Economy, Energy, Deficits

"It's Still About the Economy -- and We're Not Stupid!"
Governor Mitt Romney

Justice Dakota

05/19/2012

Governor Romney is perfectly positioned to defeat President Barack Obama in 2012.

To date, Romney has successfully avoided "social issues" and personal attacks on Obama. However, many influential "conservatives" at the national level are still obsessed with "social issues" and the "vetting" of Obama.

The only historic information about President Obama that matters is the last three-plus years!

Here is what we have as of May, 18, 2012: the potential disintegration of the Euro-Zone; a seemingly never-ending global financial crisis; a stagnant American economy; an American debt to gross-domestic-product (GDP) ratio of around 100-percent; and a world where many (if not most) Western Democracies are in a financial crises and flirting with potential social and political upheaval.

And yet -- the so-called "Real Conservatives" (RCs) -- [think Palin-Newt-Perry-Bachman narrative] -- can not get over their obsession with Obama's teenager/college years, and his former Pastor. Who cares about Reverend Wright? Not independents, and, more importantly, not the majority of conservatives.

News flash: Obama used drugs! Who cares? Answer: almost nobody except for the RCs.

Why are RCs freaked-out by Obama's "unapologetic" history of drug-use, his "radical associations" and his unreleased college transcripts and college papers?

Does this obsession make RCs look like bitter, tiny, angry, hypocritical, and jealous cry-babies? ("Mommy, Obama broke some rules yet was successful -- boo-hoo, boo-hoo, sniff, sniff ... not fair, mommy ... whaaaaaa!")

The vetting of President Obama has already happened -- and it is a part of the public record: his Presidency!

There is a reason Newt Gingrich is not the Republican nominee for President in 2012 (and it has nothing to do with money). Even conservative Republican primary voters get tired of the anger and hate, the hyperbole, and the sometimes seemingly weird obsession with "social issues" in a time of global economic crisis!

Most Americans (conservative, independent, liberal, or other) have at least one "social issue" violation per the "RC Social Issue Code of Conduct" Policy Manual.

Furthermore, most Americans, at some point in their lives, had a counter-hegemonic thought! There is a name for this phenomenon: Youth.

Romney needs to focus on how he intends to: 1) restore the American economy visa-vis free-market capitalism; 2) pursue energy independence by tapping into our vast oil and natural gas resources; 3) prevent impending U.S. bankruptcy by constraining, if not freezing, the growth of federal government financial outlays.

In other words, it's about economy, energy, and deficits (EED). That wins!

Let the Obama campaign and the RCs obsess over "social issues," and joust over certificates, associations, pastors and religion, college transcripts, birth-control, and teenage angst ... -- the rest of us want to get serious.

Truth be asked, haven't "social issues" always been exploited by both parties because they are easier to communicate and they get an emotional response?

The RCs need to come to terms with this simple fact: More Americans would vote for the man and the narrative associated with the picture at the top of this page than for the man and the narrative associacted with the picture below. That's just the way it is ...   

"It's Still About the Economy -- and We're Not Stupid!"