Guys, you know I like wrestling. And you know what one of my favorite promotions are?
United States Politics. Every week we get amazing promos, smack talk and somebody gets suplexed.
It's fucking awesome.
So what I'm gonna do here is post a review of my fave political show, Meet the Press. All these things are my opinion, and I mean no disrespect to my liberal or conservative brothers and sisters. I love all you guys and I just wanna have a nice discussion about a dirty subject.
Politics.
Here are my thoughts on this week's episode. All the subjects are bolded so ya'll can just jump to the bits you like.
Please leave your thoughts and counter arguments, maybe I'll learn something, maybe you'll learn something. Should be fun.
The first big story covered this week was Ebola. Seems to be a public fear that this thing can't be contained on account of it spreading to Dallas. What I come away with is this ... ebola probably won't be something we're still talking about a year from now.
I think the United States is very equipped with medical centers in all the densely populated areas to keep an outbreak from happening. I also think that news people can't resist a good scare and are a little irresponsible in their reporting.
Kind of related to the ebola thing is something called the trust deficit. It's a really cool name for the recent issues that have plagued the Obama administration. Basically a lot of people don't trust the president. My take on that is that I'm disappointed that people don't realize what a good job he's done.
There is no way we're not better off now than we were in 2007 and people should really know that.
I'm not saying Obama and the Dems can't improve. I'm not even saying they're good. I'm just saying they're taking the country in a good direction, and one we'd have all been relieved to be in back in the financial crises of 2007-2008.
One of the panelist brought up this disconnect. 10 millions jobs added over this period. Not people leaving the workforce, real, honest to God jobs! Housing is back, the autos are back, make no mistake there is a disconnect from what is actually happening in this country and I think it's because the news wants ratings.
And bad news equals ratings. Therefore they're not accurately reporting all the good things Obama and the Dems have done.
One thing referenced to compare this situation to was the oil spill in 2010. It wasn't even a talking point in the 2012 elections. We should learn a lesson from that.
I'm not saying the BP oil spill wasn't a big deal. And I'm sure as hell not saying BP is a morally respectable company. I'm just saying that the mainstream media likes these stories, stories that scare you but don't turn out to be the apocalyptic nightmare they say it will be.
The head of the GOP was on the show. To his credit he came out and said that if the republicans don't take the senate in November it's gonna be a real loss. That takes ball and I give my props to him.
The host of the show who's name I should know made a good point about the party's recent mission statement. He said the republican party has no plan! He says their list is vague and there is no policy there.
I agree. Wanting a balanced budget isn't a policy. You have to tell us how we're going to get there. When the Democrats inherited our floundering economy they said they were raising taxes on the rich. And they did that. They were criticized but that was a real plan. Now the deficit has been cut in half.
The republicans don't have a plan for making our country better. It's a fact. Their mission statement proves it.
Another thing the republican guy said that he was called out on was a lie about the unemployment rate. He said it was 11% the host corrected him. It's actually 6%.
The republican guy, and again, I'm sorry I don't remember his name, reiterated that the "real" number was 11%.
He's wrong.
This a common misconception. Yes, when people drop out of the workforce, it can appear that unemployment is improving. The reason is because those people aren't looking for jobs anymore. So there's less people in the unemployment system. Even though those that left are still without work.
HOWEVER! There is also a jobs number that comes out every month on the first Friday. That number is no bullshit. It just tells you how many jobs we added to our work force for the month.
And the Dems are kicking ass with that number. Time and time again it is proven! Do you want a better economy? Vote Democrat.
I agreed on this GOP leader about this abortion issue he brought up. I don't think tax money should go to funding abortion clinics, even as I'm FOR abortion. I don't mind public money being used in that way but I wouldn't do it.
Joe Scarborough, who's name I'm spelling wrong, I'm sure, agreed that republicans don't have a message and referenced it throughout the show. This is relevant because he's a respected conservative analyst amongst conservatives.
President Obama's involvement in Egypt was brought up. I can't really comment on this because I don't know the whole story and it wasn't recapped. However, it certainly seems like the President botched Egypt by supporting the wrong side. Obama's foreign policy is not his strong suit. I'm not gonna make excuses for him, even as I feel he's solid President.
They broke down how the economy is improving along the interstates more than it is in rural America. you gotta feel for our rural brothers and sisters because I don't think anyone has any idea how to improve the rural, local economies. It's a tough nut to crack. Staying the course is probably the best action but ... that's gonna be tough.
Only thing I can think of is more legislation to ensure that people BUY AMERICAN. This will be a hard thing to enforce but when combined with a campaign to encourage people to buy american the same way we encourage them to recycle and stop smoking ....
I think it could work.
Also mentioned was how up in the air the Kansas senate race is. An independent is winning the usually conservative state race by a wide margin. Could be trouble for the republicans.
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