{"id":2368,"date":"2012-10-21T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/10\/the-columbus-dispatch-endorses-romney.html"},"modified":"2012-10-21T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T20:00:00","slug":"the-columbus-dispatch-endorses-romney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/10\/the-columbus-dispatch-endorses-romney.html","title":{"rendered":"The Columbus Dispatch endorses Romney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Wow, didn\u2019t see that one coming<\/a>. \u00a0The Dispatch isn\u2019t exactly a\u00a0bastion\u00a0of hardcore conservatism. \u00a0Still, I\u2019m not exactly surprised. \u00a0In fact it does a pretty good job explaining why Obama\u00a0<\/span>deserves\u00a0to lose:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201d After nearly four years of economic stagnation, massive unemployment, record-setting debt and government intrusions into the economy that have paralyzed the private sector, the United States needs a new direction. For this reason, The Dispatch urges voters to choose Republican Mitt Romney for president in the Nov. 6 election\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/span>\u201cFour years after promising hope and change, and after a deficit-driving $787 billion stimulus program, here is the result, 12.1 million unemployed, with an unemployment rate above 8 percent for 43 of the past 44 months, 8.6 million working part time because they can\u2019t find full-time work, 2.5 million who wanted to work, but have stopped looking for jobs, In 2009, real median household income was $52,195. By 2011, it had fallen to $50,054\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/span>The Columbus Dispatch daily newspaper editorial board wrote \u201d In 2009, the U.S. poverty rate was 14.3 percent. By 2011, the poverty rate climbed to 15 percent, on Obama\u2019s watch, 12 million more Americans joined the food-stamp program, which has reached a record of more than 46 million enrollees, annual federal budget deficits above $1 trillion for the past four years, increasing the national debt to an all-time high of $16 trillion\u201d.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is why the Obama team, with the help of the national media, has tried to make this a referendum on the guy who hasn\u2019t had a chance to do anything yet. \u00a0And up until recently, it seemed to be working. \u00a0Obama\u2019s message that more or less said \u2018except for the things that suck worse, most things only suck as bad as they did when I took over\u2019 was working in our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>apathetic<\/span>\u00a0 narcissistic culture more obsessed with the latest iPhone app than what\u2019s happening in the Middle East.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
But as election time draws near, more and more people are starting to put things together. This hardly means Romney has breached the \u2018<\/span><\/span>deserves<\/span>\u00a0to win\u2019 obstacle. \u00a0He still appears to wake up and see if he can alienate as many of his base as possible on a daily basis. \u00a0But right now, the emperor is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>beginning<\/span>\u00a0to look quite naked to a growing number of Americans, and the saddest part is that if they realize the foolishness in giving him four more years to get dressed, they\u2019ll be stuck with a man who, at this point, can\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scarcely<\/span>\u00a0be counted on to maintain a moral stance longer than an American Idol performance.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow, didn\u2019t see that one coming. \u00a0The Dispatch isn\u2019t exactly a\u00a0bastion\u00a0of hardcore conservatism. \u00a0Still, I\u2019m not exactly surprised. \u00a0In fact it does a pretty good job explaining why Obama\u00a0deserves\u00a0to lose:\u00a0 \u201d After nearly four years of economic stagnation, massive unemployment, record-setting debt and government intrusions into the economy that have paralyzed the private sector, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Columbus Dispatch endorses Romney<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wow, didn't see that one coming.  The Dispatch isn't exactly a bastion of hardcore conservatism.  Still, I'm not exactly\" 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