Friday, September 12, 2014

BloggeRhythms

Wednesday must have been nerve-wracking for Republicans. Only seven weeks until the critical mid-term elections, and the crisis in Iraq and Syria gave the incumbent a chance to talk to the American public about his plans for handling the situation. It also provided the opportunity, if nothing else, to appear presidential and give voters confidence in his party. 
 
However, as it turned out, there was really nothing to worry about whereas the speech was not only a dud, in all probability was a political setback.
 
Once again, pandering to a political base proved more important to him than the threat to the nation. Yet, that decision also proved to be incorrect, whereas according to a poll by the usually supportive Washing Post shows that “Nine in 10 Americans now see the militants as a serious threat to vital U.S. interests, and roughly 6 in 10 say they are a very serious threat.
 
As support for military action in Iraq and Syria has risen, public assessments of Obama on foreign policy have declined. Just 38 percent approve of his handling of international affairs, and 56 percent disapprove, with 43 percent strongly disapproving. Through most of the spring and summer, his foreign policy approval rating has hovered in the mid-40s.”
 
Foreign policy, though, isn’t the only area in which the public feels significant failure. According to Fox News: “The president recently claimed that ‘by almost every measure’ the nation’s economy and American workers are better off now than when he took office. Voters dismiss his boast as ‘mostly false’ by a 58-36 percent margin. That includes 37 percent of Democrats who think it doesn’t ring true.”
 
On another subject, there’s someone else who seems intent on making his case although by every measure, his so-called beliefs and predications are continually refuted by facts.
 
Fox’s Chris Stirewalt reports that, “Billionaire Tom Steyer’s NexGen Climate PAC has launched radio ads saying Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst’s view on climate change defy “basic science and basic common sense.” The ad also hammers Ernst for receiving support from big oil and the Koch brothers.”
 
So, on one hand, this guy obviously takes the position that voters aren’t capable of realizing that both “basic science and basic common sense” are proving that climate change doesn’t exist. Temperatures themselves have held constant for the past seventeen years while weather services are predicting an extremely cold winter following one of the coolest summers on record in the U.S.”
 
But, the rest of what he says is so ridiculous, it’s beyond hypocritical. Because this billionaire who made a fortune in oil development in Australia is criticizing a politician for taking money from what he calls “big oil,” while he himself pours millions into his bogus opposition. 
 
But then again, candidate Ernst and everyone else, don’t really have to worry about this guy Steyer and what he babbles about. Because Mother Nature will shut him up herself.
 
That's it for today folks.
 
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