The two front running candidates for the Republican presidential nomination have both been credited with memorable and telling quotes regarding unemployment. Mitt Romney -- "I'm unemployed too. Hahaha". Rick Santorum -- "I don't care about unemployment".
what eye thynk: This is the best the Republicans can do?
Mr. Romney, unemployment is not funny. A family struggling to survive on a couple hundred dollars a week in unemployment does not get the joke, especially coming from a man so wealthy he can buy a third world country and get change back.
We need answers, and "I know how to run a business" is not an answer. You can't run a country like you run a corporation. When part of your citizenry asks for decent health care, you can't fire them because you don't like their attitude. When the budget doesn't balance, you can't sell off a couple of states to raise capital. Think about it.
Oh, and Mitt, you're running for President, not BFF. Wear a suit and tie. The $300 designer jeans and the $200 hand tailored shirts aren't fooling anyone.
As for you, Mr. Santorum, you may not care about unemployment, but millions of unemployed Americans do. To put it in terms you may understand: Leviticus 19:18 ...thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Rick, many of your neighbors are unemployed and a big part of the job of President of the United States is to care for the welfare of the citizens of this country--not just the faithful, not just the well to do, but ALL the citizens, even the uninsured, even the unemployed.
If you want the job, you're going to have to do more for me than pray. You're going to have to care.
Wow! You said everything I wished I'd said and more. Your blog puts it right where it belongs. They are so busy trying to be President that they lost sight of of what the job is all about. Thank you. Thank you for calling them out on it. Thank you for being my voice.
ReplyDeleteRight on again!!!!!!! You rock!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're asking loudly avowed "Christians" to act Christian. Do you really think that's realistic? If you scratch them you'll find that their real religion is money and power and would have been among the ones that Jesus tossed out from the temple on their ears. They are so arrogantly separated from real people and real troubles that it is uncertain whether they can be counted on to efficiently address those issues. Money talks and the powerless walk, voting turn-out be damned.
ReplyDeleteSantorum is the epitome of an extreme right wing republican. If someone says that everyone should have access to a good education, he calls you a snob. If people are unemployed, he says he doesn't care. He has made so many statements that show that he has no right to be elected. I have been lucky in the past 3 1/2 years of my unemployment. I am lucky enough to be able to retire and collect my social security and my pension. The scary part was when my wife was also laid off a year ago. That sucked. But I am sure that Santorum just doesn't care.
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