The New York Times: Reports that US Republican Senators have blocked President Obama's financial reform bill in the US Senate, the Republicans argue that its bailout charter for Wall Street. This is a good move by the Republicans, if they can paint Obama as an ally of Wall Street vs Main Street they can use this in the 2010 Mid Term Elections. The US voter is sick to death of Government spending, if the Republicans can make it stick that Obama is funding Wall Street abuse of the tax payer then they could take the House and the Senate. Its an election year folks, everything is fair game, politics never ends, that is the Chicago Way.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Is the UK the next Greece?
BBC News: Reports that Greece has asked the EU/IMF to bail it out of its own financial mess. This could be the future for UK folks if there is a Hung Parliament, the UK voter has to smell the tea, if you vote for a Hung Parliament, which of the political parties are going to make the real cuts that will have to take place, real cuts in benefits and public spending. One gets the impression that the UK voter is having a Mid Life Crisis, but the voter needs to get one fact, the Government cant be the nanny state, it cant solve all your problems, in other words get your head out of your backside and see the the UK is drowning in red ink, there have to be deep and massive cuts in public spending. The Labour idea to increase NI Tax is a job killer, if people vote for young but dim but Mr Clegg they will end up with a Lib Dem/ Lab Pact, in that Pact you will have PM Gordon Brown in power, its that simple and brutal folks, Brown will hold on by his finger nails to the No 10. Thus if you don't want to see the UK like Greece and back in the 1970s see the real world, you have only one option, you might not like it, but its the real world, you have to vote Conservative, otherwise your voting for another five years of Gordon Brown.
Right Call - The UK Debate Last Night
Iain Dale's Diary: The Conservative Blogger calls it for the Conservative Leader David Cameron by a narrow margin. As stated last night in my live tweets of the debate, it was a Cameron win, but the debate was more equal, and Nick Clegg found it hard going when it came to the EU, not a good idea to say that he had worked for the EU in the past, that's the problem with Liberal Democrats they are so extreme pro EU they are out of touch with the voter in the UK. Also it should be noted that the young voter is not an automatic pro EU, in fact they can be very Conservative when it comes to Europe. Also PM Gordon Brown had a good line when it came to the LibDems want to get rid of the the UK's nuclear arsenal, the good line from Brown to Clegg to " Get Real " when it comes to Iran, shows the weakness of the Lib Dems and the real world. The Lib Dems sounded like Neville Chamberlain, they seem to trust Obama to come to the defence of the UK, ask the Czech Republic and Poland if they trust Obama. The best attack came from David Cameron when he called the Labour Party out on its false allegations that a new Conservative Government would cut the benefits to older voters, Brown stated that he not signed off on these political leaflets, rubbish folks, they are even in his own Seat leaflets, in that he is attacking the SNP, but same point. Lets see the polls after a few days, don't trust instant polls, Kerry won the debates in 2004 and still lost the election to Bush 43.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Live Debate Blog
The Key for Blog: DC = David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party, Gordon Brown, Leader of the Labour Party, Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Let Brown be Brown - Guardian
Guardian: Interesting article that in essence asks for PM Gordon Brown to be allowed to be Gordon Brown, the article states the following, " Brown is a bruised and bloodied figure, one whose greatest asset might well be his own stubborn resilience...". Lets be honest here folks, PM Brown makes Richard Nixon look like a rock star, even Nixon after the 1960 election got the fact that he had to be good at PR, even those critical of Nixon have admitted that when it came to Foreign Policy he was a Master, he had no real interest in domestic policy, thus he was quite liberal. But after 1960 election Nixon made sure he was the master of PR, thus his election in 1968 and his 49 State win in 1972. The problem for the Brown Camp is that they are allowing Brow to be Brown, he is dull, his jokes fall flat, and his want to say " I agree with Nick " was a disaster, why vote for Brown if the other guy has all the good ideas. Thus it is a good idea to keep Brown in PM mode, he is not good with people, it looks forced to say the least. The Labour Party has to think about its future, make sure they have more seats in the House of Commons that the Conservative Party and then get a deal with the Liberal Democrats, the price might be the sacking of Brown.
Belgium Falling Apart - Good
The Daily Telegraph: Reports that Belgium could dissolve due to ethnic tensions. One word folks, Good, the UK has come to the aide of Belgium in two World Wars, and how did Belgium repay this debt, during the first Gulf War they would not supply MOD with needed equipment. To think that the UK lost millions of its Armed Forces Personnel to get slapped in the face by a suppose Ally, they did say sorry in the end, not good enough, lets hope flat Belgium becomes the joke of Europe.
2nd UK Election Debate - 2010
BBC News: Reports on the political buildup to the 2nd leaders debate in the UK Election. As the second debate is on Foreign Affairs expect PM Gordon Brown not to say " I agree with Nick ( Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats ) a lot, on Foreign Affairs there is a channel between Labour and Liberal Democrats, from Iraq to the UK's nuclear defence, also on these issues David Cameron could say " I agree with the Prime Minister " just don't expect DC to say that during the hour and half debate. Lets recall folks from our American cousins, in 1984 President Reagan had a awful first debate with VP Walter Mondale, in the second debate the age question came up and Reagan made a joke of how young Mondale was, the election was over, Reagan won 49 States and 59% of the vote vote. Lets be honest PM Brown is not great at PR, he tried a joke last week at the expense of the Conservative Party, it fell flat, by flat it was not show that much in after the debate. As to young Mr Clegg ( always follow the lead of the Gipper ) this will be tougher for Clegg, he will have to defend the LibDems and their policy to get rid of UK's nuclear arsenal, they seem to trust Obama, go and ask the Czech Republican and Poland if you can trust Obama. This blog will do a live tweet of the debate folks, just click the link on this page to my Twitter Page. As for prediction of winners, if Clegg doe not make a mistake then he could win the second debate, David Cameron has to up his game, go after Clegg and Brown, as for Gordon Brown, well lets be kind, he knows details.
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