Small Children and Angry Voters THINK Like That!
Looking back at the trail of national votes for the Presidency of the United States in my lifetime, we see a strange pattern, driven by a tendency of voters who respond to media pressures rather than careful thought. If truth could be told, I'll bet that many voters in the national elections since 1960 (my first year voting) would reverse their selections.
"Are you better off than you were four years ago" is a shallow and dangerous question. It is not yet clear just how bad off we each were four years ago. Four years ago takes us back to Bush/Cheney and Secretary Paulsen. There are statistics that can be assembled, but most voters were only aware, at that time, that the impending economic catastrophe was "grave". They may have had jobs then and not now; or more money then than now; but any "snapshot" of that time will yield a distorted picture. Too much was unknown then by the voters in 2008; and now!
Awareness shifted daily, starting in mid-September 2008. The slow speed of the spread of accurate awareness to the voters, versus how quickly that turned into lost jobs and incomes, are starkly contrasting waves. The speed at which the "bad news" spread among the populace was slower than the spread of terror following 9/11. So, the accurate question should be "are you personally better off in September 2012 than you KNEW you were in September 2008"?
Our media STILL portrays the crisis as just another "recession". Nobody who considers themselves informed would agree with that portrayal. We're still learning the full nature of the economic calamity that struck in 2008. The Repoobs are on the stump continuing to spread confusion and disinformation about it. There is a European chapter of the calamity that is playing out as our election approaches.
Given the fuzzy nature of our awareness of just what we're facing economically, a hasty change of the team of combatants fighting the scourge seems foolhardy! "Let's try somebody different!" is the rallying cry of the scared, the angry, the power-hungry, and the monied opportunists among the Repoobs; whose fingers are still clutched around the throat of our economy in an effort to weaken it further. It's now clear that long after this election passes, the aftershocks of 2008 will continue to strike. Those who understand it best should remain at the helm.
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It's time to think, pray, become more aware, and examine closely those who claim they can "fix" our problems.
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