Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Smart Alec Romney Has Done It Again


He has done it again. Romney has played the game his Neocon bosom buddies know well, and use all the time. They took over America by pulling a Smart Alec trick that suits every moment, but has one and the same purpose each and every time. It is to reserve for themselves the right to exercise free speech while denying it to others. The Neocons did it to America and took it over; Romney tried it on Obama and failed miserably.

As he did many times before, Romney told the President, yet again, that attacking him was not a strategy while he was himself attacking the President with unprecedented viciousness. Nothing could be more Jewish than that, except maybe the Fox News Network where there are more than Jews running the joint. But whatever their creed, most of them look and sound like a sewer pipe that never stops flushing.

Whether or not President Obama was aware of it, there remains the fact that when the editors of the Wall Street Journal (which is the printed sister publication of Fox News) critiqued the second presidential debate which took place on October 16, 2012, they concentrated on the points that were brought to the fore by the candidates with regard to the economy and to foreign policy. But the editors understood not a word of what the President was saying as demonstrated in the editorial they published under the title: “A President Without a Plan” and the subtitle: “A more spirited Obama. But he still has no agenda for the next four years.”

And what happened last night, October 22, 2012 in the third debate between the same two candidates is that the President hammered the points he made in the second debate with such vigor this time, he could not have failed getting through the thick skull of the editors. If they did not get it in the second debate, they should get it now. But if they don't, well maybe they should consider taking up another profession. And so, let us look at that infamous Journal editorial while discussing last night's debate.

At one point, the editors described Obama's plan with these words: “The paucity of this promise.” And this prompts you to ask what the promise was. Well, here it is as they enumerated it themselves: “He wants to hire 100,000 teachers.” And there is this: “He wants to invest in solar and wind and biofuels, energy-efficient cars.” And also this: “He wants to raise taxes on the rich.” And this too: “He wants to pass immigration reform.” And there is this as well: “He has a plan for manufacturing and education and reducing our deficit in a sensible way, using the savings from ending wars to rebuild America and pursuing the energy of the future.” Does this represent paucity? Of course not. And these were the points that the President made again last night while Romney was trying to silence him. No paucity last night either.

It is normal that when you see something like this, you wonder what would constitute abundance in the eyes of these people. But you do not have to go too far looking for an answer because the editors of the Journal inadvertently gave their own. Since they were discussing the debate between Obama and Romney, they were compelled to contrast the plans that were presented by each man. And so you look closely at what the editors of the Journal have called the Romney plan. After all, they complained that “Mr. Obama spent most of his time attacking Mr. Romney … his tax plan … or the statement he made last year.” And guess what, my friend; this is what happened again in last night's debate. It is as if the third debate was a carbon copy of the second.

You comb the editorial anyway and hit on this passage: “The Republican followed by reciting the economic failings...” and you let out a loud scream: Whoa! They say Obama attacked; and say the Republican recited? Is this what it comes down to? Are these editors – like their Fox counterparts -- unleashing on their President the set of words they were using to describe the Vietcong and the Taliban who always attacked and never defended? Are they reserving for “the Republican” the nice words they were using to describe America's friends and allies who democratically described and never attacked? Are the editors of the Journal implying that the Democrats are enemies of America; and the Republicans its friends?

This is so disconcerting, you ask yourself: Why did they see the need to resort to this kind of language? Do they think that Obama is this bad, and Romney this good? Or is it something else?  And you find the answer right away. It is that there was nothing else they could do to attack their President. In fact, here is what they said in this regard: “Mr. Romney could have done better making the case for his agenda.” As to the exchange over Benghazi, they had this to say: “We agree was Mr. Romney's weakest moment.” And they ended the editorial like this: “Mr. Romney will have a chance to do better … next week.” Well, guess what, he didn't last night.

Instead, what Romney did was deny that he vehemently advocated letting the car companies go bankrupt – having seen that Obama's decision was the right one for the country and for the American workers who are also voters. But then look what this incorrigible man did: He employed the same vehemence he denied he employed in the past to now attack Obama for assisting the companies that work to develop electric cars, and the batteries that power them. Well, let's call a spade a spade: this guy has a low IQ.

And yes, those editors of the Journal and their audio-visual clones should consider taking up another profession. As to Mr. Romney, he will do well to withdraw from the presidential race instead of seeking to make of America a mess as big as the mess that his surrogates have made of journalism.

The world yearns for a bit of quality time; something we can achieve by cutting and raking the weed.