Obama Legacy

Paris Climate Accord           Nixed

Obamacare                             Partialy Nixed

Iran Nuclear Agreement      Nixed

Economic malaise                  Corrected

ISIS                                           Partialy Nixed

Over regulation                       Nixed

Pipeline blockings                   Nixed

North Korea hegonomy         Partialy Nixed

Poor trade agreements           Partialy Nixed

Scandal-free administration   Just Wait

Open borders                           Partialy Nixed

Muslim tilt                                Israeli tilt

Poor military readiness           Nixed

Ignoring NATO slackers         Partialy nixed

MAGA Trump

Is Trump often childish? Sure. Does he taunt him enemies mercilessly? Of course ... often uncomfortably. Does he relate his version of the truth independent of what the media and the Left believe? Too often. Is he an orator? No, he lowers his voice when he should raise it for emphasis and his hand  gestures ate too routine. Dos he repeat himself? Like an echo chamber. Is he compulsive? Yup, yup. Does he look like a president? He has funny hair and too-long ties. Was he a sexual predator? If you take the Billy Bush tape literally, yes. Is he a narcissist and egomaniac? Yes. Has he paid his taxes over the years?  To me, this is up to the IRS to decide. Does he have most of the national media in his corner? Duh!

So why do I and millions of other Americans support this flawed man with clear eyes? Simple, because of his policies and because  his performance agrees with what we believe needs to be done. On immigration, on trade, on terrorism, on limiting government and government regulation, on national defense and hegonomy, on economic growth, on tax reform, on draining the political swamp that is Washington, on all these things and more ... most of which Democrats seem to eschew.

What's the difference between these two radically different stances? Clearly, Trump's opponents mostly dislike his superficials, whereas his supporters look beyond these flaws, believing that this man will MAGA.

BTW, Oprah has few of Trump's flaws ... but also supports few of his political mandates (at least those which we know now about), yet the Left already has her nominated for 2020. Is this the right political strategy? Well, it did work in 2008 ... but somehow I doubt it will again?

The Uninformed Voter

Even with the stock market hitting a new high, I think that there is a reasonable chance that the U.S. economy will experience a slow-down, if not a double-dip recession, this year.  The fourth quarter of last year's GNP growth has been revised up to a still-anemic +0.1% and four significant economic events have occurred since then: 1) as a result of the fiscal cliff, an increase of the tax rate on high-earners to almost 40% and on dividends to 20%, 2) an increase in the payroll tax rate on everyone by 2 percentage points, 3) the real start of the myriad taxes and regulations associated with Obamacare, and 4) the $43 billion reduction in federal spending that came with the recent sequestration.  With the continuing government spending resolution due to occur in Congress at the end of this month, there is still another element of uncertainty facing American companies ... causing them to approach any business expansion with caution

OK, given that an economic slow-down might occur, how will it be viewed by the uninformed voters in the U.S.?  Obviously, the Obama Administration will be beating the demagogic drums and blaming such a slowdown on the sequestration events.  But, as can be seen from above, three tax increases will be taking considerable money out of the economy and giving it to the government (see: Breitbart Story) whereas the sequestration might slightly ease the pressure on the Federal Reserve Bank to fund America's crippling deficits ... which, I think, might even be a plus for our economy.  And, given that this country will still be running close to a trillion dollar fiscal deficit this year and the Federal Reserve Bank will still be printing about $85 billion of monetary stimulus each month (with "quantitative easing"), by all logic an economic slowdown should not occur.  So, if and when it does as I predict, it should be fully the responsibility of the Obama Administration and its hostile business and taxing environment.

But do you think that uninformed voters will understand this logic?  Or will they give the Democrats even more (destructive) economic leverage in the Congressional elections of 2014?