting the team. They go with the best they can find based
on what's available in the current system. If they claim, as Dr. Keyes does, that the
system is not being run fairly according to the Constitution, they should sue and let the
courts straighten things out. In the meantime, here on Planet Earth, not to support
Romney is a suicide pact for the USA.
The irony is that Alan Keyes took a chance on Reagan, accepting his appointment to
become an Ambassador to the UN and an Assistant Secretary of State.
I agree with Dr. Keyes and Stan Solomon on most issues, but I draw the line at being
silent with my opinion when it disputes both common sense and history.
Whether I'm asked back to co-host for Stan or not will be telling.
I am not a potted plant
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