Michigan Governor's Race - Slave vs. Free
**Warning – This post is informal and conversational; this is not for the faint of heart or the pseudointellectual bourgeoisie**
So I’m talking to my husband earlier tonight, and one of these crap campaign messages comes on. It’s Jennifer Granholm, (D, MI), governor of Michigan, making a new appeal to the brain dead and hopeless of our state. I’m still pretty heated, so excuse me if I’m ‘insensitive’ right now – blogs are for venting, aren’t they?
Well, this new commercial is some lame attempt at taking the ‘high road’ (HA!) on the issues, since all of her previous mudslinging has not gotten her anywhere in the polls (the race is about 50-50), and she is now an advocate for education. Granholm asks us, ‘if your child isn’t doing well in school, don’t you want to know about it?’ She then says that she will pass a law that forces teachers to contact parents when the kids aren’t doing well in school, because she really cares about the children and the future of Michigan. Excuse me? If you need a teacher to call you and tell you that little Johnny is stupid, you are, too! You ought to KNOW whether or not your child is doing well in school, and if you have to pass a law to get teachers to do their jobs, then you need to gut out the entire school system and try to figure something else out. This is some crap, it just makes me sick to my stomach.
She tries to paint this picture of her opponent, Dick DeVos, son of Amway co-founder Rich DeVos, like he is a shady dealer who only wants to be governor to line his own pockets because he doesn’t care about Michigan workers, only the rich. She lies and says that he lobbied in Washington and donated about $1M to the Republican National Committee so that he could get a $19M tax break for Amway and that, catch this, she actually asks Michiganders, “and what did YOU get? The bill”. Did I? I don’t remember getting that bill. I also don’t remember tax breaks being for anyone who does not create JOBS, so why would I be mad at this man again? Her entire mud slinging campaign (more on that in this MySpace Blog: CLICK HERE) has centered around making Michiganders believe that Dick DeVos is evil because he knows how to make money, and apparently, most of us don’t. Although she has been getting paid to care about Michigan workers and Michigan jobs for the past four years and hasn’t gotten us anywhere, she accuses him of not caring because when he was not getting paid to care, he laid some people off. Lay offs happen in every business – so what? Its not nice, but this man is supposed to do what’s best for his business. If his business is Amway, he should do what’s best for Amway. If his business is Michigan, he should do what’s best for Michigan. Right?
So I continue to talk to my husband about how only someone with a slave mentality would think that Dick DeVos is low down because he isn’t standing on your doorstep begging you to come on and get some of his money. We live in a capitalist nation, and these Democratic socialists keep trying to make successful people apologize to your poor behind for not being poor with you. I told my husband that this race is like a recurring circumstance when we go out to eat. He always orders what he wants, and when our entrées arrive, he complains that my food looks better than his. Then, he ends up eating some of mine. I told him that the reason that always happens is because my husband (with his large stature and even bigger heart) orders based on what he thinks will get him full instead of what looks good. Then, when he realizes his dish isn’t as appetizing as something more exotic (like I usually get), he’s disappointed, and still doesn’t get full off of it. I suggested that if he, or anyone else for that matter, wanted to get full, don’t demand that the restaurant put more food on your plate for the same price – you just bring some more money so that you can get an appetizer and a dessert, and get full the old fashioned way. I think that if more people subscribed to a conservative view in day to day life, they would understand why we subscribe to it politically. Governor Granholm is trying to appeal to people who still think that somebody owes them something, and points the finger saying ‘Dick DeVos won’t give you what you need and deserve, but I will’. What’s worse than her philosophy is the fact that she is a liar. She said that before and we didn’t get anything. Not that I needed anything from her like that, but deliver what you promise, whatever it is.
Whether Dick DeVos is a monster like she claims he is or not, the fact of the matter is that Dick DeVos is a businessman. He knows how to make money. Michigan needs money. He knows how to create jobs. Michigan needs jobs. Case closed. Jennifer Granholm is a lawyer. She knows how to shuck and jive and persuade people to believe her arguments. Does Michigan need any more of that?
Is it really that hard to think freely?
Take care (of yourself),
I.C. Jackson
(If you know someone from Michigan who would appreciate this blog, please email them this URL. Thank you.)
So I’m talking to my husband earlier tonight, and one of these crap campaign messages comes on. It’s Jennifer Granholm, (D, MI), governor of Michigan, making a new appeal to the brain dead and hopeless of our state. I’m still pretty heated, so excuse me if I’m ‘insensitive’ right now – blogs are for venting, aren’t they?
Well, this new commercial is some lame attempt at taking the ‘high road’ (HA!) on the issues, since all of her previous mudslinging has not gotten her anywhere in the polls (the race is about 50-50), and she is now an advocate for education. Granholm asks us, ‘if your child isn’t doing well in school, don’t you want to know about it?’ She then says that she will pass a law that forces teachers to contact parents when the kids aren’t doing well in school, because she really cares about the children and the future of Michigan. Excuse me? If you need a teacher to call you and tell you that little Johnny is stupid, you are, too! You ought to KNOW whether or not your child is doing well in school, and if you have to pass a law to get teachers to do their jobs, then you need to gut out the entire school system and try to figure something else out. This is some crap, it just makes me sick to my stomach.
She tries to paint this picture of her opponent, Dick DeVos, son of Amway co-founder Rich DeVos, like he is a shady dealer who only wants to be governor to line his own pockets because he doesn’t care about Michigan workers, only the rich. She lies and says that he lobbied in Washington and donated about $1M to the Republican National Committee so that he could get a $19M tax break for Amway and that, catch this, she actually asks Michiganders, “and what did YOU get? The bill”. Did I? I don’t remember getting that bill. I also don’t remember tax breaks being for anyone who does not create JOBS, so why would I be mad at this man again? Her entire mud slinging campaign (more on that in this MySpace Blog: CLICK HERE) has centered around making Michiganders believe that Dick DeVos is evil because he knows how to make money, and apparently, most of us don’t. Although she has been getting paid to care about Michigan workers and Michigan jobs for the past four years and hasn’t gotten us anywhere, she accuses him of not caring because when he was not getting paid to care, he laid some people off. Lay offs happen in every business – so what? Its not nice, but this man is supposed to do what’s best for his business. If his business is Amway, he should do what’s best for Amway. If his business is Michigan, he should do what’s best for Michigan. Right?
So I continue to talk to my husband about how only someone with a slave mentality would think that Dick DeVos is low down because he isn’t standing on your doorstep begging you to come on and get some of his money. We live in a capitalist nation, and these Democratic socialists keep trying to make successful people apologize to your poor behind for not being poor with you. I told my husband that this race is like a recurring circumstance when we go out to eat. He always orders what he wants, and when our entrées arrive, he complains that my food looks better than his. Then, he ends up eating some of mine. I told him that the reason that always happens is because my husband (with his large stature and even bigger heart) orders based on what he thinks will get him full instead of what looks good. Then, when he realizes his dish isn’t as appetizing as something more exotic (like I usually get), he’s disappointed, and still doesn’t get full off of it. I suggested that if he, or anyone else for that matter, wanted to get full, don’t demand that the restaurant put more food on your plate for the same price – you just bring some more money so that you can get an appetizer and a dessert, and get full the old fashioned way. I think that if more people subscribed to a conservative view in day to day life, they would understand why we subscribe to it politically. Governor Granholm is trying to appeal to people who still think that somebody owes them something, and points the finger saying ‘Dick DeVos won’t give you what you need and deserve, but I will’. What’s worse than her philosophy is the fact that she is a liar. She said that before and we didn’t get anything. Not that I needed anything from her like that, but deliver what you promise, whatever it is.
Whether Dick DeVos is a monster like she claims he is or not, the fact of the matter is that Dick DeVos is a businessman. He knows how to make money. Michigan needs money. He knows how to create jobs. Michigan needs jobs. Case closed. Jennifer Granholm is a lawyer. She knows how to shuck and jive and persuade people to believe her arguments. Does Michigan need any more of that?
Is it really that hard to think freely?
Take care (of yourself),
I.C. Jackson
(If you know someone from Michigan who would appreciate this blog, please email them this URL. Thank you.)
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