The upcoming presidential campaign showed its true colors this week when the New York Times reported that Joe Ricketts, the father of the owners of the Chicago Cubs, was linked to a $10 million plan to launch an ad campaign attacking President Obama and his relationship to his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Haven't we heard all that already?
This campaign is going to get ugly, sports fans.
Here is a list of what is coming:
Anti-Obama:
Rev. Wright forming Obama's political ideas through inflammatory rhetoric from the pulpit.
Republicans always using the President's middle name: Barack Hussein Obama, tying him to Muslims.
The President's birth certificate (You didn't think that would go away did you?)
The President's old girlfriend(s). Just think what your old girlfriends/boyfriends would say about you!
First Lady Michelle Obama promoting an anti-obesity campaign but having a large posterior.
The President as a socialist or communist.
Anti-Romney:
Mitt Romney's days at an exclusive high school where he terrorized weaker, gay students.
Mitt Romney amassing large amounts of money at Bain Capital and putting people out of work.
Governor Romney's grandfather avoiding American polygamy laws by fleeing to Mexico.
Governor Romney's wife Ann never working a day in her life while raising five sons.
Governor Romney not caring about the poor.
Governor Romney's dog riding on a cage on top of the vacation car.
All of the above have no bearing on your life or mine. We don't care about the President's middle name or about Governor Romney's grandpa's Mexican fiesta. But since Roger Ailes made negative campaigning a way of life, I guess we're stuck with it. Everyone says negative campaigning works, but I think it's crapola.
So in the interest of the country and of my own wallet, here are some questions for the President and Governor Romney.
1. Who was responsible for the Wall St. meltdown which resulted in my house losing over $150,000 of its value, and why haven't those responsible been arrested, tried, and jailed?
2. Why are there still gas guzzling vehicles on American roads that get 10-12 miles a gallon? Wouldn't getting these vehicles off the road reduce the price of gasoline?
3. Why are there so many tax loopholes for certain individuals and corporations? Shouldn't getting rid of these loopholes be the first step in meaningful tax reform?
4. Can oil companies drill for oil safely on American soil and in American waters? If so, shouldn't they be allowed to do it? Is green energy even viable?
5. Should those who make hundreds of thousands of dollars receive Medicare or Social Security after age 65? Shouldn't these people just get back what they put in?
6. Hasn't standardized testing in schools gone too far? The ACT test was not created to evaluate high schools, yet Illinois is using the test for just that purpose. Shouldn't that be changed?
7. Shouldn't the productive citizens who have come to the U.S. from Mexico and other countries be allowed to remain, and shouldn't just the criminals be deported?
8. Why aren't the medical insurance companies held to the same rigid standards as property insurers? My small tube of psoriasis medicine costs $416 without insurance. My wife an I are paying over $11,000 in medical insurance premiums when we once paid nothing. Plus, we have to fight for every dollar because our medical insurance carrier continually denies our claims. Can't this be fixed?
9. Shouldn't college students be able to work their way through school? My mom and uncles waited on tables while going to college and then worked during the summers. Today's college students can't do this because college costs are so high. Should every kid even go to college?
10. Why does the United States continue to violate the borders of sovereign nations by sending in American troops? Shouldn't this be stopped completely?
11. Shouldn't space exploration of the Solar System be reinstated? Don't we get extraordinary benefits from space travel, and won't we need it some day when life on the Earth is extinguished?
12. Should government programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps be reinstated to provide jobs for chronically unemployed workers? My dad used the C.C.'s as a bridge from school to his first job. Why can't this work today?
13. If there is real scientific evidence that global warming is occurring, shouldn't the government be taking steps to reverse it? Was our warm March an accident or a symptom of global warming?
14. Shouldn't there be restrictions on how much political action committees can spend on elections? Isn't the argument that limiting PAC spending is restricting free speech completely bogus?
Let's hope that some of the network news people will ask these questions during the upcoming presidential debates, but don't hold your breath. Network hacks like Brian Williams are too busy getting out their own political opinions during the questioning.
Stay tuned for more on that!
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