Posted by
Cindy of TX on Monday, October 20, 2008 8:28:30 PM
Apparently, now that Colin Powell has set the criteria for presidential worthiness to include "intellectual curiosity", many of us out here in real-life America are now qualified to mount a campaign. We are surely wondering about a few things, not the least of which is how in the Sam Hill the Obama campaign racked up $150 million in donations for September. Wasn't this smack-dab in the middle of "the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression"? (My apologies if this isn't an exact quote, but I've heard it often enough in various forms to at least make the assumption you've heard something similar). Let's think about this carefully. These poor Joe's and Jane's are purportedly without jobs, and if they are fortunate enough to have jobs, the jobs are low-wage (non-union), without benefits, and are probably (OMG!) even at Walmart! I believe I heard a report today that Obama crowds were chanting, "Jobs, baby, jobs!" They worry about not having health care, not being able to pay for their winter fuel bill, and not having access to the same "tax cuts" that the very rich have. Someone even mentioned that America is a downright mean country these days.
Now, we are treated to the news that the Obama campaign has broken all fund-raising records, and pulled in $150 million last month. How? There are 1,744,186 people giving an average of $86 dollars to a political campaign? Really? I don't doubt the bottom line - but I do not think this total was achieved by relying on the folks. Hmmmmm.
More curiosities: Does it seem odd that in a world where all the major, mainstream media outlets are obviously biased for Obama, that Obama would take the effort and time to whine and grouse that Fox presents negative stories about him? Isn't that funny? He is so accustomed to getting only positive media, when balanced reports (some positive/some negative) are made, he perceives them as "negative". Why would he care? That makes me go, "Hmmmmm".
Another: Why would Biden predict a international/national crisis within months of an Obama inaugeration? Is this supposed to encourage the "undecideds" to feel more confidant about an Obama vote? Is he sabotaging the election? Is he pumping up his own importance? I'm baffled. Hmmmmm.
Why does the MSM use their investigative power to find out the details of Joe the Plumber - and find out he owed a pittance in back taxes ($1200) - but skim over the story about Charlie Rangel paying a little over $10,0000 to the state of NY for back taxes on his properties? I think this looks a little lop-sided, don't you? One person is a guy from the neighborhood (really!), and one person is a U.S. Representative from NY, who happens to also be Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, tasked with writing the tax laws of our country. I have to shake my head on this one, too. Hmmmmm.
I could go on, but you're getting the idea - after all, we are intellectually curious. You've probably noticed more examples of these puzzling incidents which defy logic and reason, but continue to occur on a regular basis. The only answer we can offer to those who would ask of us that we accept fantasy for reality, that we accept fiction for truth, or that we accept injustice for justice is to continue to stand up for what is right, what is true and what is rational. This election really, after all, boils down to just that. We have two weeks to withstand this assault to our good sense, and we must. Money is a powerful tool, it's true. The press and media is another powerful tool - again, true. Yet, the most powerful force of all alway has, and continues to be, the voting power of the American people. We still have that. Let's make sure we use it.