Iran's attempt to obtain a nuclear bomb is a clear and present danger, not only to the Middle East and Israel in particular, but to the whole world and the kind of peace it (world) needs.
The attack on the British Embassy in Tehran yesterday makes it official that the government of Iran will do anything to push its agenda of spreading its brand of Islam through force and military power; and that constitutes a threat to all countries and their embassies, which under International law, are safe havens.
By flouting the law governed by the Vienna convention, Iran is acting as an undesirable country that must be faced before it does more damage to bilateral relations, which must be observed by all nations.
What makes the attack more dangerous is that the protesters include members of the secret police and the paramilitary basij brigades, which are under the control of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
The reason for the invasion is quite obvious that the British is taking the recent report by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) seriously, that the Iranians are up to no good.
The report cited "credible" evidence of Iranian scientists experimenting with a "nuclear warhead design." That alone must sound an alarm to the rest of the world that Iran is not just close to having the "bomb", but it is preparing to give a surprise to whomever it chooses, either to Israel or even the United States.
That is the basis upon which the UK is making a strong decision to "sever ties to the Iranian banking system and parliament, the Majlis," and it (decision) has annoyed the Iranian government so much so that, it has to give the order for the protesters to storm the embassy.
That must be quite obvious, because a squad of Iranian riot police has been assigned to the embassy, but it (police) is not able to put up any kind of resistance to stop the attack.
The scene is said to be similar to the seizure of the U.S. embassy in 1979; but as events in history tend to repeat themselves, America must not rest assured that nothing sinister is coming its way.
It all goes to show that the United Nations resolutions and sanctions cannot deter Iran from pursuing its plans; so, isn't it about time some dramatic action is taken before the inevitable happens?
The British embassy today, the U.S. embassy the next; and on and on it will go, by a terrorist country that has no respect for International law.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
CAIN & MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
Herman Cain's denials of his philandering habits have been grabbing the headlines this week.
As he continued on the campaign trail, his popularity would be waning, and the numbers, lining him up with the front runners in the polls were likely to go down and into single digits as the weeks progressed, and that would not be a good sign for his candidacy to succeed.
The accusations have bitten too much out of any advancement the former Godfather's pizza chairman has made, and a whole lot of enthusiasm has gone from his efforts; and also he was not being looked at, from a public perception, the same way again as before.
The political donations were not going to be as forthcoming as his camp had anticipated; and that too could upset his plans in the Republican Party nomination race to which frequent donors were needed to finance a campaign of that caliber.
It was not one for a local political office; it was for the presidency of the United States; and so the funds must have a continuous flow.
Even his friend Newt Gingrich, who has similar charges made against him in the past was joining in giving advise to Cain for him to come forward and addressed the issues without holding anything back.
The accusations by more than two or three women, and now four, as an Atlanta woman has become the latest of Cain's accusers, could not be forthrightly faced with mere denials.
The story from Atlanta by this person for having a 14 year affair with him took the cake. That was not a stint; it was almost a lifelong relationship, as even many real marriages did not last that long or far less.
For any amount of amnesia that Cain has had over the years, he would remember something or some feature of his accuser for that length of time, starting with the face and the last encounter with that face, at least.
The mainstream media would be courting him as much as they would like, but that was what they gained their revenues from; from sordid news about a high profile person, as he, Cain, now was. They would be harping on the same topic, leaving him no chance to fully concentrate on his campaign.
What he himself must be sure of was not to bring his family or marriage into the fracas, for he would have done not only a personal damage to himself, but also one to those whom he loved and had devoted his life for; like his wife, his children, and so on and so forth.
One would be asking whether his campaign would get him anywhere, on his journey to the White House, but one would not have an answer to that question.
It would take Cain to decide, if the whole thing, meaning this episode in his life, was, or has been or would be, worthwhile for him personally.
As he continued on the campaign trail, his popularity would be waning, and the numbers, lining him up with the front runners in the polls were likely to go down and into single digits as the weeks progressed, and that would not be a good sign for his candidacy to succeed.
The accusations have bitten too much out of any advancement the former Godfather's pizza chairman has made, and a whole lot of enthusiasm has gone from his efforts; and also he was not being looked at, from a public perception, the same way again as before.
The political donations were not going to be as forthcoming as his camp had anticipated; and that too could upset his plans in the Republican Party nomination race to which frequent donors were needed to finance a campaign of that caliber.
It was not one for a local political office; it was for the presidency of the United States; and so the funds must have a continuous flow.
Even his friend Newt Gingrich, who has similar charges made against him in the past was joining in giving advise to Cain for him to come forward and addressed the issues without holding anything back.
The accusations by more than two or three women, and now four, as an Atlanta woman has become the latest of Cain's accusers, could not be forthrightly faced with mere denials.
The story from Atlanta by this person for having a 14 year affair with him took the cake. That was not a stint; it was almost a lifelong relationship, as even many real marriages did not last that long or far less.
For any amount of amnesia that Cain has had over the years, he would remember something or some feature of his accuser for that length of time, starting with the face and the last encounter with that face, at least.
The mainstream media would be courting him as much as they would like, but that was what they gained their revenues from; from sordid news about a high profile person, as he, Cain, now was. They would be harping on the same topic, leaving him no chance to fully concentrate on his campaign.
What he himself must be sure of was not to bring his family or marriage into the fracas, for he would have done not only a personal damage to himself, but also one to those whom he loved and had devoted his life for; like his wife, his children, and so on and so forth.
One would be asking whether his campaign would get him anywhere, on his journey to the White House, but one would not have an answer to that question.
It would take Cain to decide, if the whole thing, meaning this episode in his life, was, or has been or would be, worthwhile for him personally.
Monday, November 28, 2011
THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS & WORKING PEOPLE.
The middle class and working people of America have never had a sympathizer as President Barack Obama, since LBJ's war on poverty, which many thought was a camouflage for JFK's death, and never trusted him, until they were able to get him out of office, using the Vietnam war as a pretext.
It was with a heavy heart that he made his resignation speech, saying the famous words, "I will not run for president,", on March 31st, 1968.
In his mind, he thought that Americans, and particularly the masses, who were mainly poor and of middle class background, would back him, because he was fighting their cause; and they were such a disappointment, it made him sad and close to tears.
His program later degenerated into making America a welfare state, which most came to detest, and thus making Johnson's ouster a reasonable feat.
The analogy here was Obama sticking his neck out for the very same middle class and working people against the enormous power of the 1% of the population that ran the United States with their investment portfolios and bank accounts. Those were the corporate and industrial moguls in the country.
Nobody could face them head on and not get hurt, and it took the bravest to challenge them and be able to remain in the White House, as Obama was doing. He had said that they should pay their fair share in taxes, and how dared he to say so, since they were the job creators and business builders.
They (moguls) could not have better persons to champion their claim than the Republican Party members in the U.S. Congress, most of whom were millionaires themselves, and the propaganda machinery of their party targeting to discredit the Obama administration's policies as repulsive, unproductive and failures.
They have used a single word, "spending" to organize a stiff opposition, which has come to be known as "the tea party", that was made up of all manner of people, but mostly of racist in nature; and together, they have sworn to uproot Obama from being the president of the U.S.
It (spending) has become a magnet even for simple folks to assume the nation's debt to be rising exponentially, since Obama took office; but where the vast majority of the spending was going, his detractors refused to say. It was feeding two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and defending the nation from its enemies, besides other relevant expenditures that any government should incur.
Corporations and big businesses have money reserves sitting idle in vaults and out of commission. They have stopped hiring people; as well as many so called small business entrepreneurs or owners, who were out to cheat their workers, by refusing to give them the same healthcare coverage that they had, have joined the band. They objected to the new healthcare law by the president, "Obamacare", as they themselves called it.
Hence, the extraordinary downturn of America's economy and high unemployment, which were being aided by the many upheavals going on around the world.
Nevertheless, all the actions of the opposition were geared to destroy Obama and his administration.
If there were to be a class warfare, Obama did not start it. It was the wealthy 1% that had a political party carrying its banner, and utilizing its resources to terminate him, because he was overly protective of the middle and working class people.
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators should have come out showing their support for his American Jobs Act proposal, but it did not outwardly do so; however, many could imagine that the demonstrations taking place all over the country were the beginnings of a social groundswell, which would be ready to give him a second term.
Unlike LBJ, he was not going to throw in the towel, with the middle and working class people looking in. He deserved their support in the 2012 general election, and he should get it.
Besides, a former governor of Massachusetts, who left with a profound unemployment in the State, and an intellectual elitist, who made his money writing books, were not the ones to carry the nation forward, emotionally, economically and politically.
Their sole ambition was to interrupt Obama, which should not be permitted by the middle and working class people of America.
P.S. This blog remains neutral.
It was with a heavy heart that he made his resignation speech, saying the famous words, "I will not run for president,", on March 31st, 1968.
In his mind, he thought that Americans, and particularly the masses, who were mainly poor and of middle class background, would back him, because he was fighting their cause; and they were such a disappointment, it made him sad and close to tears.
His program later degenerated into making America a welfare state, which most came to detest, and thus making Johnson's ouster a reasonable feat.
The analogy here was Obama sticking his neck out for the very same middle class and working people against the enormous power of the 1% of the population that ran the United States with their investment portfolios and bank accounts. Those were the corporate and industrial moguls in the country.
Nobody could face them head on and not get hurt, and it took the bravest to challenge them and be able to remain in the White House, as Obama was doing. He had said that they should pay their fair share in taxes, and how dared he to say so, since they were the job creators and business builders.
They (moguls) could not have better persons to champion their claim than the Republican Party members in the U.S. Congress, most of whom were millionaires themselves, and the propaganda machinery of their party targeting to discredit the Obama administration's policies as repulsive, unproductive and failures.
They have used a single word, "spending" to organize a stiff opposition, which has come to be known as "the tea party", that was made up of all manner of people, but mostly of racist in nature; and together, they have sworn to uproot Obama from being the president of the U.S.
It (spending) has become a magnet even for simple folks to assume the nation's debt to be rising exponentially, since Obama took office; but where the vast majority of the spending was going, his detractors refused to say. It was feeding two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and defending the nation from its enemies, besides other relevant expenditures that any government should incur.
Corporations and big businesses have money reserves sitting idle in vaults and out of commission. They have stopped hiring people; as well as many so called small business entrepreneurs or owners, who were out to cheat their workers, by refusing to give them the same healthcare coverage that they had, have joined the band. They objected to the new healthcare law by the president, "Obamacare", as they themselves called it.
Hence, the extraordinary downturn of America's economy and high unemployment, which were being aided by the many upheavals going on around the world.
Nevertheless, all the actions of the opposition were geared to destroy Obama and his administration.
If there were to be a class warfare, Obama did not start it. It was the wealthy 1% that had a political party carrying its banner, and utilizing its resources to terminate him, because he was overly protective of the middle and working class people.
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators should have come out showing their support for his American Jobs Act proposal, but it did not outwardly do so; however, many could imagine that the demonstrations taking place all over the country were the beginnings of a social groundswell, which would be ready to give him a second term.
Unlike LBJ, he was not going to throw in the towel, with the middle and working class people looking in. He deserved their support in the 2012 general election, and he should get it.
Besides, a former governor of Massachusetts, who left with a profound unemployment in the State, and an intellectual elitist, who made his money writing books, were not the ones to carry the nation forward, emotionally, economically and politically.
Their sole ambition was to interrupt Obama, which should not be permitted by the middle and working class people of America.
P.S. This blog remains neutral.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
THEY ARE SEEING THE LIGHT.
PROPAGANDA: "is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda).
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the official name of the Obama administration's health reform, which the Republicans and other Conservative groups have named as "Obamacare".
They are vilifying it in such a way that people are wondering why it is being attacked so much; that it is a bad program, it costs too much, and it is very unpopular, according these groups.
However, the fact is that it has given healthcare insurance coverage to an additional 30 million people. They are now insured, and they and their families can go to the ER, when they need to without any problem.
Most of the candidates running in the Republican Party race for nomination have vowed to repeal it. Romney, Bachmann and Cain have all forcefully come against it. It is their aim to dismantle it and to put it back together again their own way.
So, the public knows that it is obnoxious, but nobody has come out rebelling against it, in the form of a demonstration, such as Occupy Wall Street, an anti group against capitalism.
Or even the grassroots membership of the Republican Party and Conservative groups are not showing outwardly and protesting its existence. Where are they? The streets belong to them too.
For a measure of good reason, some people are skeptical of the attitude of those who are slamming the program, and are wondering, if it is not just pure propaganda by those, who are railing against the new healthcare program; and if that is true, then who must be behind the opposition.
Can it be the Private Insurance companies that used to run their own programs before and have messed the healthcare industry up; or the doctors and specialists, who are believed to have bled those programs to death, by high costs and exorbitant charges that patients cannot afford?
As a result, many people are denied policies due to high premiums, which they cannot pay; and the ones that are branded as having preexisting conditions are made to lose their policies, and are evicted from hospitals or turned away from healthcare facilities; some of whom die off needlessly.
Are they going to be forced to go back to that?
The healthcare industry has become so dysfunctional; a factory type of business, where people are treated as undesirable entities, because their health problems happen to be too laborious, in so many cases, to the point that policies are denied them, left, right and center. The shame of it all is that most of them are poor people and the elderly.
The only way to get the healthcare industry going well again is to completely overhaul it, and that is exactly the objective of the Obama administration from the very start.
The bad management of the system is what has caught the attention of the Obama administration before, and during its first days in office, to decide to reform it for the better.
The latest claim by those who used to hawk private insurance policies is that the new health law is a "job killer"; yet, they are failing to convince most people of that as being factual, except that they are using the high unemployment rate to support their argument.
Politicians, who are receiving campaign contributions from these healthcare companies and other private investors, must be behind all that hullabaloo, that Obamacare is worse than the previous system, and that they will repeal it to let it become the cornucopia for their backers as in the past; hence the heavy strain of propaganda against the new healthcare law.
However, will their tactics work?
Many are doubting whether their strategy will catch fire with a majority of healthcare users, as going back to "the status quo" will be impossible. They detest the past healthcare services, and if they do not like the new law, why are they not out there protesting against it?
They can see that all that the opposition is doing is spewing out sheer propaganda to discredit President Barack Obama; and that is all there is to it.
Will it (propaganda) fail? Yes! Of course. Why? Because most Americans are saying so; for they are seeing the light.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the official name of the Obama administration's health reform, which the Republicans and other Conservative groups have named as "Obamacare".
They are vilifying it in such a way that people are wondering why it is being attacked so much; that it is a bad program, it costs too much, and it is very unpopular, according these groups.
However, the fact is that it has given healthcare insurance coverage to an additional 30 million people. They are now insured, and they and their families can go to the ER, when they need to without any problem.
Most of the candidates running in the Republican Party race for nomination have vowed to repeal it. Romney, Bachmann and Cain have all forcefully come against it. It is their aim to dismantle it and to put it back together again their own way.
So, the public knows that it is obnoxious, but nobody has come out rebelling against it, in the form of a demonstration, such as Occupy Wall Street, an anti group against capitalism.
Or even the grassroots membership of the Republican Party and Conservative groups are not showing outwardly and protesting its existence. Where are they? The streets belong to them too.
For a measure of good reason, some people are skeptical of the attitude of those who are slamming the program, and are wondering, if it is not just pure propaganda by those, who are railing against the new healthcare program; and if that is true, then who must be behind the opposition.
Can it be the Private Insurance companies that used to run their own programs before and have messed the healthcare industry up; or the doctors and specialists, who are believed to have bled those programs to death, by high costs and exorbitant charges that patients cannot afford?
As a result, many people are denied policies due to high premiums, which they cannot pay; and the ones that are branded as having preexisting conditions are made to lose their policies, and are evicted from hospitals or turned away from healthcare facilities; some of whom die off needlessly.
Are they going to be forced to go back to that?
The healthcare industry has become so dysfunctional; a factory type of business, where people are treated as undesirable entities, because their health problems happen to be too laborious, in so many cases, to the point that policies are denied them, left, right and center. The shame of it all is that most of them are poor people and the elderly.
The only way to get the healthcare industry going well again is to completely overhaul it, and that is exactly the objective of the Obama administration from the very start.
The bad management of the system is what has caught the attention of the Obama administration before, and during its first days in office, to decide to reform it for the better.
The latest claim by those who used to hawk private insurance policies is that the new health law is a "job killer"; yet, they are failing to convince most people of that as being factual, except that they are using the high unemployment rate to support their argument.
Politicians, who are receiving campaign contributions from these healthcare companies and other private investors, must be behind all that hullabaloo, that Obamacare is worse than the previous system, and that they will repeal it to let it become the cornucopia for their backers as in the past; hence the heavy strain of propaganda against the new healthcare law.
However, will their tactics work?
Many are doubting whether their strategy will catch fire with a majority of healthcare users, as going back to "the status quo" will be impossible. They detest the past healthcare services, and if they do not like the new law, why are they not out there protesting against it?
They can see that all that the opposition is doing is spewing out sheer propaganda to discredit President Barack Obama; and that is all there is to it.
Will it (propaganda) fail? Yes! Of course. Why? Because most Americans are saying so; for they are seeing the light.
Friday, November 25, 2011
GOOD SHOW, Mr. PRESIDENT.
America could not have had a younger president, who spoke with so much conviction that it was his prayer that the nation could come together to solve its problems, just as a tenacious family would do, so that there would be no deep seated animosity among its members.
President Barack Obama showed that spirit in his weekly radio address, (which was also teleivized) without making himself look like a demagogue peering down from on high at those below him. He came down to earth and became as one belonging to a common family living anywhere in the United States and sharing his life with those around him at a thanksgiving dinner table.
He seemed to be saying, "if we were to drop the things that put wedges between us, together we could do what we were supposed to be doing; and that was to help each other,"
He was speaking, primarily, to lawmakers, but he also meant everyone in the country to get the message.
To him, probably, togetherness was lacking in Washington D.C., and that has caused so much aggravation to the whole nation in the past few months, in addressing the issues that were the underlying factors of America's standard of living.
They were, 1. a strong economy, 2. less unemployment and 3, fiscal freedom, which must be on the minds of all members of the U.S. Congress; and that opposing the correction in any of them by the use ideology created "gridlocks" and elements that curtailed a nation's progress to prosperity. There must be one (prosperity), not just for a lucky few, but for all individuals, rich or poor.
In a jocular way, while pardoning the two turkeys, on the same day, but in a different setting, he wanted his audience to take him seriously, that the act of pardon should not be done in a meaningless fashion. It must be performed honorably, with character and dignity.
Back to his speech, he was casting his eyes out to see what was going on around him, with the soldiers in the field fighting to protect US, and also what their families were going through.
Dad was missing at the tablehead, and Mom was not in the kitchen. So, if it was not for the family, of aunts and cousins, and the care of neighbors and friends, etc., what would the children do? They would be sucking their fingers all day, with no nourishment coming to them from that.
He was urging Americans to build strong bonds and vital relationships, which were the tenets of an enlightened society, so that each member would see what the other was experiencing, rather than to be isolationists and selfish people.
A family that shared common ideals, made for a united community, where all considered the safety of themselves and of their fellow citizens to be paramount.
The division in the erstwhile Super Committee did not bade well for the country, as it was the sequel of another failure to improve the state of the sagging economy that it (country) was facing; instead, it pulled back the little advancement that has been made.
In another light, he saw his job, and not excepting those of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, as a struggle to find solutions, when he said, “The problems we face didn’t develop overnight, and we won’t solve them overnight.” Here too, the emphasis was on "WE".
He was speaking to unite the country on a onerous Thanksgiving Day, and to remove the differences people carry that were also hindrances; for they could adversely affect us all, one way or another.
President Barack Obama showed that spirit in his weekly radio address, (which was also teleivized) without making himself look like a demagogue peering down from on high at those below him. He came down to earth and became as one belonging to a common family living anywhere in the United States and sharing his life with those around him at a thanksgiving dinner table.
He seemed to be saying, "if we were to drop the things that put wedges between us, together we could do what we were supposed to be doing; and that was to help each other,"
He was speaking, primarily, to lawmakers, but he also meant everyone in the country to get the message.
To him, probably, togetherness was lacking in Washington D.C., and that has caused so much aggravation to the whole nation in the past few months, in addressing the issues that were the underlying factors of America's standard of living.
They were, 1. a strong economy, 2. less unemployment and 3, fiscal freedom, which must be on the minds of all members of the U.S. Congress; and that opposing the correction in any of them by the use ideology created "gridlocks" and elements that curtailed a nation's progress to prosperity. There must be one (prosperity), not just for a lucky few, but for all individuals, rich or poor.
In a jocular way, while pardoning the two turkeys, on the same day, but in a different setting, he wanted his audience to take him seriously, that the act of pardon should not be done in a meaningless fashion. It must be performed honorably, with character and dignity.
Back to his speech, he was casting his eyes out to see what was going on around him, with the soldiers in the field fighting to protect US, and also what their families were going through.
Dad was missing at the tablehead, and Mom was not in the kitchen. So, if it was not for the family, of aunts and cousins, and the care of neighbors and friends, etc., what would the children do? They would be sucking their fingers all day, with no nourishment coming to them from that.
He was urging Americans to build strong bonds and vital relationships, which were the tenets of an enlightened society, so that each member would see what the other was experiencing, rather than to be isolationists and selfish people.
A family that shared common ideals, made for a united community, where all considered the safety of themselves and of their fellow citizens to be paramount.
The division in the erstwhile Super Committee did not bade well for the country, as it was the sequel of another failure to improve the state of the sagging economy that it (country) was facing; instead, it pulled back the little advancement that has been made.
In another light, he saw his job, and not excepting those of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, as a struggle to find solutions, when he said, “The problems we face didn’t develop overnight, and we won’t solve them overnight.” Here too, the emphasis was on "WE".
He was speaking to unite the country on a onerous Thanksgiving Day, and to remove the differences people carry that were also hindrances; for they could adversely affect us all, one way or another.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
HOLIDAY GREETINGS.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY FRIENDS. WE HAVE ALMOST FINISHED ANOTHER YEAR, UNSCATHED; WITH ALL THE PERILS AROUND THE WORLD. WE HAVE TO BE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
P.S. EXCEPT FOR THE "SUPER COMMITTEE" LETTING US (UNITED STATES) DOWN, WE CAN SAY THAT WE ARE ALRIGHT..
P.S. EXCEPT FOR THE "SUPER COMMITTEE" LETTING US (UNITED STATES) DOWN, WE CAN SAY THAT WE ARE ALRIGHT..
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
COULD GINGRICH UNSEAT OBAMA?
People should remember Newt Gingrich, during the Clinton impeachment days, when he was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and played a leading role in the impeachment procedure, and helped the process to take place.
That was his time to have made claims on getting to the presidency of the United States, as he was very popular, younger and likable, even by those who thought politics was a "double cross" occupation.
However, for some reason, he did not show the nerve he was showing now, that he wanted to be president; and he started dressing up shabbily, became even dishevelled at times, and as if wanting the public to take its eyes off him.
Yet, that was his time, and not now.
As in all the Republican Party debates, he has proved his eloquence and intellectual abilities high above his rivals to get to the front of the pack at this very moment.
In yesterday's debate, he was shrewd, smart and well informed on all the topics. He knew about them long before; and he had experienced them, when he was the Speaker; and so, none of his challengers was as prepared as he was.
He must have considered that, he should not try to outperform those he had with him on the stage, but by being himself, all would show up in the form of knowledge ability and strong background.
So, he won hands down, with smart answers, and making his colleagues look like students, and earning his front runner position from Mitt Romney, who was forcing his responses from a litany of ideas that his advisers have given him for the event.
The others tried and tried their best; with Jon Huntsman providing an insight into his diplomatic understanding, and Michele Bachmann using her short stint in the...House of Representatives as a shield or a badge of honor.
Rick Perry was "uninventive" as usual, throwing things out and unable to find ways to replace them with anything, and thus not scoring him any points; and Ron Paul being the isolationist that he has always been, with no change of any kind in what he believed and in what has been telling the American people in all the the debates.
Santorum was as eclectic as he has been throughout; and as for Cain, his answers came from pictorial studies overnight, with no real substance in them; although, in his own mind he thought he was doing very well.
All in all, Gingrich was the winner. Yet, the question remained whether he could use his past to unseat President Barack Obama. Could he? Many doubted it.
That was his time to have made claims on getting to the presidency of the United States, as he was very popular, younger and likable, even by those who thought politics was a "double cross" occupation.
However, for some reason, he did not show the nerve he was showing now, that he wanted to be president; and he started dressing up shabbily, became even dishevelled at times, and as if wanting the public to take its eyes off him.
Yet, that was his time, and not now.
As in all the Republican Party debates, he has proved his eloquence and intellectual abilities high above his rivals to get to the front of the pack at this very moment.
In yesterday's debate, he was shrewd, smart and well informed on all the topics. He knew about them long before; and he had experienced them, when he was the Speaker; and so, none of his challengers was as prepared as he was.
He must have considered that, he should not try to outperform those he had with him on the stage, but by being himself, all would show up in the form of knowledge ability and strong background.
So, he won hands down, with smart answers, and making his colleagues look like students, and earning his front runner position from Mitt Romney, who was forcing his responses from a litany of ideas that his advisers have given him for the event.
The others tried and tried their best; with Jon Huntsman providing an insight into his diplomatic understanding, and Michele Bachmann using her short stint in the...House of Representatives as a shield or a badge of honor.
Rick Perry was "uninventive" as usual, throwing things out and unable to find ways to replace them with anything, and thus not scoring him any points; and Ron Paul being the isolationist that he has always been, with no change of any kind in what he believed and in what has been telling the American people in all the the debates.
Santorum was as eclectic as he has been throughout; and as for Cain, his answers came from pictorial studies overnight, with no real substance in them; although, in his own mind he thought he was doing very well.
All in all, Gingrich was the winner. Yet, the question remained whether he could use his past to unseat President Barack Obama. Could he? Many doubted it.
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