WHY OBAMA WON THE ELECTION

ONE OF THE BEST EXPLANATIONS OF WHY OBAMA WON THE ELECTION

From a teacher in the Nashville area
"We are worried about "the cow" when it is all about the "Ice Cream"
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year. The presidential election was heating up and
some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have
an election for a class president. We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech
and the class would vote. To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students
should have. We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and
Olivia were picked to run for the top spot. The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because
he got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's mother. The day arrived when they were to make their speeches.

Jamie went first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class
a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best. Everyone
applauded and he sat down. Now it was Olivia's turn to speak. Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give
you ice cream." Then she sat down.
The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream." She surely would say more, but she did not have to.

A discussion followed. Questions were asked, like "How did she plan to
pay for the ice cream?" She wasn't sure. "Would her parents buy it
or would the class pay for it." She didn't know. What's more, the class
really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream. It didn't mean that Olivia was bad, or that it was wrong to want ice cream.
The fact remained, however, that Jamie was forgotten and Olivia won by
a landslide. Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he essentially offered ice cream
and 52 percent of the people reacted like nine year olds. WE THE PEOPLE
wanted ice cream! The other 48 percent know they're going to have to
feed the cow and clean up the mess." Remember, the government cannot give anything to anyone --- that
they have not first taken away from someone else.




History Lesson

The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 - they've had 234 years to get it right; it is broke, and even though heavily subsidized, it can't compete with private sector FedExp and UPS services.
Social Security was established in 1935 - they've had 74 years to get it right; it is broke.Fannie Mae was established in 1938 - they've had 71 years to get it right; it is broke..
Freddie Mac was established in 1970 - they've had 39 years to get it right; it is broke.
Together Fannie and Freddie have now led the entire world into the worst economic collapse in 80 years.The War on Poverty was started in 1964 - they've had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our hard earned money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor"; it hasn't worked to better the poor at all.Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 - they've had 44 years to get it right; they are both broke; and now our government dares to mention them as the models for all
US health care.
AMTRAK was established in 1970 - they've had 39 years to get it right; last year they bailed it out ...and it still continues to run at a loss!
This year, a trillion dollars was committed in the massive political payoff called the Stimulus Bill of 2009; it shows NO sign of working. It's been used to increase the size of governments across
America and raise government salaries while the rest of us suffer from economic hardships. It has yet to create a single new private sector job. Added to that is the fact that our national debt projections (approaching $10 trillion) have already increased 400% in the last six months!!
"Cash for Clunkers" was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009 ....after 80% of the cars purchased turned out to be produced by foreign companies! And dealers nationwide are buried under bureaucratic paperwork demanded by a government that still is not yet paying them what was promised.
So .....with a perfect 100% failure rate, and a record that proves that each and every "service" shoved down our throats by an over-reaching government turns into disaster, how could any well-informed American trust our government to run or even set policies for America's health care system - - 17% of our economy?
Maybe ....no, CERTAINLY ....each and every one of us has a personal responsibility to let others in on this brilliant governmental record before the elections in 2010. Then help to remove from office those idiots on BOTH sides of the aisle who are voting to destroy capitalism and destroy our grandchildren's future! If we do not succeed in turning this government around, the USA will be Socialistic by 2016.