It's the economy, stupid!!!

Some random thoughts on the recent election. I don't usually agree with James Carville but the title here is totally appropriate for the current situation.

Sorry there's been no updates in a while, but the whole election thing got kind of boring once John McCain got the Republican nomination and the Democratic side was no longer fun once Hillary was out of the race.

You might not believe who I voted for if you know me, Barack Hussein Obama. More on this later...

About the Hussein thing. You should not be able to make fun of a president's middle name. Now if you will excuse me I need to go see the latest Oliver Stone movie -- Dubya. Get over it.

John McCain is not George Bush. For a guy that has spent his career reaching across the aisle sincerely over his career, this man got absolutely no credit. A class act, a true patriot and American hero certainly deserved more credit than was given him by the left.

That being said, he has been a U.S. legislator for almost 30 years and somehow managed to not see the financial disaster looming on the horizon. John Kerry, Ted Kennedy and Ted Stevens among many others share the blame on this issue.

Sarah Palin is hot. She spoke a couple of miles from where I work and her motorcade passed within 10 feet of me a couple of weeks ago. The Saturday Night Live parodies of her were fun and in the spirit of their normal satire, but I just never got the extreme hate for her on Bill Maher's show.

Joe Biden is not hot. But who the hell votes for vice president anyway? Also another career inside the beltway guy who did not see the economic crisis coming.

The Economy. One thing I learned while earning my business degree is that the more you know about the economy, the less you know about the economy. Also, two economists looking at the same data will almost never come to the same conclusion about its meaning. Attitude and outlook seem to mean more that anything else when people are deciding where to put their money and maybe a positive message might help move the stock market in a positive direction.

Obama. A couple of points here. I don't believe he is the socialist antichrist that the far right seems to see. Cigar Dave, who has a weekly radio program about cigars and right wing values (and sometimes fills in for Rush Limbaugh - the unquestioned king of talk radio) put on a disgusting display of disrespect for his fellow Americans and showed overall poor sportsmanship. He said about the election that it was the first time in his life that he was not proud of his country. Talk radio spent a good deal of time talking about Obama's associations - William Ayers, Reverend Wright, etc at the expense of issues that certainly merited scrutiny - the economy, health care, Iraq, education, terrorism to name a few. If what you are selling isn't selling its time to move on. Plenty of subjects other than his Facebook friends list to discuss.

Race. It is an amazing time in our history when a black man can hold the highest position in the most powerful country in the world. Good luck and God Bless.

And in closing, there is a unique challenge ahead for the next president and some incredible problems that will need to be addressed. Whether Barak Obama is up to this remains to be seen. For those who believe that there is a divine power which guides our destiny, you must think that everything that happens is part of a plan. If you don't, there is another election in 4 years, get busy now!

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