[Vision2020] Imagine That, Butch - Politics Is a Rough 'Sport'

[lfalen]

Don't count on the Tea Party supporting a third party. they will support individual candidates regardless of which party they belong to. They may support a third alternative only if nether of the main parties have a candidate that is for limited government, individual rights and sticks to the Constitution.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Ted Moffett starbliss at gmail.com
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:45:36 -0800
To: Saundra Lund v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Imagine That, Butch - Politics Is a Rough 'Sport'

> Otter will likely be re-elected.  Current political Madison Avenue
> advertising/propaganda trends indicate Democrats are successfully being
> blamed for the economic problems the US faces, which of course are to a
> great extent the result of past public and private sector decisions, not
> current Democratic economic policy.  And if the US economy does not
> substantially lower the unemployment rate by 2012, Obama may find he will
> serve only one term, assuming he will run again, regardless of whether the
> economic problems are due to his failures or not.  Of course, the Tea Party
> independents may split the Republican vote, if they succeed in promoting a
> third candidate, so Obama may still have a chance, even if the economy does
> not rebound by 2012.  But Otter can attract both Tea Party independents and
> more traditional Republicans... In a political cultural landscape where
> Sarah Palin receives a huge amount of media attention as a potential
> political candidate, we can assume that rational decision making in the body
> politic is in serious jeopardy.  I suppose this has always been the case...
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> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
> 
> 
> On 3/4/10, Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >
> > Ken wrote:
> > "Otter may find he will share with Governor Samuelson another
> > characteristic
> > -- serving only one term in office."
> >
> > >From your fingertips to the will of the voters  :-)
> >
> >
> > Saundra Lund
> > Moscow, ID
> >
> > The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> > nothing.
> > ~ Edmund Burke
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> > On Behalf Of Kenneth Marcy
> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:38 AM
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Imagine That, Butch - Politics Is a Rough 'Sport'
> >
> > On Tuesday 02 March 2010 06:06:14 Tom Hansen relayed to V2020:
> >
> > > Imagine that, Butch - politics is a rough 'sport'
> > > Sandra Kelly, for the [MPDN] editorial board [2 March 2010]
> > >
> > > Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter isn't having fun in Boise. He's been
> > > bombarded by newspapers throughout the state for some of his
> > > budgetary decisions, and it's been hard on him.
> > <[snip]>
> > > Otter has said repeatedly that he won't raise taxes. That's a great
> > > sound bite, and almost a sure-fire way to get re-elected, but it
> > > may not be in the best interest of Idaho.
> > >
> > > No one wants to pay more taxes, but it's certainly something that
> > > should be looked at. It's not popular, and the Legislature will
> > > take some heat for it, but at least looking into it is the right
> > > thing to do.
> > <[snip]>
> >
> > It used to be said that it took a hard-line anti-Communist Republican
> > such as Richard Nixon to open foreign relations with Communist Red
> > China. Analogously, it was said that it took a tax-and-spend liberal
> > Democrat such as Bill Clinton to reform the welfare system. Both of
> > these Presidents enjoyed some relative success for these efforts.
> >
> > Butch Otter does not, thus far, at least, seem to have an analogous
> > combination of domestic acuity and political maneuverability to
> > recognize the extant condition of his constituency and to act with
> > appropriate governance in the better interests of the electorate.
> >
> > To date Otter's insistent resistance even to considering reasonable
> > measures to steer Idaho's budget boat toward some semblance of the
> > status quo, rather than meekly and weakly allowing the craft to be
> > washed down the economic stream, rudderless, controlled by the
> > vagaries of the current rather than experienced helmsmanship, does
> > not suggest any historical greatness for his governorship.
> >
> > One is reminded, instead, of an earlier Idaho governor who had
> > difficulty expressing leadership vision -- Donald Samuelson. Governor
> > Otter may find he will share with Governor Samuelson another
> > characteristic -- serving only one term in office.
> >
> >
> > Ken
> >
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