Random thoughts #1

Sorry, Folks, but I fell down on the job this afternoon and didn't keep posting some random thoughts.   I'm now watching the returns on tv but here are some things I had intended to post earlier.

1.  Despite the fact that the Romney campaign has almost completely shut out any mention of George W. Bush and his unpopular presidency, Art McKay says in a Huffington Post column that voting for Romney is really voting for the W. Bush 2, The Sequel:  cut taxes for the rich, reduce regulations on Wall Street, rattle the hawkish sabers on foreign policy.  And he concludes:

Voting for Romney after the train wreck of that was the eight years of W. Bush is like losing your pay check playing a rigged game of three-card monte and then playing the same game again a week later cause the cards are a different color.

2.   For what it's worth:   One day before the election, and long after a sizable majority has already voted, Sarah Palin endorsed Mitt Romney.   So what?   Who cares?   Does she have any following any longer?

3.  Who would the rest of the world vote for as our president?   Opinions were polled in 21 countries.  In 20 of them, Obama was the decisive favorite -- by a cumulative average of 50% for Obama, 9% for Romney, and the rest undecided or no preference.   In both Canada and France, 72% chose Obama.   The only country of the 21 who preferred Romney was Pakistan.   Israel was not included in the survey, but a different poll by a Tel Aviv unviersity showed Romney preferred by 3 to 1.  Not surprising, given the way he and Bibi cozy up and the way Romney panders to the anti-Iran hawks.

Ralph