Posted by
Glenn Koons:PhillyOldTimer on Thursday, October 16, 2008 4:26:08 PM
In the last Prez debate, John finally found an issue. It was this. Americans may be mad as hell at W, at Wall St., at the GOP and even at our capitalistic system, but Joe the Plumber pointed out that Americans should work hard, get their own monies without government taking so much and that socialism was not the system which would help America grow fiscally. Americans used to have a working ethic which used to be called, the Puritan Work Ethic. We used to believe that not to work hard was pure laziness unless that person was crippled emotionally, physically or disabled. Now we allow so much welfare that the system is slowly bankrupting us. Medicare and Social Security needs real reform. But, the Democrats immedately scare seniors if any talk of reform happens. When W wanted to allow youngsters to invest a small part, the Dems cried that the GOP was robbing seniors of their precious FDR legacy. Yipe! That was pure capitalism. Now that the Dems in Congress have allowed Freddie and Fannie to collapse and have escaped any blame, of course, BHO calls for more regulation,more socialism and tax hikes against business or people who make over $250,000. To him that is a rich person or business. Has he ever lived in Seattle, New York, Philly, or LA?? And when BHO's ACORN reps are now being investigated in 15 states, one wonders why , if BHO thinks Americans really trust him , would allow ACORN to ruin his run for the Presidency. There may be more Joe the Plumbers than the Dems think. It does seem that it is too late to swing this election to McCain but one might not for sure know how the Joe ideas and just plain common sense may have penetrated many voters. We will see as the polls close to 1-3% nationally and if, just if, some swing states come back to McCain.