It’s the Size of Government, Stupid!

This presidential campaign is getting STUPID! We see the candidates catching at straws to gain the attention of the electorate in the hope that voters will elect “me—I can do the best job.” Their campaign pitches are becoming more and more ridiculous. For instance:

Now Governor Romney is criticizing the President for not attending a single meeting of his Jobs Council in months. He says that if the President were really interested in jobless Americans, he would be all over that Council to learn what he could do to get Americans back to work.

The truth about this campaign ploy is that the Jobs Council has made 60 recommendations in the past year about jobs in America; and the President has either implemented or is working on implementation of 52 of those recommendations, according to Politico.com.

About this issue, voters should realize that the President does not need to attend the meeting of all of his advisory councils. He can stay in contact with them by phone or by sending a representative to the meetings.

On the other side of the election debate, we see the President kicking at Governor Romney about his involvement at Bain Capital—sending thousands of jobs overseas. This argument is equally stupid. Romney has had no administrative dealings with Bain Capital that had anything to do with this issue since 1999. That fact has been painfully verified by several of the President’s own supporters on the Bain board of directors.

The real issue in this election is the size of our government. Obama believes in a large government establishment and Romney believes in a small government—it’s as simple as that! All these “issues” we hear about on TV are just a rubric of smokescreen in attempts to make voters believe they are getting to know something new of real value.

Personally, I believe in small government. Large government saps away our freedoms and hamstrings the genuine drivers of our economy, the private entrepreneurial spirit of American business and industry. We would do much better with a smaller government.

All that being said, I must admit that there is another issue that divides conservatives and liberals in this election; and that is the issue of moral integrity. The Democrats are on the side of moral rot with their endorsement of abortion, homosexuality, same-sex marriage, euthanasia, etc., etc. Conservatives are more or less on the side of traditional marriage, stable families, sexual continence, and other issues that have stood the test of time in producing a morally healthy America.

I’ m voting for Governor Romney.