Showing posts with label election 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label election 2012. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
(Opinion) Afghanistan election 2014; 2014 is the year of reckoning for Afghanistan
There is much that can be said about the United States and its allies 2014 exit plan, but what can be said for sure is that an awful lot is riding on one year. In that year, Afghanistan must hold free and fair elections despite little progress in democratic practice to the point that NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, two years early, stressed the importance of fair elections intimating that they weren't before. part of the occupying forces plan to leave Afghanistan with a competent army and national police force despite the fact most army and police officers are poorly paid, leaving them open to turning sides or spying for the Taliban.
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
(Opinion) Mother Jones Romney Video: Mother Jones Video insight into Why Mitt Romney cannot win
Due the election being too close to call, Mitt Romney may
become president, but mother jones video recording Romney's comments at a
private fundraiser reveals why he might not. Romney comments regarding fellow American
reveal an attitude that should shock very little due to the ideas of the
republican platform and the numbers indicating that Mitt Romney will have to
rely on his republican base and the majority of independents to win. However
what is wrong is not Romney’s analysis of his chances of winning, but his attitude
to fellow Americans who will vote for the Obama/Biden ticket.
Romney cites his belief that almost half of his fellow
American will never vote for him as they believe that government should ‘take
care of them’ and see themselves ‘victims’[1].
Romney continued his assessment of fellow Americans set to vote for Obama by
citing a large number(47 percent) of Americans who do not pay income tax and are
‘government dependent’ with regards to healthcare
and housing[2].
With this knowledge, Mitt Romney sees that this group will
never vote for him as the republican platform of ‘low taxes doesn’t connect’[3]
and he cannot ‘convince them (that) they should take personal responsibility
and care for their lives’[4].
To remedy this Romney suggests that he should appeal for the votes of
independent voters who may vote reasons more to do with ‘emotion’ than rational
thought[5].
Politicians are prone to gaffes but mitt Romney looks like
he’s trying to break a political record in an age where people like Romney who
made their money in finance aren’t exactly the flavour of the month. Romney has
actively expressed his intention to ignore 47 percent of the electorate based on
their views about government and possibly income status. The point of an
election is to win as many votes as possible, so effectively giving up on 47-48
percent of fellow Americans is suicidal
to any hopes Romney had to become president.
Mother Jones infiltration of Mitt Romney closed door
fundraiser revealed not only Mitt Romney’s attitude to Obama voters but his
cynical approach to politics. While it would be foolish to suggest that Romney
is the only politician guilty of having a cynical outlook on the American
electoral process, it is strange that Mitt Romney would be so pessimistic in
one of the very few elections in American life where the electorate are open to
argument.
While congressional races favour the incumbent to the point
of criminality, presidential elections tend to be open to argument as people
are open to a vision of America that appeals to them which further condemns
Romney practically in the video that the republican platform is rather limited.
However, while Romney expressed a rather pessimistic view of
the American electorate, his point citing Americans that will not vote for vote
for him does have a kernel of truth.as according to a poll taken by Gallip, 20
percent of voters will not vote for Romney because of his wealth and neither
will 37 percent of democrats and a notable 19 percent of independents[6].
In sum, Mitt Romney was never going to able to market
himself as a man of the people due to the fact he is rich and how he made his
money but the mother jones video revealing an honest Mitt Romney stating his
honest thoughts about the electorate
reveals the cold and calculating logic many voters have suspected Mitt
Romney of having.
[1] D.
Corn, 2012, secret video: Romney Tells Millionaire Donors what he reall thinks
of Obama voters, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/secret-video-romney-private-fundraiser
[2] E.
MaCaskill, 2012, Mitt Romey stand by gaffe but says case not elegantly
stated, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/18/romney-secret-video-government-dependent
[3] D.
Corn, 2012, secret video: Romney Tells
Millionaire Donors what he really thinks of Obama voters, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/secret-video-romney-private-fundraiser
[4]
Ibid
[5]
Ibid
[6] F.
Newport. 2012, Mitt Romney’s Wealth
Costs Him With One in Five Voters, http://www.gallup.com/poll/155627/Mitt-Romney-Wealth-Costs-One-Five-Voters.aspx
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
(Opinion) Pew research center poll: the america you never hear about
According to a poll carried out by the pew research center, 32
percent of adults of voting age identify themselves as ’lower class’ marked by
a great increase in all age and race groups except black people[1].
People in this class seem to be waning in confidence of the American dream as
they cite an increased need to ‘cut back spending’ and only 51 percent believe that ‘hard work bring
success’[2].
The fact that there is an marked increase in people who
identify themselves as members of the lower class also has political
implications as there has been big increase among independents and democrats
who , but the most profound increase is among those who are republicans, who experienced
a 10 jump[3]
However what is really profound is that the two major political
parties have gone out their way not to recognise this voter bloc. While such an
omission may be expected by republicans who have long been considered as the
party of the rich, it is not so readily accepted by the democratic party, the
self -claimed party of the ‘little guy’.
From the Clinton era onwards, the Democratic Party has made
it a point to market itself to the middle class rejecting a growing working
class/lower class demographic that is pessimistic about America’s future to say
the least. The most revealing findings in the poll was the increase in young
people between the ages of 18-29 who
consider themselves lower class from
from 25 percent in 2008 to 39 percent in 2012[4].
This represents a major blow to one of the most reiterated
values in American life; future generations should have it better than
their predecessors. If the Romney campaign had any competence they would come
up with ads in record time targeted in swing states where Obama currently has
the edge citing these findings running into the continued theme of the
campaign asking Americans if they are
better off than they were four years from now.
But knowing this campaign, they have so far never missed an
opportunity to miss an opportunity. The Romney campaign managed to turn what
should have been an week of easy press into a comedy of errors by insulting Britain
during the Olympics and Palestinians while in Israel. They have failed to
answer calls of democrats to release his tax return as democrats have
successfully framed Mitt Romney as a cold blooded capitalist in a climate where
one could be burned at the steak.
In sum, the recent findings serve as further proof of a
truth that is becoming self-evident; the American dream is in trouble and it
going to take longer than four years to keep it alive.
[1] R.
Morin and S. Motel, 2012, A Third of American Now Say They Are in the Lower
Classes, http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/09/10/a-third-of-americans-now-say-they-are-in-the-lower-classes/
[2]
Ibid
[3]
Ibid
[4]
Ibid
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