Friday, September 11, 2015

BloggeRhythms

The Republican party received a gift yesterday that will likely assure them of keeping both congressional houses next November. It also practically guarantees a Republican president will be elected as well. And who gave it to them? The Democrats, who may have set their party back irreparably by, like lemmings, voting for an Iran nuclear deal that hasn’t a whisper of chance of working as sold to them by an anti-Israeli/Saudi Arabia administration.
 
While Senate Democrats voted to uphold the worthless nuclear accord with Iran on Thursday, a disapproval resolution for the agreement fell just two votes short of the 60 needed to move forward. That means that only 42 senators voted for it.
 
As far as the voting public's concerned, only two in 10 Americans support the deal. Another three in 10 simply say they “don't know,” while 49 percent oppose it altogether and opposition far outpaces support.
 
While political independents as a group have become increasingly critical vote-wise in national elections, they too are strongly against the deal. 47% disapprove, only 31% are in favor, and another 23% say they don’t know.
 
What’s even more preposterous, is that among those Democrats blindly following their leader, many are doing so not only with trepidation, but openly admitting it. For example, minority whip, Denny Hoyer announced his support by Tweeting @TheIranDeal: "not one which I would have negotiated, nor one I think should have been agreed to." Which means Hoyer’s trying to straddle the fence of having an excuse for voters while still backing his boss, the POTUS.
 
Chuck Schumer who voted no on the deal because he had to appease his Jewish constituents, showed his true colors of party patronage above all else yesterday. Saying: “Regardless of how one feels about the agreement, fair-minded Americans should acknowledge the president’s strong achievements in combating and containing Iran,” according to the New York Times. Which means he too will have nowhere to hide when Iran violates the deal and more than likely acts hostily toward its loudly proclaimed enemy Israel. Good luck with that one, Chucky.
 
On another subject, watching Trump’s continual unnecessary and completely unprofessional bashing of competitors leads to a not so obvious conclusion. Because it’s entirely possible that he now realizes he’s in over his head and thus, is looking for a way to get out of the campaign while preserving his shoot-from-the-hip self-styled image.
 
The possibility of his seeking a graceful way out came to mind because, even a spoiled brat like he is must surely understand that while appealing to frustrated voters, childish, name-calling and the absence of professional substance disqualify him from the level of experience, expertise and self-discipline required to successfully fulfill the duty’s of a POTUS. 
 
If, on the other hand, the assumption is wrong and he doesn’t find a way to drop out, he has several serious problems. Forty plus years in sales taught me, to never, ever denigrate competition. It’s always best to compare products, demonstrate their effectiveness with proven results, and earn sales by proving how good your own offering performs. 

Talk is cheap and available everywhere, but the highest of quality certainly isn’t. Which is why the old adage, “put up or shut up,” always works. It's also why proven results are the only valid, and worthwhile, criteria that should be considered. 
 
Which means that a huckster like Trump can’t truly compete for the presidency, because he has no experience in governance, successful or otherwise. And government isn’t business, requiring a completely different array of skill-sets. 
 
As far as sales go, I wrote a book on the subject myself, about twenty years ago, that still sells on Amazon today. You can look it up. However, with all my knowledge regarding the business world, its clear to me that my successfully closing hundreds of financial deals has nothing at all in common with running a nation. And certainly not the largest and greatest free one that ever existed. 
 
Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.
 
A new CNN/ORC poll finds Bill’s wife “37% support among Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, down 10 points since August, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 27% and Vice President Joe Biden at 20%. Sanders' support is about the same as it was in August, making Biden the only candidate to post significant gains in the last month. His support is up 6 points in the last month as he weighs making a run for the presidency.”
 
What’s really telling, though, is that: “In the general election matchups, Clinton trails former neurosurgeon Ben Carson by a significant margin (51% Carson to 46% Clinton among registered voters) while running about evenly with both former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (49% Bush to 47% Clinton) and businessman Donald Trump (48% back each).”

So, with the Iran deal now added, Bill's wife's hopes look less than dim, adding credibility to the point made in today’s first subject above. And also leading to the ongoing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you reading this? 

That’s it for today folks.

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