What if we can turn back time and fix all of the mistakes we made, simply because we did not know enough to make the correct decision?
Would coal miners in Pennsylvania and Kentucky have voted for Obama in 2012? Mitt Romney, made out to be a villain because of his wealth, warned voters that Obama would add restrictions to mine operators, causing job loss. Obama snickered and told America that it was not true, that he was a friend of the common man, the miner, and would not challenge their livelihood. In fact, Obama policies resulted in the the shuttering of mines and the layoff of several thousand miners from Kentucky to West Virgina and points in between. If they knew then, what they know now.
Mitt Romney warned of dangers facing the U.S. internationally, including Iran's nuclear program and China's computer hacking. These were listed by Romney as the two greatest threats to our safety. Obama accused Romney of trying to get the American people to fear an invisible boogy man. Well, we know that Iran is close to having nuclear weapons with the help of the U.S.. It appears the Obama administration somehow reasoned that by removing sanctions and allowing Iran to mine weapons grade uranium, this would encourage Iran to scrap their nuclear weapons program.
Mitt Romney warned of Israel's peril because Obama failed to our greatest ally in the Mid-East, with the support they needed and a friend should offer. Obama responded that he has supported Israel and he would continue to support Israel in their defense against their enemies. We all know now how that played out during the recent Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Obama condemned Israel for attacking and killing civilian in Gaza. Obama imposed a flight bans to Israel for one week, which cost Israel millions in tourist trade. Obama said it was to protect against planes being shot out of the air. Of course, we still have no flight bans from Ebola plagued areas of Africa, which is arguably, a greater threat, to a larger number of Americans.
Mitt Romney said China will need to be dealt with as they are author's of state-run hacking, which can cost our nation billions and could potentially bring the nation to it's knees. Hacking can take control of our banking, our nuclear weapons, our power grid, and so on. Obama laughed and said while China was a threat, it was not that serious and he would deal with it. This year alone, we have had several breaches to our financial system, some of which have originated in China. Obama has done nothing. The threats will increase in number and severity and Obama will still do nothing.
Mitt Romney spoke of the danger in the middle east, resulting from the removal of our troops from Iraq. Obama said Iraq is under control and our troops were no longer needed in Iraq. Today, ISIS is knocking on the door and will likely take over Baghdad before Christmas. Obama has been aware of the ISIS threat for the past year and has done nothing to stop it. He is now wasting billions of our nations dollars through air strikes which to date, have been ineffective. This could have been avoided if our military had maintained a small, but influential, presence in Iraq.
Bringing it closer to home, we have heard similar nonsense from the Quinn administration. During the last election, Quinn promised to grow jobs in Illinois, by 400,000. Unfortunately, his decimal point was misplaced - he created only about 400 private sector jobs in 4 years. Some may say, job growth, is job growth. Some, like myself, would say 400 private sector jobs is not acceptable. Based on these numbers, it would seem the odds of winning the lottery in Illinois are greater than the odds of getting a job. Furthermore, how many of the 400 were full-time jobs?
Quinn is attacking Bruce Rauner for threatening the jobs of Illinois teachers. Strangely, Quinn failed to mention how his policies resulted in the closing of schools and layoffs of teachers throughout Illinois over the past 4 years.
Quinn claims to be a friend to the common person. He attacks Rauner for being wealthy and not caring for the common person. Quinn is saying that Rauner will reduce the minimum wage and reduce taxes for the rich, while increasing taxes for the middle class. In his last campaign, Quinn promised that he would not increase taxes on the middle class. In fact, he imposed a 67% income tax increase on every person in Illinois, the highest in Illinois history. I can see how the facts get distorted however, as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama both made and broke the same promises in their respective administrations. This is the democratic strategy - tell them you will not do it, then do it, then say you didn't do it. I call this, the Bart Simpson Plan.
The most offensive of all is how Quinn claims that because Rauner is wealthy, he will not care about anyone. Rauner, it would seem, has so much money that we, the people of Illinois, do not matter to him. Apparently, Quinn thinks by telling the people of Illinois that they are stupid, they will begin to believe it - another democratic strategy. In fact, the state of Illinois has been controlled by Mike Madigan and wealthy democrats for decades. Just like Blago and Ryan before him, Quinn is dependent on the democratic General Assembly to hold and keep office. Blagoyevich did not put up with Madigan, but because he was as corrupt as Madigan, he was called out and is now serving time. Quinn is well aware that if he does not "play the game", he will lose his office because he does not have the financial support needed to survive a Madigan attack.
Bruce Rauner is not dependent on the Governor's payroll and is therefore, not beholden to anyone in Springfield or Cook County. Bruce Rauner does not need the job, nor the money. Bruce Rauner is telling us that he wants to be the Governor because he wants to fix Springfield. I believe him because I believe there are people who want to do what is good for the masses. Bruce has a history of producing results in the business world, which is how he became wealthy. In 2014, we are taught that if you are wealthy and conservative, you must be a criminal. You must have built your wealth on the blood, sweat and tears of other people. This makes sense, since we can no longer build success on hard work, but on making people feel good about themselves. People who work hard today are considered selfish, heartless and greedy.
This election is about the future of Illinois. We have seen this state become the worst in job growth, the highest in unemployment, the worst in education; and the list goes on. Illinois did not get to this low point on the backs of hard working, caring, lawmakers in Springfield. We have watched the destruction take place over the years with George Ryan, Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn, under the thumb of Mike Madigan and Lisa Madigan. We have seen the state go the way of Chicago and Cook County, for one reason - because of democratic control. I know that Ryan was a Republican, but his politics were very much in line with the democrats. We need someone to make the tough decisions! We need someone to say NO, to the mayor of Chicago! We need someone who will say NO, to labor unions! We need someone who will say NO to Mike Madigan. We need someone who truly wants to take the lead, not someone who wants to be led. We need to clean house in Springfield, starting with Pat Quinn! We now know what we wish we would have known back then, so let's now do, what we should have done back then - since there is no Whig Party candidate running in this election, vote for the Republican!
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