Saturday, February 12, 2011

2012 - Can An Honest Politician Get Elected?

Should a candidate appeal to voters’ reason and love of liberty? What kind of a politician would not?

Many Republican primary hopefuls espouse Christianity-based policies in a government setting. I hope for a politician who would stand up for religious freedom, who would denounce theocracy warriors, and who would defend Thomas Jefferson’s wall of separation.

Republicans must bear in mind what transpired in New York 23rd in 2009. NY-23rd, held by the GOP since the Civil War, rejected theocracy warriors: Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and other supporters of the Conservative Party, described by Ayn Rand as “not an American political party, but a religious party – A PHENOMENON FORBIDDEN BY THE CONSTITUTION.”

The theocracy warriors chased out pro-choice, pro-gay-rights State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, chosen by local GOP leaders as their nominee. The theocracy warriors sought to dictate.

NY-23rd voters asserted their independence! Doug Hoffman, the candidate of the Conservative Party and the Dark-Ages warriors, lost in 2009 and in the 2010 primary.
I hope for a politician who has the courage to defend EQUAL inherent inalienable rights, who would stand up for ALL businessmen and not just for small businessmen, who would be a representative for ALL citizens and not pander to the poor, the middle class, or to particular minorities.

I hope for a politician who would expose the brazen dishonesty of context dropping.

The United States Congress passed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) in 1986, under Ronald Reagan’s watch. EMTALA requires hospitals and ambulance services to provide care to anyone needing emergency treatment regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability to pay. EMTALA applies to virtually all hospitals in the U.S but includes no provisions for reimbursement. The law is therefore considered an "UNFUNDED safety net program" for patients seeking care at the nation's emergency rooms. As a result of the 1986 EMTALA legislation, HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FACE UNPAID BILLS AND MOUNTING EXPENSES TO CARE FOR THE UNINSURED.
People who tout that the Obamacare/Romneycare individual mandate is unconstitutional evade that the EMTALA, Medicare, Medicaid, and drug prescription entitlements are unconstitutional, too, since independent equals do not have slaves that would provide manmade values like healthcare. It is dishonorable for a state to desire opting out of a healthcare individual mandate without an accompanying opting out of healthcare entitlements. This is wanting something for nothing: the creed of a looter.

Mitt Romney, the only 2012 presidential hopeful (based on my research so far - update 2/13/2011: Gary Johnson was a business owner) who has created jobs in the private sector, is being rejected because of Romneycare.

Sourced from Wikipedia:

With Bain & Company, Romney had a record of success with clients such as the Monsanto Company, Outboard Marine Corporation, Burlington Industries, and Corning Incorporated.

In 1984, Romney co-founded Bain Capital. As general partner, Romney was FRUGAL and CAUTIOUS, spending little on office appearance and finding the weak spots in so many potential deals. Their first big success was Staples Inc.; Bain Capital eventually reaped a nearly sevenfold return on its investment.

The firm successfully invested in or acquired many well-known companies such as Accuride, Brookstone, Domino's Pizza, Sealy Corporation, Sports Authority, and Artisan Entertainment, as well as lesser-known companies in the industrial and medical sectors.

Romney left Bain Capital in February 1999 to serve as the President and CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Organizing Committee. By that time, Bain Capital was on its way to being one of the top private equity firms in the nation, having increased its number of partners from 5 to 18, had 115 employees overall, and had $4 billion under its management.
Romney answers health care critics - http://gop12.thehill.com/2009/07/romney-answers-health-care-critics.html

“His reply is two-fold. First, that if the criterion for the plan's success is greater coverage, it's worked. And not only has it worked, it's working "almost precisely as budgeted".

That being said, there are aspects of the program he doesn't like, and if he were King, he'd strip the program of some of its "excessive coverages" to help it break even.

Second, he claims the program's costs are unfairly maligned because they're LOOKED AT IN A VACCUUMM. Health care costs have exploded across the country, including Massachusetts. If you analyze one state, you need to look at the rest, too. One state alone can't quell health care costs, and some changes at the federal level are crucial to enabling success at the local.”
A CEO of a private company must deal with economic regulations while running his company, whether or not he endorses those regulations. Likewise, a governor must deal with UNFUNDED entitlements enacted by others.

Responsible individuals take care of their needs. Honorable citizens do not burden others. Dealing with UNFUNDED entitlements in one’s state so as not to burden other states is honorable. An honorable governor is not vilified by the just, by the honest, by those who do not drop context.

US citizens, do you want the EMTALA, Medicare, Medicaid, and drug prescription entitlements though they do not grow on trees and thus must be funded? If yes, how should they be funded? If not, how should they be funded while convincing others that they should be ended? Honest politicians and voters would not just condemn Romneycare but would answer these questions.

I hope for a politician who learns from his political mistakes and shares them to the world, who appeals to reason, who shows respect to voters by offering them the truth, and who has a firm conviction that the USA is a nation of just and decent people who learn from their own mistakes and would vote for an honest politician committed to the Declaration of Independence.

51 comments:

Ilyn Ross said...

Gary Johnson does not repudiate the Kyoto Treaty. He wants Federal tax incentives for energy. He wants Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. He is for State primacy over water quantity & quality issues.

He is for BIG coercive government.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Gary_Johnson.htm

Ilyn Ross said...

Gary Johnson was a business owner -

"While in college, Johnson earned money as a door-to-door handyman. His success in that arena encouraged him to start his own business, Big J Enterprises, which was founded in 1976. When he started the business, Johnson was its only employee.[10] He eventually grew Big J into a multi-million dollar corporation with over 1000 employees.[11] By the time he sold the company, in 1999, it was one of New Mexico's leading construction companies."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_E._Johnson

Ilyn Ross said...

I think most politicians hold that in order to get elected, they must hide the truth, evade, or lie. But, in order to have honest politicians, there should be honest voters first.

Many in the popular media are not purveyors of truth. It's great that the Internet exists.

Ilyn Ross said...

Most of the Republican primary hopefuls are Dark-Ages warriors or Reaganites. I could not vote for McCain in 2008. I am doing my best this early to help out seek and spread the truth, so this won't happen in 2012.

In 2008, DARK-AGES WARRIORS scored a victory when Barack Obama's opponent, a speech infringer, anti-gun, anti-capitalism, whose hero is dedicated Antitrust enforcer Theodore Roosevelt, the first POTUS to endorse the income tax and the inheritance tax who also endorsed socialized medicine, chose a gravitas-free puppet of THEOCRACY WARRIORS as running mate.

http://ilynross.blogspot.com/2011/01/dark-ages-warriors.html

Ilyn Ross said...

It is great that Ron Paul and Rand Paul are auditing the Fed towards ending it, that they are for freedom in economics, thus against economic regulations.

I vehemently disagree with Ron Paul's foreign policy (I don't know Rand's) - he evades that Iran and other THUG countries INITIATED force when they nationalized oil properties which were discovered and operated using the West's science, technology, equipment, and capital. He evades that the only function of the government is to secure rights, that American farmers saved Europe from starvation during WWI & II, that Europe has not paid American taxpayers for the Marshall Plan, that America is a good country, and that there are terrorists who want to harm America because of her founding principles.

I also abhor the Pauls' stand on abortion. I just read a few days ago that Rand supports the Life at Conception Act and that he opposes abortion even in cases of incest and rape.

Ilyn Ross said...

Unemployment, the national debt, FED/EPA/FDA/CZARS/SEC/thelike, terrorism, and sacrificial ROEs are the most pressing issues.

All DARK-AGES warriors are out - the Pauls are almost in this category because of their abortion stance but I hope they are just misguided (I maybe evading or overly generous, since they are doctors). I don't think Ron Paul is good for terrorism/ROEs.

Right now, I lean towards Romney, but I will continue to evaluate others as long as they are not pro-theocracy.

Ilyn Ross said...

Because of Ron Paul's "It's America's fault" mentality, he will be negligent in preventing other 9-11s. An appeaser, he could cause other 9-11s.

Ilyn Ross said...

Obama and the US Congress have the power to repeal EMTALA, Medicare, Medicaid, and drug prescription entitlements.

A governor does not.

Ilyn Ross said...

Obama and the US Congress had/have the power to repeal EMTALA, Medicare, Medicaid, and drug prescription entitlements. They did/have not.

A governor cannot end federal entitlements - he must implement them.

Criticism without an alternative is intellectually DISHONEST - How should entitlements be funded while convincing others that they should be ended?

Ilyn Ross said...

Since a governor cannot end but must implement federal entitlements: how should entitlements be funded while convincing others that they should be ended?

Ilyn Ross said...

http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-16.pdf

Ilyn Ross said...

Like Thomas Jefferson, I am for the wall of separation between government, which is force, and ALL non force realms, e.g. healthcare.

Unlike Bush/Obama and the US Congress, a governor cannot repeal federal entitlements but must implement them. Especially for unfunded entitlements like the EMTALA, I think it is honorable for a governor to try to fund such entitlements in his own state instead of being a burden to other states.

It is easy to criticize. But with all due respect, it takes intellectual dishonesty to criticise without an alternative. While one is convincing the country to end federal entitlements, how should one fund them?

Which presidential hopeful are you advocating for? Has he/she announced that he/she will END federal entitlements, and how he/she will fund them while they have not been ended?

Ilyn Ross said...

Reacting to the underwear bomber, Ron Paul said - "They are terrorists because we are occupiers!"

Where and when did the US ever INITIATE force? Where and when did the US force itself when asked to leave by a country it helped to be free?

Ron Paul despicably bashes his own country. He was a Libertarian candidate. The founding principle of the LP is anarchism. As president, Ron Paul could destroy the US government from within.

Ilyn Ross said...

Mitch Daniels

Thumbs up - Daniels has offered an unapologetic prescription for the GOP, which has caused him some grief with his own party. He has called for a moratorium on pursuit of social-issue legislation, a top concern for the Republican’s evangelical wing.

Concern - he could be a Reaganite.

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/02/11/daniels-at-cpac-calls-for-broad-civil-conservative-coalition/

Ilyn Ross said...

Mitch Daniels is a Reaganite.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/02/12/debt_is_the_new_red_menace_108875.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d5be8fc79e2c88e%2C0

Under Reagan, job creators, e.g. Mike Milken, were gestapoed. Reagan quadrupled the national debt. While touting he cut taxes, he expanded the SS tax & AMT, & called other taxes: fees, plugging loopholes, IRS enforcement, revenue enhancement. He instituted entitlements, e.g. EMTALA. He dishonored justice when soldiers were killed. He funded terrorists.

Ilyn Ross said...

Chris Christie Calls Out Democrats and Republicans on Fiscal Issues

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/16/chris-christie-calls-democrats-republicans-fiscal-issues/

Ilyn Ross said...

Action delineates and defines a person. Christie gave a $261 million tax break to a half-built casino in Atlantic City

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq_ed_board/Why_is_Christie_bailing_out_a_casino.html

Why doesn't he give a tax break to everyone?

Ilyn Ross said...

Christie is MIA in the Obamacare and 2nd Amendment battles. He is active in choosing which corrupt casinos get tax credits.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/gov-christie-his-state-not-joining-other

"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Wednesday that New Jersey can’t afford to join other states in a legal battle over the constitutionality of Obamacare and that he wants residents in his state to “get a free ride” if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of the states that are suing to stop its implementation."

Ilyn Ross said...

Rand Paul is anti-freedom. He advocates that we are our brothers' keepers and that we have an obligation to take care of them.

http://networkedblogs.com/eJXUO?a=share&ref=nf

Ilyn Ross said...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/14/tea-party-allen-west-censorship-media/

Allen West - SPEECH INFRINGER! Power luster!

And Newt Gingrich considers him VP material.

Ilyn Ross said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K42AZUK84GQ&feature=player_embedded

Gingrich: SPEECH INFRINGER! Power luster!

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the WikiLeaks exposés are embarrassing and awkward but would not significantly complicate US foreign policy. Yet, tyrant-wannabes, like Gingrich, lust to gestapo Julian Assange.

http://ilynross.blogspot.com/2010/12/tyrant-wannabe-charles-krauthammer.html

Ilyn Ross said...

"The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Ronald Reagan successfully did this.
http://ilynross.blogspot.com/2010/01/are-you-jeffersonian-or-reaganite.html

Americans rejected the Libertarian Party, whose founding principle is anarchism, so its members are invading the GOP. Voters have rejected the Conservative Party, whose founding principle is theocracy, so its members have invaded the GOP.

Ilyn Ross said...

Let us prioritize removing the Obama administration in 2012. Let us not alienate the pro-choice and the pro civil unions.

Advise the GOP primary candidates to not tear each other down.

Save America!

Ilyn Ross said...

Let us prioritize removing the Obama administration in 2012. Let us not alienate the pro-choice and the pro civil unions.

Advise the GOP primary candidates to not tear each other down.

Save America!

Ilyn Ross said...

Let us further debate later, because DARK-AGES warriors will give OBAMA another four years to position himself as king.

Gays have rights EQUAL to every man. The anti-choice are anti-science: the embryo is NOT an actual living human: it does not have a central nervous system, hence, no brain activity. It does not breathe; it is not sentient.

Ilyn Ross said...

I am fighting to keep out theocracy warriors and US bashers (e.g. anti-defense) from the government, especially the oval office.

Ilyn Ross said...

From Edwin Gravitt (thank you, new friend) - "Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them." - Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833

Ilyn Ross said...

I don't think Ron Paul is good for ROEs, nor good for the fight against terrorism.

I think the Pauls are DARK-AGES warriors because of their stance on abortion and their belief that we are our brothers' keepers, thus we have an obligation to take care of them.

Ilyn Ross said...

Romney: NOT a theocracy warrior, NOT a US basher. JOB CREATOR!

Ilyn Ross said...

Christie gave a $261 million tax break to a half-built casino in Atlantic City -
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq_ed_board/Why_is_Christie_bailing_out_a_casino.html

Christie is NOT for EQUAL justice. He SELLS favors; he certainly has sold his soul.

Ilyn Ross said...

Christie is active in choosing which corrupt casinos get tax credits, but he is MIA in the Obamacare and 2nd Amendment battles.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/gov-christie-his-state-not-joining-other

Fencesitting is ALWAYS evil.

Ilyn Ross said...

John Allison deemed TARP “a huge rip-off”, yet he accepted TARP FUNDS. He is no Howard Roark, certainly not a Patrick Henry.

http://ilynross.blogspot.com/2010/01/bb-chairman-john-allison-its-patrick_16.html

If Allison loves his country, why doesn't he run?

Ilyn Ross said...

"Having spent my career in the private sector, I know a thing or two about how jobs are created and how they are lost." - Mitt Romney

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1321747&format=text

Ilyn Ross said...

Herman Cain 'No Need to Audit The Federal Reserve'
http://libertypulse.com/article/7784/

NO to Herman Cain.

Ilyn Ross said...

In an interview by Brit Hume on the Fox News Conservatism series, Ron Paul LIED about Ayn Rand, saying that she was hostile to those with faith.

Ayn Rand was hostile to theocracy warriors, never to those with private faith.

Such a lie evinces that Ron Paul is not pro-capitalism nor pro-reason, and it cements his pro-DARK-AGES stance.

Ilyn Ross said...

http://dyn.politico.com/members/forums/thread.cfm?catid=1&subcatid=1&threadid=5327432&sort=1

In the wide-ranging interview with Kudlow — Romney's first TV appearance and press interview since announcing his exploratory committee — the former Masachusetts governor stood up for his record on health care, taxes and other issues.

Despite Kudlow's often combative questioning, Romney stuck relentlessly to his economy-and-job-creation message, refusing to criticize Ben Bernanke even as the Federal Reserve's monetary policy has become a frequent target on the right.

"I think Ben Bernanke is a student of monetary policy; he's doing as good a job as he thinks he can do," Romney said when Kudlow asked what kind of job Bernanke is doing. "I'm not going to spend my time going after Ben Bernanke. I'm not going to spend my time focusing on the Federal Reserve."

Ilyn Ross said...

Chris Christie supported his firing. For shame!

N.J. Transit Worker Fired for Burning Koran Rehired, Compensated for 'Pain and Suffering'

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/22/nj-transit-worker-fired-burning-koran-rehired-compensated-pain-suffering/

Ilyn Ross said...

I am doing my best to help out in the cause of freedom, e.g. replace the lying, US-bashing looter in the office first occupied by George Washington. There are no Thomas Jeffersons for now, but I hope to have a presidential candidate who is NOT a Dark-Ages warrior, who loves the US and its founding principles, who is committed to preventing other 911s, and who knows how to create jobs in the private sector.

"The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, [and] we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good." - Thomas Jefferson

Ilyn Ross said...

Pawlenty defends ethanol subsidies

http://gop12.thehill.com/2011/04/pawlenty-defends-ethanol-subsidies.html

Ilyn Ross said...

Mitch Daniels will sign bill to defund Planned Parenthood

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20058671-503544.html?tag=stack

Reaganite. Theocracy warrior.

"The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.... Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.” - Thomas Jefferson

Ilyn Ross said...

Huckabee: DARK-AGES WARRIOR. He and his kind are destroying the GOP. They will gift King Barack with another term.

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/31/mike-huckabee-david-barton/

Mike Huckabee Wants Every American To Be ‘Forced At Gun Point’ To Learn From Radical Historian

Ilyn Ross said...

Santorum is anti Declaration of Independence. He shamelessly distorts the Founding principles.

To value is a function of the self – it is selfish to care for loved ones; their well-being or happiness is not divorced from the valuer’s. That good people live and prosper is in one’s own self-interest. ...to cherish a society that respects individual rights is selfish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03zFTTqHScI&feature=share

Ilyn Ross said...

That Ron Paul equates the CIA with the Federal Reserve evinces he is pro-anarchism. The CIA performs a rights-protection function, the only proper function of government, while the Federal Reserve is an intervention in a non-force realm.

As POTUS, Ron Paul would be unable to prevent other 911s, and a disaster to ROEs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dECSYm5bSM&feature=share

Ilyn Ross said...

Ken-Gjøran Johansen via Mark Nitikman - "The Justice who wrote this decision, Stephen David, was appointed to the post a year ago by Gov. Mitch Daniels. Just another question voters should be asking Daniels if he enters the race."

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/in_indiana_no_right_to_resist_unlawful_police_entry_at_home/

Ilyn Ross said...

Romney won't sign abortion pledge - Kendra Marr
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57256.html

Kudos, Mr. Romney! Reason Reigns!

Ilyn Ross said...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/14/michele-bachmanns-unrivaled-extremism-gay-rights-to-religion.html

Ilyn Ross said...

The Undiscerning and Dangerous Appreciation of Ron Paul
By DLB on May 21, 2011

http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2011/05/21/the-undiscerning-and-dangerous-appreciation-of-ron-paul/

‎"I consider abortion an act of violence." - Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66jpPCIzza8

Ron Paul Blames 9/11 On America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuX73Ixqtbg

Ilyn Ross said...

Ron Paul blames 911 on America. He commented on the underwear bomber incident, "They are terrorists because we are occupiers!"

Ron Paul evades that Iran and other THUG countries INITIATED force when they nationalized oil properties which were discovered and operated using the West's science, technology, equipment, and capital. He evades that the only function of the government is to secure rights, that American farmers saved Europe from starvation during WWI & II, that Europe has not paid American taxpayers for the Marshall Plan, that America is a good country, and that there are terrorists who want to harm America because of her founding principles.

Ilyn Ross said...

America helped Afghanistan when she was invaded by the USSR. Afghanistan responded by coddling the 911 criminals.

Ron Paul evades that Iran and other THUG countries INITIATED force when they nationalized oil properties which were discovered and operated using the West's science, technology, equipment, and capital. He evades that the only function of the government is to secure rights, that American farmers saved Europe from starvation during WWI & II, that Europe has not paid American taxpayers for the Marshall Plan, that America is a good country, and that there are terrorists who want to harm America because of her founding principles.

Ilyn Ross said...

"WE ARE A NATION OF MANY PEOPLES and beliefs. The only way to respect all citizens is to allow each to make personal decisions themselves." - GJ

"Become reality driven. Don't kid yourself or others. Find out what's what and base your decisions and actions on that." - GJ

http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/

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Gary Johnson was a business owner -

"While in college, Johnson earned money as a door-to-door handyman. His success in that arena encouraged him to start his own business, Big J Enterprises, which was founded in 1976. When he started the ...business, Johnson was its only employee.[10] He eventually grew Big J into a multi-million dollar corporation with over 1000 employees.[11] By the time he sold the company, in 1999, it was one of New Mexico's leading construction companies."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_E._Johnson

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I need to research if these are facts:

Gary Johnson does not repudiate the Kyoto Treaty. He wants Federal tax incentives for energy. He wants Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. He is for State primacy over water quantity & quality issues.

If these are true: he holds huge contradictions.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Gary_Johnson.htm

Ilyn Ross said...

There is a Conservative Party, and it is theocratic.

In 2009, the GOP lost New York’s 23rd Congressional District, held by the Republican Party since the Civil War. Conservatives in the GOP chased out pro-choice, pro-gay-rights State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, chosen by local GOP leaders as their nominee, and then supported the CONSERVATIVE PARTY candidate: Douglas Hoffman.

Owens defeated Hoffman DESPITE a VOTER REGISTRATION EDGE of 45,000 for Republicans and big-name endorsements for Hoffman from Palin, Limbaugh, Beck...