Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Florida Debate, Economics, and Eating Muhammad

Tonight I participated with Ed Morrisey of the Captain's Quarters Blog, as well as a whole host of other bloggers and radio hosts, on Debate Central to discuss tonight's Republican Debate in Florida. We all agreed that Mitt Romney was the winner tonight, and that MSNBC, as expected, did a poor job of hosting the debate.

Mitt Romney's economic expertise was apparent in the first round of questions, and McCain had to battle explaining why he voted against the Bush Tax Cuts of 2001 and 2003, and then is suddenly for making them permanent. Interestingly, Tim Russert made the statement that the Economy was the most important issue. Why? Was it because the surge is working in Iraq and so the war is no longer an effective issue to hammer with their doom and gloom scenario? Or is it because they wish to now continue to try to convince Americans that the Economy is crashing when in reality, like man-made Global Warming, that is an all-out lie? (more on the economy later in this post. . . )

Romney's raise of fees in Massachusetts was brought up, and like usual, Liberal MSNBC equated it with being a tax raise without recognizing all of the facts. In reality, over three-quarter of those fees haven't been touched in over 30 years. The Marriage License fee was still $5.00. What Mitt Romney did was raise the fees to the actual cost of processing the licenses and such instead of having the general fund subsidize them. In other words, he took the burden of the fees off of the backs of the taxpayers and applied them to those purchasing the permits or licenses!

As expected, when Ron Paul was asked about the economy and taxes he threw in that he would quit wasting money overseas in the war (is he saying that our young men's lives have been wasted?). Ron Paul and his oversized ears needs to step down from the race. He may have some very good views in regards to the U.S. Constitution, but his foreign policy is completely nuts.

The MSNBC questions included loaded questions with phrases like "Army too small and poorly resourced" (poorly resourced? Isn't that the fault of the Congress for refusing to fund the troops?) However, Romney's response was that in order to increase the number of enlisted, the military needed to improve the deal, offering more benefits for enlistment. He then rightly reminded us that we cannot turn Iraq over to al-Qaeda. Also, when faced with the statement that Democrats are now saying the surge is working because of their calls to abandon the region, he responded with "Our success is due to the blood and courage of our troops, and to Bush and General Petraeus."

McCain criticized Rumsfeld's handling of the war, Rudy proclaimed our goal is a stable Iraq, and of course Ron Paul bantered that the war was a bad idea and that he believes al-Qaeda is in Iraq because of our presence. (What an idiot)

Huckabee, in response to the question about the war, stated that he supported the president from the beginning, and that we owe him our thanks for his courage. "Just because WMD's weren't found it doesn't mean they weren't there." Then he later talked about his Fair Tax, which though unproven, intrigues me.

Where Mitt Romney really shined, however, is when asked how he would run against Hillary Clinton. "Hillary is out of step when it comes to taxes and health care. . . Hillary is rotten to the core. . . I will run it like Ronald Reagan. . ."

My prediction? Mitt Romney wins Florida and the nomination in the end because all of the Hunter and Thompson Conservatives have moved to support Romney because he is the most conservative of the remaining candidates.

Now for a few words regarding the economy. For those dummies out there quoting the mainstream media that the economy is headed for a recession, let me give you these following tidbits: Existing-home sales rose in November, and the Stock Market managed a dramatic comeback after troubles in Europe's and Japan's stock markets. The Economy will adjust itself if the government keeps its gloves off of it. No recession is coming as long as buyers take advantage of the dropping prices of homes, unemployment rate remains low, and products and services continue to move.

If the government wants to assist the economy, reduce taxes and eliminate red-tape so that they can provide an environment where businesses can flourish. As for Bush's stimulus package? Big mistake. It essentially creates a burden on the taxpayers that eventually will backfire and send us into economic woes. If Washington wants to save the economy, their best bet is to keep their nose out of the economy, and keep taxes low.

Finally, did you hear about the Christian infidels that plan to "Eat Muhammad?" Well, a new political television show planned to challenge Islam with biting humor by placing the face of Muhammad on a cookie and then eating it on camera. The show is called "Flamethrower" and desires to assist the populace in understanding that Islam isn't really even a religion, but an ideology of "might makes right" disguised as a religion. Their point was to declare that America is still a free country, and there is no need to cower in fear from Islamo-fascism.

Apparently, our nation isn't nearly as free as they thought. The Network censors gagged the Muhammad eating stunt, saying it was not in good taste.

Yet, our society proclaimed that a crucifix in a jar of urine was art, and that burning an American Flag is "Freedom of Expression."

Jeeez.

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