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Monday, October 27, 2008
NY Times Endorses Lautenberg - and NJ was cheated out of an election
From the NY Times endorsement of Senator Frank Lautenberg:
New Jersey voters deserved a better race this year than the nearly invisible contest between Senator Frank Lautenberg and Richard Zimmer, his Republican challenger. Mr. Lautenberg, 84, has accomplished much over 24 years in the Senate but seemed reluctant to campaign actively. He agreed to only one televised debate.
A lot of bloggers are criticising the Times on this one. I am not so sure. While the media should have forced Lautenberg to come out of his hole, so should the citizens of New Jersey. This man was allowed to hide during the primary and again in the general election.
New Jersey should take a page out of the Pennsylvania book. Every Presidential election, they are a battleground state. New Jersey doesn't really even mobilize either side. No issues are discussed or debated here. Everything is debated in PA. We are rapidly becomming a corrupt welfare state. And Pennsylvania has become a player that matters on the national stage.
And Frank Lautenberg sitting in his easy chair refusing to campaign, debate or discuss the issues is responsible. And so are we.
This has been an interesting week. One of the reasons we have spent so much time on the Presidential campaign is that it is VERY MUCH about taxes and the impact on New Jersey citizens. The big news this week is Joe the Plumber. Here's is what has caused the fuss:
There were two things that happened here. Obama walked down Joe's street and Joe came out and asked the candidate a question. Obama answered and frankly, I think he answered truthfully.
What Democrats and Liberals don't understand is as follows:
1. "Spread the weath around" Citizens know Socialism when they see it and this is it. I don't know anyone or any political stripe who believes that we should redistribute wealth. Obama made a major political blunder by exposing this side of his belief system.
2. Most people aspire to more than they have today. The subsequent attacks on this man suggest that he shouldn't like McCain because he would GET MORE from the Government under Obama. Well let me give you some news folks, most citizens do not look to the government for handouts. As a matter of fact, most people consider government handouts as an indicator of failure, not success. Obama's plan to shower voters assumes that people are real believers in the welfare state-and most are not.
3. Personal responsibility. Joe has it. Obama showed he doesn't believe in it. This is a big one. His "spread the wealth" comment is very indicative of a government nanny state philosophy.
4. Joe did what the media seemingly won't. Joe asked an everyman question. Obama answered it. Joe did what thousands of journalists would not and every citizen in this country now knows it. Hillary must be absolutely disgusted tonight.
5. Obama attacks again. He and "fake Joe Biden" will ridicule Joe, he will debase McCain, he will run through Joe's trash and personal history and publish it on the web. But the truth is already out. Obama is a socialist at heart and throwing Joe under the bus won't change that.
6. Fairness. Real people in this country believe in fairness. Obama's treatment of this entire situation will backfire, just as his trashing of Palin did.
7. Change versus Real People. Barack Obama says he represents change. But how is change trashing a citizen who asks you a simple question. Obama is perhaps the most over-funded over-managed candidate in the history of the United States. I am convinced that one this man's donor records are out, he will make the Clinton China issue look like child's play. While a lot of citizens are supporting Obama, I do not believe that all of this money is clean. Nor do many citizens in this country. I am sure that Obama has already put out a fund raiser on the Joe issue. And I am sure that his supporters on the West Bank have contributed...again.
Mitchell reported that some "Obama people" were suggesting "that McCain may not have been in the cone of silence and may have had some ability to overhear what the questions were to Obama. He seemed so well prepared."
A McCain aide said that is not the case: "Senator McCain was in a motorcade led by the United States Secret Service and held in a green room with no broadcast feed."
Mitchell made the comment in the context of saying McCain did better, and that the Obama camp was defensive. In response to the campaign's letter, she pointed out that journalists get criticism from both sides.
"I wasn't expressing an opinion," Mitchell said. "I was reporting what they were saying."
So now the mainsteam meadia believes that if Obama stinks in a debate, the other guy cheated. One suggestion to Obama operatives. Get your candidate to take a position....any position. Skip the equivocation. He has to believe in something right. Tell us what it is. And you won't have to embarass your media toadies.
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