For the benefit of conservatives in the audience, I thought I’d give quick primer on how to answer questions you may commonly get from Democrats and “Indepdendents” as we ramp up for the Presidential campaign.
Q: “What do you think about Obama’s record in pursuing the War on Terror?”
A: It’s fine. Are you better off than you were four years ago?
Q: “What about the “War on Women?” Any comment?
A: There is none. Are women better off economically now than they were four years ago?
Q: “What about George Zimmerman? Doesn’t he speak to a larger racial issue in this country?”
A: It’s in the hands of the Florida courts, and none of us are parties to the case. Are Afro-Americans better off than they were four years ago?
Q: “How about the corrupting influence of money on politics?”
A: Don’t know. Are you better off than you were four years ago?
Q: “Wouldn’t a new stimulus help us build more infrastructure?”
A: No. Are you better off than you were four years ago?
Q: “So don’t you think conservatives are un-thrilled about Mitt Romney?”
A: Don’t care. Are you better off than you were four years ago?
Q: “What about Medicare? Won’t the Paul Ryan plan kill it?”
A: What’s more important – that seniors are cared for, or that a specific program survives? Anyway – don’t care. Are you better off than you were four years ago?
Q: “Didja see where Mitt Romney was allegedly a bully in high school?”
A: Are bullies doing better than they were four years ago?
Q: “Doesn’t Bain Capital destroy jobs?”
A: No more than does George Soros. Now – are you better off than you were four years ago?
Q: “Would you like eggroll or wontons with that?”
A: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Any questions?
Q: Are your kids getting a quality education in the public schools?
A: Public schools are doing fine, just great. We need a few hundred thousand more union teachers, but realistically, this is something that can be addressed with a new ‘Teacher Tax’ I hope to introduce in my second term. Then we can talk about a Fireman Tax and, then a Policeman Tax. Our greatness is only bound by our collective resolve to tax in accordance with our need.
Well, would the state level crackdowns on abortion rights count as a war on women? I mean, the attempts are to, by law, disallow women bodily soverignity and for the state to control their reproductive systems. What would be the categorization for that?
I got excited for a second after the page loaded; thought Mitch was going to do a Led Zeppelin post. Is Jimmy Page better off now than he was four years ago?
No, no he is not, painteddog.
Why all the whining? Rich people like me are better off than they were 4 years ago, so no problems here! I’m loving those Bush tax cuts for my class (and thanks, President Obama, for extending those!)
“Q: ”So don’t you think conservatives are un-thrilled about Mitt Romney?”
A: Don’t care. Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
You should, especially if the election is close. Without an actual conservative directing policy from the White House, the chances are uncomfortably high that we won’t be better off four years from now than we are today. “ABO” has its limits.
Rich people like me are better off than they were 4 years ago, so no problems here!
Obama’s been good for the rich & politically connected, hasn’t he?
“Obama’s been good for the rich & politically connected, hasn’t he?”
That’s why he’ll win in 2012 😉
A shorter Sanity: hope for the same old corruption.
“A shorter Sanity: hope for the same old corruption.”
Precisely. I know I’ll get it with Mitt Romney! Can you say Bain Capital? This guy was born with a silver spoon in his mouth — private boarding schools, etc. Obama might actually throw a bone to the middle class. With Romney I can be assured that nearly everything he does will benefit MY class! What’s not to like? Obama will actually try to get affordable healthcare for people with pre-existing conditions! The nerve of it! I say let them go bankrupt like they’ve been doing for the past 30 years or more!
It won’t be too long until people start pushing for insurance companies to be forced to sell “affordable” auto insurance policies to people who had pre-existing car accidents that totalled their cars, and “affordable” homeowner policies to people that had pre-existing fires or other natural disasters (tree falling, floods, earthquakes, etc) that damaged or destroyed their homes! The nerve of it! I say let them go bankrupt like they’ve been doing for the past 114 years or more!
(who was it that was famous for changing a few words here and there when regurgitating someone else’s post? AC? I can’t remember.)
“orced to sell “affordable” auto insurance policies to people who had pre-existing car accidents that totalled their cars, and “affordable” homeowner policies”
It isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison. Not even close. Auto insurance premiums pale in comparison to health insurance premiums. How many people pay $2,000 a month for auto insurance? Even after they’ve had an accident (I know, I’ve been there, and the insurance company did not raise my premium).
Just sayin’.
Doesn’t matter. You’re still forcing the insurance company to pay for something after the fact. That’s not insurance. The dollar amounts don’t matter. You’re forcing the company to give away their product at reduced price decided by the government, not the free market. That’s the best way to drive any company out of business (which is the entire end goal of the whole PPACA/Obamacare debacle anyway….Obama said so himself)
Well, why do we even need the middleman insurance companies in the first place? Isn’t the whole system, as it stands, a bit wasteful on account of having to have so many middlemen and associated paperwork?
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