h*******g 发帖数: 205 | 1 http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/332595/romney-s-optimism
Romney’s Optimism Will Win
It’s no year for a big-government pessimist.
By Larry Kudlow
Putting aside all the voter models, there’s one overlooked point worth
making with Election Day at hand. Most times in American politics, optimists
win, and pessimists lose. I know that’s not always the case. And sometimes
it’s hard to distinguish between the two. But in this election, I believe
Mitt Romney is the optimist, and Barack Obama is the pessimist. It’s Romney
’s election to win.
Parenthetically, in my lifetime, it was Dwight Eisenhower the optimist,
Stevenson the pessimist; Kennedy the optimist (“Get America moving again”)
, Nixon the pessimist; Reagan the quintessential optimist, Carter the
pessimist; and going further back in history, FDR the optimist, Hoover and
the rest of them the pessimists.
And of course, four years ago, it was Obama the optimist. He was the
candidate of hope and change. But he has run such a negative campaign in
2012, right up to the end, that I believe his negativism is translating into
pessimism. And that’s not what the beleaguered American people want.
“Voting is the best revenge,” Obama infamously said this past weekend.
What did he mean by that? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s line was, “Living well is
the best revenge.” But with President Obama, what exactly is this revenge?
Revenge against whom? Against what?
Mitt Romney quickly countered that one should vote for the love of country,
not revenge. But I wonder, regarding President Obama, is his revenge against
the rich? Is it revenge because his class-warfare argument isn’t working?
Is it revenge because his policies have not spread the wealth and
redistributed income as much as he wants?
Is it revenge against his failure to grow the government even larger? Is it
revenge because he wants more than 50 percent of American households to be
government dependent? Is it revenge because his big-spending fiscal policies
haven’t worked?
The Joint Economic Committee reports that both economic growth and job
creation are the worst in modern times, dating back to 1947. So is it
revenge for Mr. Obama because he hasn’t had the chance to create even
higher spending, taxes, and regulation?
In his closing argument in the Wall Street Journal this weekend, Obama went
on several times about raising taxes on individuals and businesses. This is
pessimism. You know why? Because optimists believe in the ingenuity,
entrepreneurship, and spirit of gifted individuals who are free to use their
God-given talents to make our economy and society the best it can be. Not
government. That’s the pessimistic view. But individual initiative — the
optimistic view.
Mitt Romney takes this individual view. God granted natural rights to
individuals, and it is they who truly run the government and the country.
That’s the Romney view. It’s the free-enterprise view. The market view.
The human-action view. To my way of thinking, that makes Romney the model
optimist.
Look at Romney’s general plan. He sets optimistic goals of 4 percent growth
and 12 million new jobs. He will reduce and reform the tax system in ways
that will reward, not punish, the success of individuals and companies. He
would encourage business, not insult it. He believes free-market capitalism
and choice, not the heavy hand of government, are the best solutions to
poverty.
When Romney talks about increasing take-home pay, he’s creating a dividing
line between a larger private sector and a more restrained government sector
. This goes hand in hand with his goal to contain government at 20 percent
of GDP. This, too, is optimism.
Even more, when Romney offers to reach across the aisle to find common
ground on major issues — like spending, deficits, debt, tax reform, and
entitlement reform — he is in effect showing an inherent optimism that well
-meaning men and women can get things done in order to make the country
better.
In effect, just as Reagan did in the crisis of 1980, Romney is saying: We
can fix this and solve this with people of good will and strong principles
coming together for the first time in many years.
I am not blaming Barack Obama for all the country’s ills. He was dealt a
very bad hand. But he chose the wrong course. He relies too much on big
government and too little on the enterprise of ordinary people. He is
operating a historically discredited model.
Mitt Romney, on the other hand, is working to restore the freedom model
created by our Founders. This model has served the country well for 250-some
years. It is fundamentally a belief in people and good common sense. It is
profoundly optimistic.
Perhaps I’ll be wrong. But I think optimism wins this election.
– Larry Kudlow, NRO’s economics editor, is host of CNBC’s The Kudlow
Report and author of the daily web log, Kudlow’s Money Politic$. | l**1 发帖数: 1875 | 2 Romney said: "China is Cheater!"
google translation:
罗姆尼说:“中国是骗子!” | h*******g 发帖数: 205 | | l**1 发帖数: 1875 | 4 Romney said: "China is Cheater!"
google translation:
罗姆尼说:“中国是骗子!”
【在 h*******g 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : 反对没有教养的lot1
| l******t 发帖数: 12659 | 5 还是感觉obama能力有限啊
无法扭转颓势,只是加剧族群分裂
optimists
sometimes
believe
Romney
【在 h*******g 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/332595/romney-s-optimism : Romney’s Optimism Will Win : It’s no year for a big-government pessimist. : By Larry Kudlow : Putting aside all the voter models, there’s one overlooked point worth : making with Election Day at hand. Most times in American politics, optimists : win, and pessimists lose. I know that’s not always the case. And sometimes : it’s hard to distinguish between the two. But in this election, I believe : Mitt Romney is the optimist, and Barack Obama is the pessimist. It’s Romney : ’s election to win.
| h*******g 发帖数: 205 | 6 Get out out of here, Canadian gay! You are so disgusting!
No respect, no integrity. If you are for Obama, go over for him (if you can)
! We don't care.
I hate gay like you!
反对同性恋lot1!
【在 l**1 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : Romney said: "China is Cheater!" : google translation: : 罗姆尼说:“中国是骗子!”
| l**1 发帖数: 1875 | 7 i am not a gay.
i love girls including you.
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Romney said: "China is Cheater!"
google translation:
罗姆尼说:“中国是骗子!”
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【在 h*******g 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : Get out out of here, Canadian gay! You are so disgusting! : No respect, no integrity. If you are for Obama, go over for him (if you can) : ! We don't care. : I hate gay like you! : 反对同性恋lot1!
| h*******g 发帖数: 205 | 8 O8有太多这样的例子了。。。美国已经被他害的很惨!
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反对同性恋lot1
【在 l******t 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : 还是感觉obama能力有限啊 : 无法扭转颓势,只是加剧族群分裂 : : optimists : sometimes : believe : Romney
| l**1 发帖数: 1875 | 9 Romney said: "China is Cheater!"
google translation:
罗姆尼说:“中国是骗子!”
【在 h*******g 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : O8有太多这样的例子了。。。美国已经被他害的很惨! : : ---------------- : 反对同性恋lot1
| h*******g 发帖数: 205 | 10 Obama said: "lot1, go back to your freaking Canada!"
O8 说:“lot1 滚回加拿大!"
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反对同性恋lot1
【在 l**1 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : Romney said: "China is Cheater!" : google translation: : 罗姆尼说:“中国是骗子!”
| F******t 发帖数: 948 | 11 That is when you are losing, you are relying on optimism or red skin to
believe you can win. haha | h*******g 发帖数: 205 | 12 It is an attitude - to unite the country or to divide the country.
【在 F******t 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : That is when you are losing, you are relying on optimism or red skin to : believe you can win. haha
| l**********3 发帖数: 10970 | 13
中国是骗子和你有什么关系
【在 l**1 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : Romney said: "China is Cheater!" : google translation: : 罗姆尼说:“中国是骗子!”
| l**1 发帖数: 1875 | 14 I am a Chinese American.
【在 l**********3 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : : 中国是骗子和你有什么关系
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