I write about politics often because it consumes so much time and space in the news, having such an important effect on everyone’s lives. But, nonetheless, I really know very little about how and why folks vote like they do, often finding political preferences not only extremely confusing, but frequently completely baffling too.
In that regard, an article today from newsbusters.org/blogs via Fox makes absolutely no sense to me about a Sean Hannity interview with Tavis Smiley, as follows:.
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: My last question to you. You often do these seminars with the state of black America. I've watched them on C-Span and different channels, right?
TAVIS SMILEY: Right.
HANNITY: Are black Americans better off five years into the Obama presidency?
SMILEY: Let me answer your question very forthrightly. No, they are not. The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category. On that regard, the president ought to be held responsible.
But here's the other side. I respect the president. I will protect the president. And I will correct the president. He's right on this government shutdown. Republicans are thwarting the rule of law with the Constitution. If they let this debt go into default, they're trampling again on the Constitution.”
So, here’s a well-informed, responsible individual, readily admitting that the incumbent’s done a miserable job regarding an important segment of the population. Yet, he not only willingly continues to respect and protect him, he uses a misinterpretation of the Constitution to do so.
Because the Construction clearly says that; “Congress is the body required by law to pass a budget annually and to submit the budget passed by both houses to the President for signature. Congressional decisions are governed by rules and legislation regarding the federal budget process. Budget committees set spending limits for the House and Senate committees and for Appropriations subcommittees, which then approve individual appropriations bills to allocate funding to various federal programs.”
Consequently, on key issues important to citizens Mr. Smiley admits a totally unacceptable jobs been done, while on another he pledges total support yet apparently doesn’t understand the facts at all.
And that’s the part that completely confuses me. Because everywhere you look, people like Mr. Smiley, and whole segments of the population, are being abused financially, professionally and intellectually, yet they continue to deliver total support to one’s who don’t give a good GD about any of them which makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.
On another recurring subject, yesterday Kathleen Sebelius appeared in Pittsburgh to tout the new health care tax.
According to triblive.com/business, she told an audience of about 100 people that Healthcare.gov was “open for business.” Continuing on with “Believe me, we had some early glitches. But it's getting better every day.”
However, the article goes on to report that “At the back of the room, it was a different story. About 20 people armed with laptops and certified by the government to sign up people for coverage were meeting with uninsured people, answering questions and fruitlessly trying to access the website.
LaKesha Lowry, 41, came to the event to find out about her health insurance options. But the North Side resident said she was not able to access the site, even with the help of a certified application counselor.”
“It said, ‘Try again later,' ” Lowry said.
So, here’s another case where facts keep interfering with the administration’s sales pitch for their version of the Edsel, which Ford not only couldn’t sell but quickly closed the division down. But, that was Ford, a profit driven organization that has to support itself or disappear from the market.
The government though is a different story, running on taxpayer’s money. Which is why the health care debacle will stay in place up until there’s nothing left in the public’s pockets even though it’s the worst piece of legislation devised in the last 50 years by far.
That’s it for today folks.
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