Clay Aiken, an American Idol contestant, announced
his candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District of North Carolina. A video was released on YouTube outlining his
narrative. And as usual, for most
democrats, the narrative is the most compelling part of a candidate. Barack Obama is a case and point on story
over substance and policy.
If you’ve
ever talked about FDR with a progressive, they usually make asinine statements
like, “FDR saved capitalism from itself,” or “FDR was a traitor to his class.” But if you look at his policies, they were
hostile to businesses, and he was true to his class: paternalistic,
overbearing, and replete with corruption and cronyism. FDR was a menace. He presided over one of the greatest
financial disasters in the history of this country. But don’t pay attention to that. It doesn’t fit the narrative. They don’t call it the Great Depression for
nothing. Oh, and they blamed it on
Hoover for at least two terms. Sound
familiar?
In the
aforementioned video, Mr. Aiken outlined budget cuts to the military that Rep.
Renee Ellmers allegedly vote for. In all
probability, those cuts came in “sequestration.” That law was the first time this country has
restrained its spending in decades. And
it was up to the Obama administration to decide where those cuts were to be
made. And as for shutting down the
federal government, that is another myth.
Only 17% of that monstrosity was closed down.
We can
expect more of the Clay Aiken narrative.
Substance is of little consequence to liberal rags like the Charlotte
Observer. They’ve already cast their first American Idol
vote. The above cartoon is an indication
of that.
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