The Apocalypse is Upon Us…The Four Horsemen are Riding

The White Horse, ridden by David Axelrod, is a pestilence upon Americans and America.  He is the stumbling evil deceiver who opposes all who disagree with Barack Obama or steps across ‘his’ line, known only to him and his boss.  He tries to slay people with lies; like Mitt Romney, Ann Romney, thousands of Catholics (& Cardinal Dolan), notable republicans (John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan etc.), and even other Democrats (W. Clinton, E. Rendell, J. Manchin. C. Booker, et al.) This horseman, in panic, attacks with invective, spin, obfuscation, gross misrepresentation and outright lies.  It matters not how many Pinocchio’s he receives, or how many thumbs down are received from  respected fact check organizations, or even if exceedingly liberal/progressive news firms ( N.Y. Times, Washington Post) say baloney…no truth resides in this particular assault, he rides on…with no shame. 

Sitting astride The Red Horse, is Joe Biden.  He is sometimes relieved by Kathleen Sebelius when his gaffes/cannonades become too much for the administration.  Either rider, intellectual wastelands, create war and conflict where none previously existed; both wield their swords with pleasure; Sebelius against the elderly, poor and infirm using Obamacare and Biden against anything moving with little thought.  Slaughter their aim, slur, misrepresentation, confusion and pettifogging their game.  The confusion and divisiveness created are an offense to fair, thinking people in this Republic.

The Black Horse is mounted by Eric Holder, the famine and disease horseman, who holds the balances, the scale to weigh and drive up the price of wheat/barley thus hurting both poor and middle class Americans; but insuring the preservation and value of Obama’s oil/wine… then distributing/pandering with these valued commodities to Obama’s cronies…Unions (e.g. SEIU, UAW & NEA), Green Energy companies here and abroad (Solyndra, Abound Solar, Evergreen Solar, Fisker & many more), and favored ethnic groups-corrupt organizations e.g. (Acorn, Planned Parenthood and Media Matters).  His selective scarcity features a faulty memory regarding recall of Fast & Furious when facts are involved…forgetting the meaning of voter intimidation, thus not prosecuting the New Black Panther Party for the activity in a Philadelphia suburb…and overlooking statistical anomalies including, among many, voter turnout exceeding 120% of the population in 3 Milwaukee, WI precincts (in the recent recall election), and in 2 Bridgeport, CT precincts in 2010 which elected D. Malloy, Democrat Governor, (indicating a minority turnout in excess of 90%.  Holder has consistently prosecuted states for attempting to prohibit voter fraud and protect legitimate voters with the introduction of state law requiring the use of photo ID's to vote...the Constitution's 10th Amendment has little effect on this ideologue.  This ‘ethical’ wunderkind also hides behind ‘executive privilege’ and plays the ‘race card’ often and with zeal!  

The final horse, The Pale Horse, mounted by Barack Obama, wearing a crown in all his arrogance; with head tilted up…he is death…death to our laws, Constitution, civility, liberties, privacy, conscience and faiths.  He has an ashen pallor and is followed by Hades, master of the underworld/hell.  He, The Fourth Horseman, is not just symbolic of death & destruction; he has become a class warrior mentoring spin, misdirection, distraction, vile anger, hubris and hate.  The retinue of his other horsemen have been all trained to use similar tactics, intellectual dishonesty and invective… together they are ‘precursors’ of dire judgments yet to come…could they include long term economic decline then collapse, continuing serious long-term unemployment/underemployment, even fewer people paying any/a fair share of Federal taxes, a growing permanent underclass and increasing poverty.

A backlash to the class warfare rhetoric, invective, spin, distraction, dissembling, blatant arrogance, lawlessness, dismissiveness, and outright lying has started and seems to be taking hold in our country.  Recent polls show Barack Obama’s support with independents, men, and the young declining appreciably.  Additionally, support among the Catholic and Jewish communities has materially ebbed, backing by women is slowly falling, but the biggest surprise may be his recent loss of backing within Hispanic groups (particularly in view of his recent immigration stance).  It is even clear that minor erosion of support has occurred with African-Americans. President Obama is in trouble and has earned that trouble!

Note: many interpretations of the Four Horsemen story exist: Some believe in a positive religious cast in Revelation 6:1-8; some including Billy Graham interpret the group in a manner similar to my take noted above; and some add interesting twists to the myth.  I chose a Dr. Graham approach then related the Four Horsemen to key players in the Current Administration; similarities are there and political correctness be damned.

 

Our Reality verses Cool & Popular

Every day we are told by the polling experts that our confidence in the future is eroding, unemployment is worsening, GDP growth has stalled, spending continues unabated, but we still like President Obama.  Can both conclusions be true?

Probably Not!  So why then are both outcomes mentioned in many polls.  The organizations conducting the  polls hold your responses in confidence, or so they say.  Are those being polled afraid their answers will not be private and secure?  It appears this concern is a  "real" belief and thus the dishonest answers follow...the danger according to some "experts" is a fear of being labeled a racist or bigot.  Another possibility is most current polls are "all adult" polls, not "register voter" or "likely voter" polls.  Many "all adult" polls contain adults 18 and older, many adults who are not registered, and adults who cannot vote by law (i.e. felons, aliens etc.).  My belief is this dichotomy is a function of these and other reasons...no "simple" answer exists, yet poll respondents are not truthful in answering, "do you like the president".

Do the American people believe the economic, unemployment, GDP, debt, tax and confidence statistics they are hearing and evaluating?  The polls indicate that some do and some do not.  Cynicism is rampant among Americans and many are not critically evaluating the information with which they are being bombarded.  Some say it is "too early", I'll pay attention later...some say "I'm getting mine...everyone else is"...if I vote for Romney "the checks will stop" but if I vote for the President "they will keep coming"...what should I do?


Americans ultimately believe in American exceptionalism and America's future.  They want their children to have at least the chance they had!  They instinctively understand that the economy is in trouble, even crisis...that unemployment is 8.2%, that 14.8% are unemployed and underemployed, and it would be even worse if so many of the unemployed had not "dropped out" after months of looking for work without success.  Do they know that 53 months after the recession started 23.2 million people are unemployed or underemployed or even how a recession is defined...no, but they do know that 3 of their neighbors are out of work and 2 have had their homes foreclosed...and they are uneasy they may have the same difficulty soon.  They do know that things are "not fine" and fewer people are employed today than when the President took office.

Some Americans remember John F. Kennedy's successful economic strategy, more remember Ronald Reagan's and some are even the beneficiaries of similar strategies employed by Governors Bobby Jindal, Mitch Daniels, John Kasich, Chris Christie and others.  These strategies include tactics such as lowering taxes, relying on the private sector, reducing regulations, individual responsibility and promoting business. 

I feel certain, as the election nears, a majority will reject the current politics of division, demonization, and blame of the President's administration and choose a new and prosperous course!