Look, just an idea, take it or leave it..... but don't let it escape you that this was and is a defining moment in our political history and, really, in the history of the world. There are plenty of good folks out there and this video was aimed squarely between their eyes...folks who are going to vote Republican because they've been unable to cut through the noise of their a.m. radio ...or whatever their particular ailment might be. Good folks, nonetheless...who simply haven't considered a reasonable point of view in a long time....good folks who will vote for McCain next Tuesday unless we change their minds. Imagine if they voted for Obama, instead.
The video is 27 minutes long. Tomorrow, I'm sending it to my right wing friends who just don't seem to get it, asking them to watch it. I'm Asking if they can spare 27 minutes for the future of their country..if for nothing else, then out of respect for me and my point of view. I think most will watch it, and I'm sending it with this message. You're welcome to it....use it, fix it, improve it, but whatever you do....send the video out to your friends and family. Put the viral power of our knowledge to work and be ready to duke it out for Barrack.
Every year, we all find it more difficult to get ahead and harder just to get by. The fundamental effect of GOP policy on the vast majority of Americans, i.e., the poor, lower class, lower middle class, middle class and upper middle class...those of us working hard to get by or trying to save a little and get ahead....is to make life harder, rather than easier.
Under GOP policies, you pay more and more for energy, water, medicine and food... Prices go up while the quality of what you get goes down. Insurance premiums go up, while insurance coverage goes down. You pay social security taxes, while they tell you you'll never see a cent of it and while you watch them spend $700B on a bailout of financial corporations. Every year YOU work harder and YOU pay more for virtually everything .... but one thing is clear YOU get less. The only solution offered by the GOP to solve your plight is that you should work harder! But aren't you already working pretty hard? How many more jobs should you have?
Conservative political and economic philosophy sees most of U.S. (citizens) only as a source of profit...a consumer base to be bilked of our money, time and labor. This is great if you make more than $250K/year, because you can totally thrive in that system....but less than 3% of America is "thriving" that way. This system is even better if you are like the even smaller class of super rich Americans who own MOST of the wealth in this Country and live very comfortably entirely off the money their money makes ...that's right...that's how much money they've got...enough that they don't need to work and can live better than you entirely off the profits of their money...which is ONLY taxed at 15%.
These are the folks who run and determine GOP political, economic and diplomatic policy...these are the folks with major holdings in the very corporations that are selling you everything and anything you need just to survive...selling you less for more, year after year....and AFTER and on top of the taxes you pay. While they spend your tax dollars on policies that benefit them, shit while they spend $10Trillion on credit on top of the taxes....somehow...someway....they want you to feel sorry that their taxes are going to eek up a tick under Obama. That's why they are trying to scare you from voting for Obama rather than talking about policy.
But ask yourself, what return are average Americans getting for their tax dollar investment? What are you entitled to expect for your tax dollar? At an important time in our history and in the face of a national election where that issue is squarely on the table and amidst skyrocketing debt, looming economic crisis and war, you should ask whether you deserve more. I think you deserve better than you're getting. Democratic policy is more than a little better than what you're getting. And Barrack Obama is a lot better than the Democrats you're used to.
Watch the video.
It's time for leadership that sees America as more than it's corporate interests. It's time to rebuild this Country. It's time to get smart and be smart. We're nearly bankrupt. We're mired in two wars. Our Corporations have shipped jobs and manufacturing overseas. It's time for a government that's loyal to those of U.S. that are loyal to it.
The political strategy of the conservative movement is to keep their power and status quo by heaping burdens on you while trying to scare you away from the only candidate who is really looking out for you. Watch the video.
Barrack Obama is an American. I am an American and this American is voting for Barrack Obama.