BUSH SAID 50%, ROMNEY SAID 47%, RYAN SAID 30% DON'T COUNT.

There are several things missing in campaign rhetoric. On of the biggest is climate change, which is avoided clearly because of the fear of politicians have, including the President, of the huge stick brandish by the energy—this has a provable economic base. Another perhaps more important avoided subject is the impact of the do nothing congress, which has a philosophical base. The reason this is so important is that it relates to two fundamental things. The first is the obvious corruption of both the Senate and the House of Representatives by their own self-imposed rules of operation. The fact that a single congressional representative can prevent the consideration of a duly written and submitted bill or presidential appointment is an abomination. The second is a minority of senators or Congressional representatives can prevent consideration of any bill they do not like by a cloture vote requiring a super majority. This is as wrong for a Republican as it is for a Democrat. I, as altruist, blame the fundamental individual conservative political philosophy not to compromise as being at the heart of the problem especially when they act collectively.

I cannot get the haunting image of George W, Bush standing behind a microphone after his ill-gotten win in 2004 saying his win gave him political capital and he intended to “spend it”. He arrogantly meant he did not have to compromise with anyone for any reason—he won. He was saying the same thing Mitt Romney told his donors: 47% of the country does not count. In George Bush case, arguable, 50% of the country does not count. What he was saying was equivalent to a little League Coach tell his team “winning is everything” or for a case in point, Speaker Boehner saying we have a majority so we will not compromise—or to be trite our way or the highway. I cannot imagine a Democrat saying anything alike that. Nor can I imagine why the American people do not realize that Ann Rand, the author of the political philosophy these people follow, said 99% do not count. If you vote for Romney/Ryan you are voting against yourself.