Reflections on Romney’s appearance this morning....
Grow the economy, cut the bureacracy and move toward energy independence. He’s strong on all three, perhaps most with the first two.
Now, while the phrase “grow the economy” grates on my sensibilities, it does appear there is some danger ahead re the economy so I’m all ears re solutions.
Bill Clinton promised to cut the bureaucracy in ‘92 and did, to an extent. The bureaucracy seems to be a self-bloating organism by its nature, so I guess promising to cut it is always a good campaign point.
Current President Bush instituted an energy policy within months of being inaugurated in 2001. It was VP Cheney’s job to formulate same, many of which points Romney reiterated this morning. Have these measures been instituted or not?
In other words, I am hearing what has been promised before and wonder if those promises failed. This also leads me to wonder how much politicians actually accomplish when elected.
I get tired of hearing how we have certain problems that need to be fixed and yet, those problems persist over decades. Yet, somehow we survive.
Thoughts?
Those certain “problems” are the ones that the Democrat Party doesn’t want to EVER get fixed.
Because if they were fixed...then the Democrat Party would cease to exist as a viable political party.
Well, sometimes less is more. Less govenment, less regulation, less taxes (personal and corporate).
That being said, imho, the real issue which is not being highlighted or even discussed at this point is the SCOTUS. 2008 is all about the SCOTUS.
Judge Robert Bork endorsed Mitt Romney. That’s a huge endorsement, imho.
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Bork_Endorses_Romney/2007/12/15/57308.html
[Noted conservative jurist Judge Robert Bork endorsed Governor Mitt Romney for President of the United States Saturday.
Joining Romney for President, Judge Bork said, “Throughout my career, I have had the honor of serving under several Presidents and am proud to make today’s endorsement. No other candidate will do more to advance the conservative judicial movement than Governor Mitt Romney. He knows firsthand how the judicial branch can profoundly affect the future course of a state and a nation. I greatly admired his leadership in Massachusetts in the way that he responded to the activist court’s ruling legalizing same-sex ‘marriage.’ His leadership on the issue has served as a model to the nation on how to respect all of our citizens while respecting the rule of law at the same time.”
Judge Bork continued, “Our next President may be called upon to make more than one Supreme Court nomination, and Governor Romney is committed to nominating judges who take their oath of office seriously and respect the rule of law in our nation. I also support Governor Romney because of his character, his integrity and his stands on the major issues facing the United States.”]
No he didn't. The only thing he cut was the military - and he did so massively. Then he claimed he cut "the government".
To be sure, the military is part of the government. But as usual, Bubba talked about it so fast and then continued on that his assertion stuck it really was a dispensible part of "the government" - as most of the rest of the government in fact is. None of the media questioned it and were more than happy to let it ride. The few honest people who did were probably too busy and overwhelmed trying to clear up some previous Clinton lie so not much more was said.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, the Clintons' Lies got halfway around the world before The Truth got it's boots on, as usual.