The mission of this website (MRC) is very simple: We are a grassroots blog dedicated to the election of the finest leader to ever run for President of the United States: Mitt Romney. As a blog, we provide information of course to keep you informed, but our mission is to influence readers to take action; to join us in making a difference. If our presence on the Internet does not translate to energetic action in support of Mitt Romney, we have failed. If you have followed MRC for more than a few weeks, you have seen me start some of my posts with “We are going to win!” I have been steadfast in that declaration and I stand by it now.
That said, as in any competitive endeavor, we can lose. This contest is a simple one. The winner will be the candidate that receives the majority of electoral votes, which depends entirely on which candidate gets the largest number of people to cast ballots. Simple. If you are like me, you have gotten a bit nervous these past 10 days or so (or six months) watching with dismay as the mainstream media (MSM) spins everything to favor Mr. Obama. But you know what? It is what it is. The MSM will not change in the next 43 days, so we must overcome this enormous disadvantage with – as my father would say – sheer hard work; we must outwork the opposition.
As I see it, Mr. Obama has four significant advantages that Governor Romney does not and will have between now and November 6th. All of them are inherent with Barack Obama as a person, his party, and his office. In no particular order they are:
- Incumbency: As POTUS, Obama has Prestige of Office and Inherent Credibility
- A Corrupt and Biased Mainstream Media
- Rhetorical Deception
- Union Power and Corruption
Incumbency: As POTUS, Obama has Prestige of Office and Inherent Credibility
The advantages of running for re-election as a sitting president are roughly akin to the Yankees (largest payroll in the MLB at $200M) playing the Padres ($55M) in the World Series. Many advantages are obvious such as the unlimited use of Air Force One used to travel to fundraisers and the ability to invite anyone to the White House, etc. The others are less obvious but definitely crucial in a re-election bid, such as prestige of the office and the credibility of actually being the current POTUS. Think about it. The prestige and credibility of the office of POTUS were established by the reputations of predecessors such as Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, and other incredible patriots of the last century and modern era. For reasons I lay out below, I strongly believe Barack Obama has not nearly lived up to the high standards Americans expect of their president. But that does not change the fact that Mr. Obama is the beneficiary of the incredible prestige and reputation of the mantle of president as established by his predecessors. How does that matter? Americans almost always, as a matter of course, give the president the benefit of the doubt. This is not insignificant in his re-election bid as he uses deception to his advantage.
A Corrupt and Biased Mainstream Media (MSM)
Volumes have been published on this one topic. Just today, our Paul Johnson posted an outstanding piece on this topic (if you have not read it entirely, I highly recommend you do). The MSM is not just biased, which is bad enough. Decisions are made all the time at the highest levels of news organizations relative to amount of content, type of content, and how the content is presented. A recent, obvious example of corruption in my opinion was MSNBC’s decision during the RNC coverage to cut away each time a minority speaker began their speech, choosing to “open up discussion” to their pundits. A more recent example is the extremely thin coverage last week of the largest destruction of United States aviation since 1968 in Vietnam. Did you hear about this terrible event? Neither had my wife and she follows the news from a number of MSM sources. Why did the MSM bury it? Because it does not fit the narrative that Obama is succeeding as commander in chief in the war in Afghanistan after making the terrible decision to give the Taliban a date certain we will leave. Examples are pervasive and numerous. I could go on and on but Paul Johnson covered it best in his piece.
Rhetorical Deception
What I meant here is Mr. Obama is an excellent liar. I’m not referring to a “poker face” as they say. He routinely lies with a smile on his face. How is this an advantage you ask? When combining intentional deception with a) the high reputation of the office of president, and b) the bias and corruption of the MSM, Mr. Obama can say almost anything to the American public and do so with impunity. Watch him. He is perfectly affable and genial as he lies in the face of major calamity. I believe Governor Romney will hold him accountable in the debates.
The MSM is in the process of revealing a probable cover-up by the Obama administration in which they knew of threats against the consulate prior to the attack. In short order after the news of the rare death of an American ambassador, Mr. Obama was partying it up with celebrities in Vegas and laughing it up on Letterman. Seriously! The assassination of a U.S. ambassador is an act of war. The last time an ambassador was assassinated was during the Carter administration, over 30 years ago! Remember the emotional indignation of President Reagan when the Berlin night club was destroyed by a terrorist and which prompted him to bomb Gaddafi’s home? There was no emotion by Obama or Clinton in any of their speeches. They read from prepared remarks with little emotion of any kind; then they turned those remarks into a video for Pakistanis to view as another form of American apology. Sure, they were serious. Within hours though, Mr. Obama was smiling and laughing again outside The White House. BTW, watch Mr. Obama. He refuses to use these three words: “assassination,” “terrorism,” and “evil.” There are many reasons for this which we can address at a later time.
Why is Mr. Obama’s lying deceit an advantage over Governor Romney? Because Governor Romney values integrity above all other character attributes of leadership. Barack Obama considers deception a tactic to success much like a military leader uses deception to out maneuver the enemy. In other words, for Mr. Obama, the end (getting re-elected because ‘my policies are most needed by the world’) justifies the means (lying). Lying is not an option available to Governor Romney.
Union Power and Corruption
Much has been documented over the decades of union power and corruption. It is not my objective here to prove it out all over again. Suffice to state that union bosses wield tremendous power over their members. They care little about local, state, or federal laws or ethics regulating pressure over their members’ voting freedom. If they can skate by the rules, they will. Do you think for a moment union members are not being bombarded by regular mailers, paycheck stuffers, and flyers handed them from their managers on how to get out the vote and how to vote? Union membership has diminished over the years but union influence among its members is as powerful as it ever was. Why is this advantage so important? The reason is that many of those who voted for Mr. Obama in 2008 may be disenchanted with him and may decide not to vote in November. But not the union members. They will vote in high numbers for Obama and many will vote en masse for him as they are bussed by the likes of Harry Reid and others like him. I will not line out the forms of corruption they are known for. Will Romney volunteers be more or less determined than union bosses and their members?
As volunteers and supporters of Mitt Romney for president, we must do everything we can now and in the next 40+ days to get involved. To make phone calls into the battleground states. Travel to the battleground states when organized and invited by the campaign. Ask your friends and family members to register to vote and ask them to ask their contacts to do the same. And then get them to vote. There is so much to do. There is so much we each can do! We will overcome the inherent advantages Mr. Obama possesses. Truth, honor, and integrity will prevail.
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Tonight’s piece lays it out for us . What is our priority .? There is no time to waste …. I suggest that everyone bring up the Friday September 21st Glenn Beck TV show on your computer . Glenn spells out a way for all of to help get the job done on the Friday show . He has been busy for months preparing for this AMAZING announcement that will show us how to engage .. form an army of volunteers , and win this battle . You can get a free trial on DISH NETWORK , or sign up to receive the BLAZE and the Glenn Beck TV show via the internet …… just a reminder ; the enemy never ever sleeps .
Obama is a DIVDER. Period! This admin is so naive, he has nooooo clue about foreign policy, out of touch from the reality and yet he was running an apology ad in Pakistan. How far this guy is gonna bend over for selling America? I’m sure they don’t pay attention to his ad. They’re laughing at us. Despite his apology, and his ad, they were burning his coffine, violance continued, almost 14 pepole died. Why on earth he’s asking us to change our way of life just to please for throat slashers? This is sickning. Get the hell out of my life!
There is no way the incompetent Obama polls are tie with Gov Romney with Obama shitty domestic and int’l records. I do beleive that Gov Romney being discriminated by the media just b/c he is a white guy. I’m black and you can call me crazy, but this is true. I don’t need any evidence. They’re showing their true color 24/7.
One LOve for Gov Romney! I’m praying to jah to shine on him!
The Romney Campaign even has a new theme song- Free Falling.
Romney is on the rise. Intrade now has his chances of winning up to 30%. I’m buying 1000 shares and cashing in on 11/7.
This is off topic but m ust be said for Romney to take Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Somebody out there please tell him to blitz those 2 states with radio-TV ads touting his support for exploiting oil and natural gas that would create several hundred jobs with more additional-support sector jobs to develop oil-natural gas.
If Romney hammers home those 2 ideas in these states he will easily carry them and also remind them these would be high wage jobs which are permanent!
Oil and natural gas especially there would make the final difference.
Someone please pass this on as I know he is always getting advice but does someone now have anthing better than this to help him with OH and PENN?
Pass it on.
One more thing.
We all can see the jobs energy creates state by state by visiting vote4energy.org.
Energy can make the victory happen in this lousy Obama economy as it makes the most new jobs.
Hungarian Crusader,
I think Gov Romney pulled ads from PA sometime in August. You know ,they do internal polling and may be it is not worth spenidng money in PA. I heard that in PA, many people vote party line, not many swing voters out there. People already made up their mind. Philly and Pittsburgh are heavily Dems so, I’m sure Gov Romney will do great in the suburbs. Those energy bubble jobs are outside the cities also they may not be tree huggers, but there’s a lot enviromentalist wackos out there so, there are lots of anti natural gas crackers.
Ads in Ohio is a must. May be they’re warming up :-)
From the horses mouth….
The Quote of the Decade:
“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America ‘s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, “the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”
~ Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006 Pass it on ’til eternity…
Use his own words against him.
Vic: I think the 4 advantages for Obama are right on. I was hoping it would not get down to the debates to decide the election but it has. However, Romney has plenty of ammunition to work with. Obama has failed on many fronts….the cutting of Medicare, Obamacare, auto bailouts, wasted tax payer dollars on green energy companies, cap and trade, foreign policy and many other fronts. But Romney will pick his battles carefully. He will pick those issues that are most important to people and expose Obama’s failure and deception. He will show that he has mislead supporters and has not delivered what he has promised.
Romney/Ryan have integrity and the truth on their side.
We will Win!
Romney/Ryan…..2012!!
Sorry to agree with Vic’s assessments of Obama’s 4 advantages….as corrupt and unethical as they are.. It will take aware Americans to “push the mute button” on Obama’s lying speeches and engaging TV appearances like I do. He has the gall to fly to a fund raiser, asking Americans to give more money and vote for him instead of doing his job and protecting our country and diplomats! Like Nero, fiddling while Rome burns…. What a LOOSER! (With a smile!)
Vic:
“Why is Mr Obama’s lying deceit an advantage over Governor Romney? Because Governor Romney values integrity above all other character attributes of leadership.”
I read the rest of the paragraph and I understand what you’re saying, but it won’t take him to the finish line. I do agree that because Obama is President and has the biased corrupt MSM in his camp, he can get away with misrepresenting Romney and himself. But it’s not going to work in the debates. Romney only has to show that Obama has betrayed the American people on one or two issues. When I say show….I mean that Romney can prove his argument through actual events and facts that will prove that Obama has mislead and failed. If somebody lies about something than you wonder what else they lied about. So even if Romney nails Obama on just one or two issues people will wonder what else is deception rather than the truth. Remember that Romney put Gingrich out of the race in the debate before the Florida primary by proving that Gingrich had misrepresented his lobbying activities.
Will Obama be able to catch Romney in a lie? Will he prove to the American people that Romney has deceived them? We all know that won’t happen because Romney’s motivations are in the best interest of people and he has integrity.
The Romney campaign feels the debates will be a game changer. Romney knows which arguments will drive a wedge between Obama and independents and maybe some of his supporters. Obama may be an excellent orator, but Romney is at his finest in the debates. He will out shine and out charisma Barack Obama. Obama is no match for Romney.
Romney was asked by Sean Hannity how he expected to win the election and Romney replied….”If truth is the standard, we will win.” So I don’t think Romney is worried about Obama’s strategy of deception. At least not in the debates.
Vote for Freedom..Vote for Truth..Vote for Romney/Ryan
If you like to research and read you will be surprised. Obama has more secrets than our debt. You can learn more now but four years ago I was shocked when I tried to learn more about him. Everything was buried. We know more now and it is really frightening. The worst thing is that so many people believe everything that the man says. He talks about Romney’s taxes. How about his entire life. Why so many secrets? Why can’t we see his college records? Romney is suppose to be the bad guy because he is rich. You know it takes brains to do that. He gave all of his fathers wealth away. The company’s that Romney helped should be featured more. There are many! Mitt is an open book if you care to research him.