The International Atomic energy Agency IAEI) has published its quarterly report, with the conclusion that Iran has doubled its production capacity at the Fordo nuclear site buried deep in a mountain near the holy city of Qu’um. The number of enrichment centrifuges at Fordo has gone from 1,064 in May 2012 to 2,140 today, although the IAEA says these new centrifuges are not yet in operation.
Iran says that it is producing uranium enriched to 20%, while the IAEA says it has found traces of uranium enriched to 27% at Fordo in May.
The IAEA also reported that the other Iranian enrichment site, Parchin, was “sanitized” so that an adequate inspection was not possible.
It is at the Parchin site that the IAEA and the international community suspect Iran of trying to produce nuclear weapons. The overall Parchin complex is one of Iran's leading munitions centers for the research, development and production of ammunition, rockets and high explosives.
Iran says its uranium enrichment program is aimed at producing nuclear materials for energy and medical needs. The international community has offered to supply to Iran all the enriched materials it would need for these purposes but Iran has refused.
Today on BBC International TV, two Iran experts, one a nuclear scientist and the other an expert on Iran, said that Iran is stonewalling the IAEA for two reasons.
First, Iran believes that Obama will win the US presidential election and that he will not go beyond sanctions, e.g., will not use military force to stop Iran’s program. So if Iran simply drags its feet until November, its nuclear program will then be able to go forward with relative ease.
Second, because the Iran nuclear sites are so far underground, and with Iran now preparing sites even deeper underground, it is unlikely that Israel alone could destroy the capability without American military aid. But, Iran believes that if Obama is re-elected, Israel-US relations will further deteriorate and this aid would not be offered.
The scientist added that if Iran is enriching uranium to 20% and slightly above, it will be able to reach the 90% enrichment level required for nuclear weapons in a matter of one year, perhaps 10 months. He said that at 20%, the climb to 90% is geometric.
Yesterday, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was the guest for a half hour program on the Bloomberg Channel. She talked about Iran’s nuclear capability as part of her analysis of the state of America’s foreign policy and image.
Rice said that the US is not now part of the key group in the Middle East, and that the international conference of “so-called unaligned” nations in Teheran this week proves that. She was critical of the presence of UN Secretary General Ban-ki-Moon at the Iran-sponsored conference, calling it “too bad.” The implication was that America should have been able and willing to stop him.
But, Condoleezza Rice’s most critical comments were saved for the US-Israel relationship. She said that the relation is now broken and that as long as Obama is President it will remain broken. Her worry is that this will embolden Iran to continue its nuclear program unchecked.
Rice also believes that Iran will achieve its nuclear weapon status unless the US makes its presence felt in a much more forceful way than it is now doing.
For her, this means a bigger presence in the region, a much more active support for Israel, and a much more public leadership of the world’s effort to halt Iran’s nuclear activities.
She said that as Iranian nuclear facilities go deeper underground, the likelihood that Israel can act alone to destroy their capabilities lessens. And, for her, unless America makes its opposition absolutely clear to Iran, there will be no diplomatic resolution of the problem.
Rice, like the BBC experts, says that America is the key to stopping Iran. But, Condoleezza Rice goes farther, saying that, if all else fails in the appropriate timeframe, America must be prepared to use military force to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities before they can produce weapons-grade materials.
Appropriate timeframe? For Condoleezza Rice, it is a matter of perhaps a year or so, not much longer.
So, dear readers, what do we do?
Short of moving to America and voting for Mitt Romney, I really don’t have an answer.
But, one thing is clear. President Obama’s strategy of talking to the Iranians and then disappearing from a visible and muscular leadership position for long periods has not served either America or the world. Nuclear weapons in the hands of the leader of a hostile world group bent on destroying the West - Europe and America and its allies - is not a matter for Political Science 101. It is a matter for experts and seasoned diplomats.
Right now in America, we have neither experts nor experienced senior diplomats working on the critical Iranian problem and Iran is using President Obama’s timidity and seeming indifference to advance its own anti-West agenda.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
The Media, the Forest, the GOP Marchers and Animal Farm
Sometimes the media pundits get it so wrong that it’s really laughable - if it weren’t so serious.
How many times in the past two days have we heard that none of the Republican Convention speakers mentioned Mitt Romney by name until the last minute or so of their speech? I have, frankly, lost count.
But, the joke is on the pundits and analysts -- they are missing the forest because they’re dangling by their ankles from Democrat-woven cords on a Democratic oak tree of considerable diameter, making it impossible for them to see beyond the rough tree bark that’s ripping away at the skin on their noses.
But, the forest is out there, just beyond their line of vision. It is full of Americans - a forest species that most media types have some difficulty in recognizing - who are able to see beyond the tree in front of them because they aren’t dangling. They are marching -- marching -- marching. And like all high quality Marchers, they have a Band to lead them.
That Band, in the past two days, has been made up of key GOP leaders who have talked to the Marchers about Mitt Romney, the man who will be leading them onward after the Convention has been gavelled into history.
The Band is composed of :
- Former GOP US Senator Rick Santorum (PA), who told the Marchers his history, one of immigrants coming to Pittsburgh, educating their children, working hard and fulfilling their dream to become Americans.
- Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich, who told the Marchers that in the midst of the national malaise his state is the fourth in the nation in job creation and the first in the Midwest.
- Kentucky GOP US Senator Rand Paul, who told the Marchers about his grandfather’s and father’s efforts, leading to the acceptance of his father, Texan Congressman Ron Paul, a Libertarian by philosophy, as a member of the Band that is leading the Marchers.
- New Hampshire GOP US Senator Kelly Ayotte, who told the Marchers about her husband’s and her landscaping business, as an example of the all-important American small business phenomenon, and of her husband’s service in Iraq as a fighter pilot.
- Ted Cruz, the Texas GOP US Senate candidate, who thanked his father for being brave enough to come to America with just $100 sewn into his underwear, because he wanted to be an American.
- Wisconsin GOP Governor Scott Walker, who told the Marchers about his successful confrontation with public unions that refused to contribute their share to the needed economies caused by the current fiscal problems his state is facing, and who was thunderously applauded when he mentioned that the unions attempted to oust him in a recall, but he won.
- South Carolina GOP Governor Nikki Haley, whose own life story, that of the daughter of Americans of Asian Indian descent who rose through the GOP to become governor of a southern state, is in itself a story of courage and determination.
- Virginia GOP Governor Bob McDonnell, who told the Marchers about his grandfather leaving a poor dirt farm in Ireland to pass through Ellis Island on his way to fulfilling his American Dream.
How are the media pundits characterizing these testimonials?
Here’s what Dana Milbank wrote in his Washington Post Opinion piece today:
“As a rule, politicians aren’t the most loyal lot. It’s often self first, party second and country third. But Romney has a particular problem commanding loyalty, and the Republicans playing Brutus at this week’s convention have been just brutal.
“Exploiting the tepid enthusiasm for Romney, up-and-comers in the party are using the convention to put down markers for their own presidential bids in 2016. They haven’t gone so far as to disparage Romney — such flagrant disloyalty would be a turnoff — but they are using their moments on stage as auditions. Unfortunately for Romney, the implied assumption is that he’s going to lose.”
If that is not the biggest piece of GARBAGE you have ever read, please send me your nomination.
The reality is that these Republican leaders have been delivering a message that every Marcher and every honest-to-God American understands, because they feel it in their guts and souls and hearts. America was built by immigrants who came to America and worked hard. America is now in great fiscal trouble because only about 50% of Americans are working hard. But, it is not too late. The GOP governors recited their success stories to show what can be done if there is a will to do it. The others told of their families because they wanted all Americans to understand that in America we work - we do not wait for the government to feed and clothe us. We find work and we take care of ourselves. Only the truly needy should expect and receive help.
They told their stories to underscore the fact that President Obama has failed -- to lead, to have the will to turn the country around, to say to the 50% who are working, I’m with you. Instead, he has chosen to take the taxes of the 50% who work and distribute the money to the other 50% in the hope that they will vote for him, whether they are eligible voters or not.
That is the message coming out of the Republican Convention for the past two days.
But, Milbank and all the others are so sure that the large tree in the forest holding them by the ankles while they dangle in front of the nose-scraping bark is the entire world that they are completely missing reality. If they ever fall to the ground, peek around the tree and see the forest, they will feel a lot like the poor cows and horses and sheep in Animal Farm peeking through the dining room window to see their leaders, socialist pigs, eating at a banquet table while they themselves were being fed garbage before being carted off to the slaughterhouse.
How many times in the past two days have we heard that none of the Republican Convention speakers mentioned Mitt Romney by name until the last minute or so of their speech? I have, frankly, lost count.
But, the joke is on the pundits and analysts -- they are missing the forest because they’re dangling by their ankles from Democrat-woven cords on a Democratic oak tree of considerable diameter, making it impossible for them to see beyond the rough tree bark that’s ripping away at the skin on their noses.
But, the forest is out there, just beyond their line of vision. It is full of Americans - a forest species that most media types have some difficulty in recognizing - who are able to see beyond the tree in front of them because they aren’t dangling. They are marching -- marching -- marching. And like all high quality Marchers, they have a Band to lead them.
That Band, in the past two days, has been made up of key GOP leaders who have talked to the Marchers about Mitt Romney, the man who will be leading them onward after the Convention has been gavelled into history.
The Band is composed of :
- Former GOP US Senator Rick Santorum (PA), who told the Marchers his history, one of immigrants coming to Pittsburgh, educating their children, working hard and fulfilling their dream to become Americans.
- Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich, who told the Marchers that in the midst of the national malaise his state is the fourth in the nation in job creation and the first in the Midwest.
- Kentucky GOP US Senator Rand Paul, who told the Marchers about his grandfather’s and father’s efforts, leading to the acceptance of his father, Texan Congressman Ron Paul, a Libertarian by philosophy, as a member of the Band that is leading the Marchers.
- New Hampshire GOP US Senator Kelly Ayotte, who told the Marchers about her husband’s and her landscaping business, as an example of the all-important American small business phenomenon, and of her husband’s service in Iraq as a fighter pilot.
- Ted Cruz, the Texas GOP US Senate candidate, who thanked his father for being brave enough to come to America with just $100 sewn into his underwear, because he wanted to be an American.
- Wisconsin GOP Governor Scott Walker, who told the Marchers about his successful confrontation with public unions that refused to contribute their share to the needed economies caused by the current fiscal problems his state is facing, and who was thunderously applauded when he mentioned that the unions attempted to oust him in a recall, but he won.
- South Carolina GOP Governor Nikki Haley, whose own life story, that of the daughter of Americans of Asian Indian descent who rose through the GOP to become governor of a southern state, is in itself a story of courage and determination.
- Virginia GOP Governor Bob McDonnell, who told the Marchers about his grandfather leaving a poor dirt farm in Ireland to pass through Ellis Island on his way to fulfilling his American Dream.
How are the media pundits characterizing these testimonials?
Here’s what Dana Milbank wrote in his Washington Post Opinion piece today:
“As a rule, politicians aren’t the most loyal lot. It’s often self first, party second and country third. But Romney has a particular problem commanding loyalty, and the Republicans playing Brutus at this week’s convention have been just brutal.
“Exploiting the tepid enthusiasm for Romney, up-and-comers in the party are using the convention to put down markers for their own presidential bids in 2016. They haven’t gone so far as to disparage Romney — such flagrant disloyalty would be a turnoff — but they are using their moments on stage as auditions. Unfortunately for Romney, the implied assumption is that he’s going to lose.”
If that is not the biggest piece of GARBAGE you have ever read, please send me your nomination.
The reality is that these Republican leaders have been delivering a message that every Marcher and every honest-to-God American understands, because they feel it in their guts and souls and hearts. America was built by immigrants who came to America and worked hard. America is now in great fiscal trouble because only about 50% of Americans are working hard. But, it is not too late. The GOP governors recited their success stories to show what can be done if there is a will to do it. The others told of their families because they wanted all Americans to understand that in America we work - we do not wait for the government to feed and clothe us. We find work and we take care of ourselves. Only the truly needy should expect and receive help.
They told their stories to underscore the fact that President Obama has failed -- to lead, to have the will to turn the country around, to say to the 50% who are working, I’m with you. Instead, he has chosen to take the taxes of the 50% who work and distribute the money to the other 50% in the hope that they will vote for him, whether they are eligible voters or not.
That is the message coming out of the Republican Convention for the past two days.
But, Milbank and all the others are so sure that the large tree in the forest holding them by the ankles while they dangle in front of the nose-scraping bark is the entire world that they are completely missing reality. If they ever fall to the ground, peek around the tree and see the forest, they will feel a lot like the poor cows and horses and sheep in Animal Farm peeking through the dining room window to see their leaders, socialist pigs, eating at a banquet table while they themselves were being fed garbage before being carted off to the slaughterhouse.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Mitt Romney, a Humble Man
It was clear last night as Ann Romney delivered her energetic speech in defense of her husband’s human qualities that the GOP, or at least the Republican delegates in the Tampa Convention Center, did not need to be convinced.
Their cheers, jangling of trinkets with Romney’s name on them, waving of flags and posters that read, “We love Ann” and “Romney Ryan” were proof that they didn’t need any convincing.
Political conventions are like that. The delegates are there to nominate their standard bearer for the most important election Americans face. Thank goodness, it’s only once ever four years.
They are partisan. They love the person who will be nominated. They think he will be the best President ever elected, and then they go home to work hard to get him elected. We’ll see it all again next week in Charlotte when the Democrats convene their convention to nominate Barak Obama for a second term.
But, this time around, there has been a media frenzy about whether Mitt Romney is “likeable.” Likeability is supposed to be the new glue that connects a President to the American people for the four years of his term. Obama is “likeable” and it shows up in every poll.
But, likeability is a vague term, “made up” as words often are in English to define a new concept. It seems to mean that the person will be your friend, confidant, cheerleader, pastor, scout master, older brother, mother and grandparents - all rolled into one.
When you consider these definitions - likeability seems easier to understand.
Likeability is being friendly, being easy to talk to, caring about you, being rooted in a way that makes the person dependable and dependably on your side, no matter what.
And, if you consider what Ann Romney said about her husband last night, he is all of those things, and more. It is not only Ann Romney who feels that her husband is likeable, almost every person who has ever worked with or for him expresses the same feeling about him. And, his five sons say he is a super dad.
So, what is the media talking about?
I don’t think it is a question of likeability at all.
It is a matter of character and personality.
Mitt Romney was raised in a Christian church that emphasizes service to others. His family lived those values. He went to France for 30 months to do the same. And when he returned to the United States, he took on church duties, helped his neighbors, and was polite and unassuming about it. His later achievements tell the same story of a man who is downright humble about himself, even in the face of overwhelming success.
If you have watched Mitt Romney deliver a political attack of any kind during the past year, you will surely remember that the attack was always softened by saying something good about the person, or by smiling - not a smirk but a genuine smile - as much as to say, I don’t want to say this, but since I need to, please understand that I’m not attacking you as fellow human being.
I don’t know how he’ll do in the debates against Obama, because Barak Obama is a person full of pride in his accomplishments and his place in the world. It shows in his words, in his facial expressions and in his walk. That is not a criticism, it is just a fact. And, Obama is far more the norm in this regard than is Romney. There are very few people who are successful in the sense that Mitt Romney has been successful who maintain this kind of humility.
Often they are soldiers. My father, who was a decorated and distinguished warrior, never could understand why anybody made such a fuss about it. For him, it was simply a matter of duty. Of doing the best job possible.
I thought of my father last night as I watched Mitt Romney, sitting and forming almost a protective curve of his body, as the convention hall exploded with applause when Governor Christie praised Romney as the next President of the United States.
If you were watching his face, you might have thought he was going to tear-up. His eyes were soft and disbelieving. His body language was that of someone who wished the spotlight would shine on someone else.
Ronald Reagan was like that. Despite his smiling face and twinkling eyes, President Reagan was an unassuming man, proud to serve his country and sure that he had been called to do something important, all the while wondering why he was the one.
His famous, “If not now, when? If not us, who?” was almost the motto of his public service.
Mitt Romney will be the same, in his own way. He knows he has been called to serve. He knows he can do the job. And, I know that what he wants is just to be allowed to get on with it while America can still be saved.
Their cheers, jangling of trinkets with Romney’s name on them, waving of flags and posters that read, “We love Ann” and “Romney Ryan” were proof that they didn’t need any convincing.
Political conventions are like that. The delegates are there to nominate their standard bearer for the most important election Americans face. Thank goodness, it’s only once ever four years.
They are partisan. They love the person who will be nominated. They think he will be the best President ever elected, and then they go home to work hard to get him elected. We’ll see it all again next week in Charlotte when the Democrats convene their convention to nominate Barak Obama for a second term.
But, this time around, there has been a media frenzy about whether Mitt Romney is “likeable.” Likeability is supposed to be the new glue that connects a President to the American people for the four years of his term. Obama is “likeable” and it shows up in every poll.
But, likeability is a vague term, “made up” as words often are in English to define a new concept. It seems to mean that the person will be your friend, confidant, cheerleader, pastor, scout master, older brother, mother and grandparents - all rolled into one.
When you consider these definitions - likeability seems easier to understand.
Likeability is being friendly, being easy to talk to, caring about you, being rooted in a way that makes the person dependable and dependably on your side, no matter what.
And, if you consider what Ann Romney said about her husband last night, he is all of those things, and more. It is not only Ann Romney who feels that her husband is likeable, almost every person who has ever worked with or for him expresses the same feeling about him. And, his five sons say he is a super dad.
So, what is the media talking about?
I don’t think it is a question of likeability at all.
It is a matter of character and personality.
Mitt Romney was raised in a Christian church that emphasizes service to others. His family lived those values. He went to France for 30 months to do the same. And when he returned to the United States, he took on church duties, helped his neighbors, and was polite and unassuming about it. His later achievements tell the same story of a man who is downright humble about himself, even in the face of overwhelming success.
If you have watched Mitt Romney deliver a political attack of any kind during the past year, you will surely remember that the attack was always softened by saying something good about the person, or by smiling - not a smirk but a genuine smile - as much as to say, I don’t want to say this, but since I need to, please understand that I’m not attacking you as fellow human being.
I don’t know how he’ll do in the debates against Obama, because Barak Obama is a person full of pride in his accomplishments and his place in the world. It shows in his words, in his facial expressions and in his walk. That is not a criticism, it is just a fact. And, Obama is far more the norm in this regard than is Romney. There are very few people who are successful in the sense that Mitt Romney has been successful who maintain this kind of humility.
Often they are soldiers. My father, who was a decorated and distinguished warrior, never could understand why anybody made such a fuss about it. For him, it was simply a matter of duty. Of doing the best job possible.
I thought of my father last night as I watched Mitt Romney, sitting and forming almost a protective curve of his body, as the convention hall exploded with applause when Governor Christie praised Romney as the next President of the United States.
If you were watching his face, you might have thought he was going to tear-up. His eyes were soft and disbelieving. His body language was that of someone who wished the spotlight would shine on someone else.
Ronald Reagan was like that. Despite his smiling face and twinkling eyes, President Reagan was an unassuming man, proud to serve his country and sure that he had been called to do something important, all the while wondering why he was the one.
His famous, “If not now, when? If not us, who?” was almost the motto of his public service.
Mitt Romney will be the same, in his own way. He knows he has been called to serve. He knows he can do the job. And, I know that what he wants is just to be allowed to get on with it while America can still be saved.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Mitt Romney - a Real American
The Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida, gets into full swing today with speeches this evening by Ann Romney and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. In the next three days, Mitt Romney will be nominated as the GOP presidential candidate, with Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate.
In the media drumbeat up to the convention, I have been angered, appalled, dismayed, irritated and even downright mad -- but never surprised -- at the negative commentary heaped upon Mr. Romney by the media. It seems, if we put any faith in the media’s description of the man, that he is -- aloof, too rich, unconnected to the real world, unloved by most Americans, unable to match President Obama in a popularity contest -- just not “the kind of person who would be a good President for ordinary Americans” is the all too clear implication.
This morning on the early CNBC show, one of the anchors known for his conservative and Republican leanings actually suggested that the media is biased. He dared to ask out loud: Why did we not hear that John Kerry was rich - and worse that he married his wealth which is much greater than the wealth that Mitt Romney accumulated through his own effort and hard work? His answer was: because Kerry is a Democrat and we all know that Democrats are the people’s party.
A sad comment, but oh so true.
Worse yet, the Democratic Kennedys were never lambasted for their wealth, garnered by their father’s moonshine empire during Prohibition. In fact, the media loved to call them the American Royal Family dedicated to social good works.
But, if a Republican has worked hard, as Mitt Romney has all his life, made money, created jobs, married the woman he loved, is still married after 43 years with not even the first hint of extra-marital affairs or cars run amok on island roads, and raised five well-behaved sons to be proud of - well, he’s just out touch with Americans. Because he’s a Republican.
But, to put Mitt Romney into perspective as an American with a Big A:
- he went to public high school
- he married his high school sweetheart
- he served has served his church in many ways all his life - always refusing to be paid for his work
- he earned both law and MBA degrees from Harvard
- he managed the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics into a $100 Million success after taking the job over from those who had piled up a $400 Million deficit - refusing his entire salary and working unpaid
- he served as governor of Massachusetts and got along with a Democratic legislature well enough that they agreed to help him eliminate the Commonwealth’s $1.5 Billion deficit - refusing his salary and working unpaid
- he gave his entire inheritance from his father to charity
Mitt Romney is one of the wealthiest self-made men in our country but he has given more back to its citizens in terms of money, service and time than most men.
But, Mitt Romney doesn’t like to talk about these things because he considers them to be normal, his duty as someone who has been blessed by life.
As an example, in 2011 Mitt Romney gave over $4 million to charity, almost 19% of his income....
- Just for comparison purposes, Obama gave 1%
- Joe Biden gave $300 or .0013%.
So, although I do not like personal attacks and I do not agree with negative political ads, I feel that it is time for the exception that proves the rule.
Who would you rather see as the next American President?
The man I just described, or a man who :
- was raised outside the United States in non-Christian cultures until he was a young teenager
- went to a Muslim school as a child living in Indonesia
- will not tell us anything about his educational records
- will not release any notes about who his clients were during his law career
- was a community organizer who never created the first job for anyone but himself
- came to Christianity late, by his own words, and as we know, at the knees of a pastor who is anti-American in his sentiments as his own words prove.
For me, the answer is so clear that it defies argument.
And maybe that’s why the media is assassinating Romney with doubt-spreading meanly negative innuendos.
Maybe the media knows that this is the only way that Obama, whom they favor because he shares their leftist views, can win.
Because if the real truth and the real comparisons were made by the media, Romney would win 100% of the vote come November.
In the media drumbeat up to the convention, I have been angered, appalled, dismayed, irritated and even downright mad -- but never surprised -- at the negative commentary heaped upon Mr. Romney by the media. It seems, if we put any faith in the media’s description of the man, that he is -- aloof, too rich, unconnected to the real world, unloved by most Americans, unable to match President Obama in a popularity contest -- just not “the kind of person who would be a good President for ordinary Americans” is the all too clear implication.
This morning on the early CNBC show, one of the anchors known for his conservative and Republican leanings actually suggested that the media is biased. He dared to ask out loud: Why did we not hear that John Kerry was rich - and worse that he married his wealth which is much greater than the wealth that Mitt Romney accumulated through his own effort and hard work? His answer was: because Kerry is a Democrat and we all know that Democrats are the people’s party.
A sad comment, but oh so true.
Worse yet, the Democratic Kennedys were never lambasted for their wealth, garnered by their father’s moonshine empire during Prohibition. In fact, the media loved to call them the American Royal Family dedicated to social good works.
But, if a Republican has worked hard, as Mitt Romney has all his life, made money, created jobs, married the woman he loved, is still married after 43 years with not even the first hint of extra-marital affairs or cars run amok on island roads, and raised five well-behaved sons to be proud of - well, he’s just out touch with Americans. Because he’s a Republican.
But, to put Mitt Romney into perspective as an American with a Big A:
- he went to public high school
- he married his high school sweetheart
- he served has served his church in many ways all his life - always refusing to be paid for his work
- he earned both law and MBA degrees from Harvard
- he managed the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics into a $100 Million success after taking the job over from those who had piled up a $400 Million deficit - refusing his entire salary and working unpaid
- he served as governor of Massachusetts and got along with a Democratic legislature well enough that they agreed to help him eliminate the Commonwealth’s $1.5 Billion deficit - refusing his salary and working unpaid
- he gave his entire inheritance from his father to charity
Mitt Romney is one of the wealthiest self-made men in our country but he has given more back to its citizens in terms of money, service and time than most men.
But, Mitt Romney doesn’t like to talk about these things because he considers them to be normal, his duty as someone who has been blessed by life.
As an example, in 2011 Mitt Romney gave over $4 million to charity, almost 19% of his income....
- Just for comparison purposes, Obama gave 1%
- Joe Biden gave $300 or .0013%.
So, although I do not like personal attacks and I do not agree with negative political ads, I feel that it is time for the exception that proves the rule.
Who would you rather see as the next American President?
The man I just described, or a man who :
- was raised outside the United States in non-Christian cultures until he was a young teenager
- went to a Muslim school as a child living in Indonesia
- will not tell us anything about his educational records
- will not release any notes about who his clients were during his law career
- was a community organizer who never created the first job for anyone but himself
- came to Christianity late, by his own words, and as we know, at the knees of a pastor who is anti-American in his sentiments as his own words prove.
For me, the answer is so clear that it defies argument.
And maybe that’s why the media is assassinating Romney with doubt-spreading meanly negative innuendos.
Maybe the media knows that this is the only way that Obama, whom they favor because he shares their leftist views, can win.
Because if the real truth and the real comparisons were made by the media, Romney would win 100% of the vote come November.
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