111.3 million people took the time to watch the Superbowl. It’s a matter of historical fact now. Like many people, my ‘favorite’ team was not playing in the game, but I was in favor of the Giants winning. Why? I just like them better than the Patriots. They are not my favorite team, and I don’t regularly follow their games – I have often cheered AGAINST them when they are playing my favorite team. On Superbowl Sunday 2012 though, I was watching the game, and rooting for the Giants, because it is participation in an event that is tremendous and distinctly American. It brings us together as a country.
Politics has that same potential, but an increasing number of Americans don’t view it that way. In politics, if our favorite team is not playing in the championship game, we don’t watch, we don’t vote, we don’t participate, and in doing so we miss out on an event and a process that is amazing – it is distinctly American! Politics and Elections can bring us together as a country.
For football, many Americans get the stats of our favorite teams, we do competitive research on opposing teams, we call out bias in commentators, and we boo when a ref makes a bad call. Can you IMAGINE how dynamic our political landscape would be if we did that same kind of research on the candidates? It would be amazing!
This election season, get involved like it’s a football game – we are still in the very ‘early minutes’ of this political football game. Invite your friends to be a part of it, do the research on the opponents, find out the stats on your candidate/team and don’t be afraid to like a team/candidate that may not be your favorite!
Bottom line, go out and get involved ! Watch the plays that are made, do the research, find out the best plays to lead to our victory. You can participate and get involved – you’ve GOT to – because this isn’t just two hours, a trophy and a ring we’re talking about… This is the future of our great nation! The playclock is counting down. Treat this election season with the same passion you would the Superbowl, and get involved!
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know that almost 33% of our staff voted for you in the Primary…”
First, we learned that Romney is not a pushover when he is behind the 8 ball. Coming off of a pretty crummy showing in South Carolina, Romney was determined to make a good showing in Florida and did so. He exercised good strategy in spending a massive amount of money in the more populous areas for advertising. Outspending Gingrich by 5 to 1*, Romney blanketed the airwaves, and his numbers in these areas showed the results.
Also, we learned that Romney can perform well in a debate. Romney took Gingrich to task during the Florida Debate about th
e negative ads that Newt’s campaign had run. Instead of taking the most expeditious and genteel route, an immediate apology, Gingrich responded with further attack, giving Romney greater latitude. Furthermore, Romney was able to justify the significant attack ad spend as a response to Gingrich’s truculent attitude in the debate. It was a well-played debate by Romney, and may have cost Gingrich all 50 of the Florida Delegates (at least at the time of this writing). Gingrich is normally very strong in a debate, but had an off night, and came under serious attack. We will state for the record that BOTH Romney and Gingrich are entirely too thin skinned in the debates. All of the candidates are politically experienced, and should be beyond this kind of rattling
The primary also showed us that Gingrich can rally Tea Party support, but that he needs a more effective ground team in each of the states. We also learned that establishment Republicans are worried about having Gingrich as the Republican nominee. It can be inferred that this concern is due to his knowledge of the way things work in DC. Bottom line, they won’t be able to pull one over on Gingrich. Gingrich has need of a good, trustworthy, consistent ground team – and it is not too late to have one. If he gets that in the next few weeks then FL becomes a hiccup, rather than an ulcer.
The clock is counting down to Florida’s Republican Primary election day. With less than 48 hours remaining Former Governor Mitt Romney looked confident and poised as he addressed a crowd of over 2,000 attendees in the heart of downtown Naples, FL.
Obama’s decision to moth ball NASA has left the once active and tourist-friendly Cocoa Beach area reeling under the weight of a stagnate economy. Gingrich’s speech described a vision that lit fires in the eyes of more than a few of the more than 600 attendees.
alanced budget. It can be argued that the former Speaker of the House is aggressive in getting things done, sometimes with conflict, but he does get them done. 
Coral Springs, FL – Speaking to a crowd of more than 1200 South Floridians, Newt Gingrich inspired belief in a return to greatness for the United States –“I stand for American Exceptionalism, not because you and I are exceptional - we’re normal- but because the system we have inherited from the Founding Fathers is the most exceptional system in history.”
lina was not going to be the norm.
West Palm Beach, Fl - Noon- Jan 12, 2012 - With the South Carolina Primary a little over a week away, Republican Candidate Mitt Romney gave a significant show of confidence for the South Carolina Primary by breaking from the campaign there to show up at a rally in West Palm Beach, FL today. Introduced by Florida CFO Jeff Atwater, and speaking to a smiling crowd of a little over 300 attendees, containing more than a few people of the Jewish faith, the Republican Primary Candidate had some well-aimed criticisms of the President’s foreign policy towards Israel, the U.S. Economy, and some insights into the heart of America.
In the first part of this two part article, we discussed that Ron Paul is being tagged with a great many labels, yet those labels are largely based on the facination with the mainstream media and politicos with political correctness. In this second part of the article, we will cover some of the remaining labels and explore why there is such a rush to discount and dismiss Ron Paul as a serious contender for the Republican Nomination and for the Presidency.
ecurity are unconstitutional, that America should be transitioned off of these bankrupt programs. The label has been propogated by his critics using scare tactics claiming that he would end these programs and turn it all over to the states. While it is true that in 1937 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Social Security was permissible under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, the constitutionality of Medicare and Medicaid has never been decided by the Supreme Court. Medicare and Medicaid were added to the Social Security Act through the Social Security Amendments of 1965 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Ron Paul has consistently stated that Medicare and Medicaid are unconstitutional, and that postulation has never been disproven.
These labels have been applied to Ron Paul almost interchangeably by commentators and writers criticizing his stance that the United States should withdraw from entrenched positions in other countries, and should cease foreign aid, both financially and militarily (unless a formal declaration of war has been made or when military action is necessary for national defense). In direct contrast to the label of “Isolationist” it should be noted that Ron Paul supports international trade, travel, migration, diplomacy, and cultural exchange. The label of “Anti-Military” has been applied to Dr. Paul for his stance that the United States military should not be involved in a conflict unless this country’s national security is put in jeopardy, or a declaration of war has been issued. He has firmly indicated that the military of the United States should use advancing technology and innovations in unmanned vehicles to keep American soldiers out of harm’s way. Although his stance on the reduction of the military has drawn much criticism, Ron Paul continues to be the Republican candidate with the highest amount of contributions from military personnel. His sentiments are shared by one of the Founding Fathers and Presidents of our country, Thomas Jefferson, who stated:
