Obama, Mitt and Sandy.....

 

The interminable campaign may, but probably will not, end on election day on 6 November.

 

We have a dreadful storm brewing in the Atlantic, Hurricane Sandy, that threatens to seriously disrupt the heart of our East Coast in about a week's time. It is expected to merge with another storm front and to hit at high tide. This combination of weather phenomena unit to call Sandy a Frankenstorm. There is talk of the impact being great enough to prevent people from voting. Who knows what Washington might do to mitigate that prospect. There is speculation that it may be prudent to delay the election, but that is a monumental task that would rain merde on the Administration.

 

I doubt it would happen. If Sandy's fury materializes, the US government will again have an opportunity to display its emergency procedures and decisions through our Department of Homeland Security.

 

Were it only Sandy that is giving us ulcers we would be fortunate. The more alarming prospect is that whomever wins the election will have an army of adversaries to confront. Civil disorder has been promised by M and by O followers should their candidate not win. M has been threatened with death on numerous occasions as, I am sure, has O.

 

Although these threats are abundant and should not be taken seriously, it only takes one serious person to succeed. Our authorities are most certainly investigating each threat.

 

The ideological chasm between M and O is such that the thinking population has taken a firm stand behind their candidate. Others are forced to think and work out the roots and implications of each contender's policies. The remainder of the voting population will cast emotional votes.

 

Political pundits largely agree that O was elected because a majority of people wanted to demonstrate America's capacity to accept a black leader. Those who voted for O became a significant part of American history. It was not difficult to make that decision as O possessed a compelling charisma and dynamic that promised hope and change. We needed both and we voted accordingly.

 

It is now clear that O's words were but a shroud for a hidden agenda. Solving our immigration problem, closing Guantanamo, stopping earmarks, shutting down lobbyists and resolving debt issues were but facades for an agenda of recasting America in O's image and likeness. He fought for government sponsored health care, minority and women's rights, a more secular society, and an end to America's cultural and ideological imperialism vis-a-vis the world at large. And in the process, he attempted to redistribute incomes under the auspices of having the super rich pay their fair share of running the country.

 

Had O run on that agenda, he would have lost. His political philosophy was uncomfortably close to socialism and that word alone raises the hackles of almost every American. To be sure, we don't understand the concept very well, but we don't understand communism very well either, but this we know and know full well, we do not like socialists and commies. The brand of humanity we espouse is to create a society in which everyone has an opportunity to work and care for themselves and in the process, those who cannot work or be cared for will be succored by those who can.

 

America has and will continue to tolerate certain levels of poverty and unemployment. As of late, these levels have gotten out of hand and are rising alarmingly. Many suspect that the benefits of the O administration and its willingness to expand welfare of all types, i.e. entitlements, are in fact expanding poverty and unemployment. People on the lower end of the socio-economic scale find it easier to remain on welfare and claim entitlements than to find a steady job.

 

The force feeding of Americas poor though entitlements is not acceptable to most citizens. There is a strong movement on the political right to bring back the capitalist state in which entrepreneurs create jobs for the working population. While this philosophy is quite acceptable, many will nevertheless vote for O because he is black, because he is secular, because he is pro choice.

 

The manner in which that scramble of often conflicting values will determine the winner on November 6 assuming, of course, that Sandy does not have her way with us.