Posted by
Tonewah on Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:48:00 PM
I heard a story this morning about a couple of voters who have been affected by the campaigns of the two top-polling and most funded candidates in the presidential race. The first was a lady who just happened to have started her first day on the job when the Hillary Clinton campaign dropped into her restaurant. The second was a woman who sought out Barak Obama to help her brother, who has cancer. Neither individual left with their needs met, but both still think the candidates are worthy of presidential consideration. I don't understand this logic.
Firstly, the lady who met Hillary has had her life negatively affected by being associated with Clinton. She also said Clinton DID NOT tip her! After complaining about it, she said she might vote for her! She indicated she was going to vote democrat, anyway. I wish I could talk to this lady. No democrats have suggested anything real to help waitresses. The only politicians to suggest help for waiters and waitresses are Republicans. Ron Paul has called for an end to the taxing of tips, introducing legislation that would allow servers to keep all their tips, tax-free.
In the second case, after following Obama as if he were some sort of faith healer, the lady got an AUTOGRAPH for her brother as payment for the time and effort she expended to meet and talk to Obama. She should have known that democrats don't actually HELP people, they are the ones that pass laws to take OTHER people's money, not their own! She still supports Obama and his democratic cronies, even though I don't know if they even helped her. I do, however, know of a Republican doctor that has spent his own time and money to aid those who could not afford health care...
People are so blinded by the rhetoric of the democrats. And it hasn't helped that some well-known Republicans refer to the liberals as 'bleeding-hearts', implying that they actually HAVE hearts. These dems talk about the government giving free health-care... but they want to FORCE you to give so THEY can sort the money. The reality is that the democrats only want to take from the hard-working person that barely makes ends meet, and give to themselves. Oh yeah, they'll allow a few of the crumbs that fall from the table to go to the needy, but there's no way THEY'RE going to pay for it.
That's the problem with our country. We have no virtue. We want to rely on government to do everything for us. Meanwhile, those in government are robbing us blind. We need to start relying on ourselves, and giving to charities that we have researched and trust. The government isn't a charity, and the democrats certainly aren't trustworthy. We need to use our common sense to make virtuous, moral decisions. The free market is the best system ever devised in our history, but it won't work when the people lose their virtues.
*Blogger's note: This morning, 11/9, NPR was slobbering all over itself to try to paint the Clinton campaign in a better light. They explained that, although the woman still claims she didn't get a tip, someone from the Clinton campaign went by after the story aired yesterday and gave the woman $20. The campaign now claims it tipped the restaurant $100. The campaign rep said they used a credit card, but the waitress said their card machine didn't work or allow for tips. Then, the campaign rep tried to change the story, and claimed they left a $100 bill. The waitress said no one ever got any money. That seems pretty damning, but, unbelievably, in spite of the lies told by Clinton and her campaign, the waitress STILL supports Clinton!