Just four months to go and we’ll elect the next president of the United States. The campaigns are gearing up to rev up their supporters and sound bites fill the air with half-truths at best, and in many cases, outright lies. Words or actions are twisted like a pretzel to portray the candidate as if they are monsters. That seems to be the method of choice for most campaigns, and based on the handlers that look at reaction to these negative campaigns, they seem to work. I’m not certain if that’s a good reflection on either the campaigners or the people it sways? Negative campaigns in most political contests are expected at some level, but at the presidential level, it seems to really lower to prestige of the office. This country is really suffering – suffering from mistakes of the past, from global economic realities, from lack of exceptional leadership. President Obama is not a skilled leader, but a talented campaigner. He’s been in campaign mode since he started his quest for office – and is still in that mode. Any of the policies he has desired to push through have not been promoted with a healthy debate on the merits, but mainly by negatives (typical campaign approach) related to alternate approaches. This constant barrage of negativism over the past 3 1/2 years is further divided congress and the American people.
There have been a number of attacks on Romney by the Obama campaign that are either simply false, or at best a twisted version of reality. Romney is a businessman who knows what it takes to run a company, to drive profits and grow businesses. You do this by understanding how business operates, and understanding how to improve efficiencies. Companies that are profitable can expand, can grow, can hire, and can help other companies to grow (by using them in the supply chain). Expansion may even take place in other countries (yes, we operate in a Global economy). That’s what business is about – growth through innovation, growth through efficiencies, growth through expansion. It’s clear that our bloated, inefficient government could use some proven business processes to reduce expenses and run more effectively. Let’s have a healthy debate on that – instead of calling Romney a felon, let’s have a discussion on how Obamacare is going to be an efficient program that will truly help our health care system? Instead of calling Romney the king of outsourcing, lets talk about elimination of wasteful government spending. Let’s stop talking in sound bites and have a discussion on how we can reduce the size of the government and improve the lives of all Americans by getting America back to work.
I think the most frustrating thing is many Americans make decisions just on sound bites, because it’s too hard to understand the reality of the facts. Wake up America – before it’s too late!
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