Obama is not the only Santa Claus who won on Tuesday. Democrat Chaka Fattah won his Philadelphia Congressional seat with 90% of the vote; his Republican opponent only mustered 9%. A master of the welfare vote, Fattah knows democratic politics is a simple science: pay for votes with other people's money. Speaking on Al Sharpton's show on MSNBC, Fattah said, "Those people who are unemployed, they're not going to be voting for the party who wants to cut their benefits, cut access to food stamps, cut job training." How hard is it to win an election when you simply buy the people off?
Obama won the 2012 Presidential Election as the candidate who provides the goodies. Welfare spending for the gigantic "taker class" is really what won on Tuesday. Unemployment is high and the economy is bad, but voters came out strong to support Santa Claus and his ribbon-wrapped welfare packages. Welfare spending has increased 32% during Obama's first term, according to the Congressional Research Service and Senate Budget Committee. Now the government spends over $1 trillion per year on more than 80 assistance programs. The welfare vote is only getting stronger, so it is becoming more and more necessary to present an alternative to the welfare state.
Romney's most infamous remark of the entire presidential campaign concerned the welfare issue: "My job is not to worry about those people," Mitt Romney famously said about the "taker class" folks who were always going to vote for Obama for the benefits he gives. "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." Romney was correct in his statement, but he did not have the courage or frankly state the philosophy to bolster it with evidence and swag. Romney lost to the welfare vote because he did not represent a clear alternative approach to the world of Barack Obama. Gary Johnson did. But without major party status, voters passed over Johnson's anti-welfare state approach without a thought. Ron Paul ran for the Republican nomination against Romney and warned the Republicans would lose to Obama if they did not give the people a strong alternative; Paul was right.
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America is changing before your very eyes; old white guys are obsolete, America is browning so get with the program. Oh yeah there's money, well over a billion dollars spent on this election cycle, now that's just insane and ridiculous.
Pay off the debt, easy; tax the internet and religious institutions along with the 1% and out-sourcing jobs and hidden money overseas. I'm still looking for the lost billion dollars G.W. Bush misplaced in Iraq.
You are ridiculous! It's not about left or right damn it!!! Why can't this nation come together and compromise?? Ever heard of that? The only reason Obama was unable to be a successful as he wanted the past 4 years is because the House wouldn't budge! He ended up compromising!!! Because of that, the republicans cry and moan and say Obamas worthless!! Our founding fathers created this government for a reason. I don't think they anticipated a bunch of spoiled whiners. I'm sure in your own life situations you have to make compromises. This is not some game we're playing for fun. Grow up and educate yourself!
In Colorado, Obama won in key areas. One of those areas is Fort Collins. This is a predominantly white, upper middle class area. This is just one example of the many, many people not on welfare who voted for him.
So, please, take your Fox News style of misinformation and grow up some.
I'm from Colorado and I am far from welfare. Arapaho County has some of the richest neighborhoods and the majority went Obama. Jefferson County, a huge area, much of which is mountain areas and very expensive homes! The majority was Obama............................. I could go on and on. Obama won re-election based on values!!!
Isn't Romney from Massachusetts? Which way did that state go?? Oh yeah, Obama.