I did a post discussing that Mitt Romney should attack Obama the cultural symbol. Although some dismissed my post, Rush Limbaugh made the same exact points I made in yesterday’s post. This post is about another angle Romney should use against the pop icon.
Romney is running on the economy. One item he should bring up is that he will support Free Markets, not Crony Capitalism. Big Businesses and Free Markets are not always in synch. In many places of the world, big companies support Socialist governments. One reason for this is that the regulatory structure of a Progressive regime inhibit small businesses from forming. This reduces competition and leads to monopoly by one comp-any that can absorb the costs of Socialism. Obama has favored Big Businesses since many of them supported his rise. This has lead to a system of crony capitalism that hurts entrepreneurship. Romney should stress, he is for Free Markets and not favoring big businesses over small businesses.
A recent New York Times op-ed by Bill Scher, “How Liberals Win,” must be commended for its honesty. Scher presents a compelling historical narrative of how Democrats are happy to ally themselves with big business in a Faustian pact to foster anti-market policies. From Franklin Roosevelt’s National Recovery Act, which promoted the cartelization of industry, to President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which bought off big pharmaceutical companies by suppressing free trade in the drug market, Scher describes how Democrats have promoted crony capitalism to foster their liberal agenda. They are pro-business—at least certain businesses—but fundamentally anti-market.
This is exactly the opposite of what most Americans want. According to a survey conducted as part of the Financial Trust Index, which I codirect, only 19 percent of Americans reject the free-market system. But 51 percent are suspicious of the excessive power of big business. In other words, they are pro-market, but not necessarily pro-business, especially when business is large and politically powerful.
In fact, by inverting Scher’s argument, one can see that a pro-market, but not pro-big-business, platform would be a winner for Republicans. From Tea Party supporters to Republican-leaning independents, a vast majority of potential Republican voters already hold these positions. The party establishment lags behind, partly for ideological reasons and partly for financial ones.
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For all of these reasons, Romney is eminently qualified to make the pro-market case. But his campaign, at least up to now, has lacked vision and followed in George W. Bush’s footsteps. Romney’s pragmatic, technocratic approach reassures people but fails to excite them. The Republican base is thus far uninspired, and independent voters fear a Bush repeat. Romney must differentiate himself from both Bush and Obama, rallying the Republican base while also attracting independents. Pledging a better future for America by defending the American free-market system against a Southern European–style crony capitalism is the perfect way to do it. It’s time for Romney to pick up this flag.
Crony Capitalism is just Socialism with the face of big business. Romney should make it clear he will not favor any type of business over another. His administration will support only the concept of a free market.
Tags: Capitalism, Free Markets
No Subsidies.
No Rebates.
No Favoritism.
Fair and Minimal Taxation.
But, but, but are Romney’s
friendscronies gonna have to retire for four years?[*snouts in the trough, snouts in the trough*]
When you have an entity that’s in the business of picking winners and losers, corporations will be first in line to pay homage.
October surprise: Mooch skips a vacation! And all the peasants shall be impressed with her sacrifice on their behalf
It would appear that Obama and company’s silly attacks regarding secret Swiss bank accounts, etc. are also not working.
If I were Mitt, I would be asking Obama this question:
“I don’t understand, Mr. President, why you are not out there running on your record? You would think that if your accomplishments have helped the country as much as you say they have, if the economy and job market are as strong and moving in the right direction as you say they are, and if your healthcare bill is as popular as you say it is, I would think that I’d be hammering that home to the people every chance I got. Instead, for some reason, you seem to be obsessed with how I manage my money instead of how you’ve managed the taxpayers’.
@ Carolina Girl:
hoot!
there you have it
@ heysoos:
From our friends at Ace of Spades, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/dead-heat-in-vote-preferences-presages-an-epic-battle-ahead/:
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Obama’s tax hike proposal is dead on arrival in the House and the Senate, where even the Democrats realize that raising taxes is bad for the economy (and bad for their reelection hopes). Also noted in the piece: several Dems plan to vote this week to repeal Obamacare.
@ Carolina Girl:
Mitt should bring up some of the stimulus money went to to European companies.
I’m starting to scare myself.
I not only got my website put back together, but I got it a real domain, and an email address to match.
And it actually works!
Another way Dems win;
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/07/09/democrat-operatives-stalk-republican-candidates-at-home/
@ lobo91:
Congrats!
Apropos of nothing, but the Army is ending its sponsorship of the 39 car in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, owned by Stewart-Haas Racing (for those that don’t know, Tony Stewart is the current NASCAR champion.
The National Guard is the sponsor for Dale Jr.’s team 88 car. I’ll await with interest to see if that sponsorship is pulled. I guess Bammy’s realized nothing he does is getting him the NASCAR fan vote.
Wonder if flyovers at the races will be the next to go.
@ Rodan:
Check this out at Ace -- http://minx.cc/?post=330816 -- the GOP is on it -- website called ObamanomicsOutsourced.com
@ lobo91:
And are your going to keep this a secret.
I really was stoked the day I typed in a website that was a “.com” (rather than wordpress/blogspot/typepad, etc.) and it was ME!!
Carolina Girl wrote:
Wait…you mean I’m supposed to tell people where to find it?
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@ Carolina Girl:
Good give the god-king a taste of his own medicine.
I need to see if I can set up an NRA membership page.
I’m a recruiter, but at the moment, I can only do face-to-face registrations.
Take off the gloves, Mitt!
@ lobo91:
Are you powered by WordPress? I think you can do something via JetPack to put a widget in for NRA sponsorship.
I think the powers that be here or at Daedalus could provide some guidance.
@ pat:
We need to hit back twice as hard. All these Democrats have home addresses too. Put Nancy Pelosie Galore’s multi million dollar spread on YouTube.
pat wrote:
Is this a nice way to say.. ignorant voters?
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Taliban Publishes book of poetry.
“I stoned him with the stones of light tears / then I hung my sorrow on the gallows. … / It might have been the wine of your memory / that made my heart drunk five times.”
http://www.poetryofthetaliban.com/Poetry_of_the_Taliban/Home.html
Obama down 6 points among Hispanics in one week.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/politics.aspx
And since it’s gallup, they no doubt oversampled Dems so I have a feeling numbers are worse than they indicate.
@ Carolina Girl:
The NRA already has a website set up for recruiters to link to if they have their own sites. It automatically credits their account if someone signs up through the link.
I just have to get them to send me the code.
Well, I’m out.
3:30 comes way too early…
@ lobo91:
You should get a favicon for the address bar. Nice work on the site, and domain name.
/should do that for my “walking blog” one day…
@ Carolina Girl:
I read that polls underestimate the GOP share of Hispanic voters. When they look for Hispanics, they tend to look in the Blue states and Barrios. They don’t realize most Hispanics live in suburbs. Also Many Hispanics don’t have Spanish surnames. One of my last names is Hache, which is Lebanese. Plus many Hispanics are just called that for cultural reasons but have one parents who is Non Hispanics. I know people who are part Puerto Rican and Irish or Colombian and Italian. They identify as Hispanics, but they don’t have Hispanic names.
I actually saw some study on this showing this. Example on the pre-election poll in 2004, Bush was at 36% among Hispanics, yet the election exit polls showed him at 44% nationally and in swing states, he wong the Hispanic vote 49-48. McCain in 08 had 24% support in the polls and got 31% in actual vote. In 2010 the GOP was polling at 29% and got 38% in the actual result.
@ Carolina Girl:
. . . on the other end of the Army’s budget concerns -
my older boy (whom signed up for an active duty commitment upon graduation in the spring) has been told that Uncle may not activate him, but rather place him with a reserve unit. He is presently at Warrior Forge (Ft.Lewis, WA) with several thousand other young patriots.
And, at bases all across the country, civilian workers are being let go by the thousands . . .
Milktoast Mitt should be trumpeting all of ‘dis stuff (imho)
The media is doing their best to portray Romney as an ultra-rich, country club snob who has never worked a day in his life, and he needs to fight back aggressively any time that issue is raised. He should point out the many, many democrats who are more wealthy than him, and also some of the countless left-wing celebrities as well. He could point out that Nancy Pelosi and her husband are worth several times more than him, yet the taxpayers are footing the bill for her travel. There are numerous instances of left wing hypocrisy on this issue and he needs to have them at the tip of his tongue for whenever the issue arises.
@ Rodan:
Giving illegals a free pass, promoting gay marriage and attacking the Catholic Church isn’t going to endear him to “Hispanics” -- they support NONE of those things.
You have to be a Democrat to be this Dishonest.
@ tunnelrat:
. . . yeah, like the unwashed one percenter (Michael Moore) who never misses an opportunity to hang with the “99″centers
all smoke and mirrors, like Big Al’s concern for Mudda Earff (Gaea)
*barf choke*
@ doriangrey:
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@ doriangrey:
you can say that again
That June jobs report was contrived. For the 3rd time in 6 months the Department of Labor ‘seasonally adjusted’ the figures in a manner that is unprecedented, and such that the report looks much better than it is. And that is one shitty jobs report.
http://pjmedia.com/blog/seasonally-adjusted-hijinks-the-questionable-june-jobs-report/?singlepage=true
As I have suspected since December last, The DOL has been infiltrated by political operatives that are manipulating reported statistics. The raw data is dressed-up for the press releases, always to make Obama look better. The real data is buried where only economists can find it. The public is oblivious.
OT:
Prager had co-authors James Robison and Jay Richards on today to talk about thier new book “Indivisible -- Restoring Faith, Family, And Freedom Before It’s Too Late” (c)2012
. . . the book ‘rang a bell’ (i had scoured the book shelves at the thrift store yesterday, and thought i had seen this book)
sure enough -- went back and picked it up for a buck
I would love to know how that book traveled to the thrift store so quickly -- that ‘trip’ must have set some new speed record (haha)
@ Carolina Girl:
What really pisses off Hispanics is Obama thinking we are subservient slaves or Descendant of Aztecs. The GOP does have to do a better job of outreach though. Many Hispanics don’t vote for the Democrats, they vote against the Republicans. But as you, Speranza and I have discussed,The GOP has a messaging problem in general.
I’ve been away for a few days and just noticed that Alan West commented on our Twitter page? Did we run a story about him recently?
WLS Radio in Chicago is reporting that they have been
told by Dem sources that Jesse Jackson Jr.has tried
to take his own life. They are saying that is why he
has disappeared & is hospitalised.
He has been incognito for about a month & his office
will not say where.
The story is NOT confirmed.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
for the no-twitter crowd, what did Col. West say?
@ spinmore:
I know next to nothing about twitter, but it appears we had said something about him and he was replying that if we were going to attack him we had to get the facts straight.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
strange . . . i’ve only ever seen praise here for West
@ song_and_dance_man:
Really?
@ song_and_dance_man:
No, he was replying to the people attacking him. We Tweeted support of him.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Nope, I remember that, West wasn’t talking to us, he was talking to someone else and Blogmocracy retweeted it.
@ spinmore:
@ Rodan:
Like I said I don’t know enough about tweeting. Maybe someone linked the comment there and he was referring to someone else. I don’t know, but there is a comment by him there, and it is him, the Col. You can follow him to his own page.
@ Rodan:
@ doriangrey:
That’s what I thought, since we mostly only praise him here,.
@ doriangrey:
that makes more sense
you know there’s about two or three things we all agree with ’round these parts . . . and Allen West’s one of ‘um
spinmore wrote:
Well, cept for Rodan, who is from Florida and is trying to hog all the West goodness to him and his fellow Floridians selfs…
@ doriangrey:
it seems like West is slowly getting more and more national exposure (esp.via Fox)
what a stark contrast between him and just about every other wacked politician (left or ‘right’)