Reagan,Clinton,Palin,Christie:Lack Character And Vision

When Reagan was the Screen Actors Guild(SAG) president,he secretly gave J.Edgar Hoover damaging information on his fellow union members that they were Communist/Socialist sympathizers.He also testified before the 1947 House Un-American Activities Committee that some of his own members in SAG had Communist sympathies.Reagan feared Hollywood would become a propaganda instrument(like FOX news) of the Soviet Union because the Conference of Studio Unions were influenced by Communist doctrine(wanted shared decision making).His lack of character and understanding of loyalty to union members with different political,economic viewpoints would continue throughout his Presidency.One of his first objectives as President was to double-cross the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization(PATCO).Candidate Reagan in Oct.1980,informed PATCO that he was aware of the deplorable state of our nation's air traffic system..that too few people working unreasonable hours with obsolete equipment has placed the nation's air travelers in unwarranted danger.He reassured the union that as President,he would take steps to provide proper staff levels,modern equipment and compensate them appropriately.The union endorsed Reagan believing they had his support.They were one of only a handful of unions that did so.44% of labor households voted for Reagan in the 1980 election because he claimed a special understanding of working people.Unfortunately, Reagan's lack of character and honesty resulted in the eventual firings of PATCO striking workers and the continual undermining of collective bargaining and the plight of the lower and middle classes.As you know,Reagan generalized the lower class as lazy,violent(used racism to exploit voters fear concerning crime) and a drain on the American dream.His vision was defined by the number of people he could undermine so the top 20% of the income earners could increase their wealth and isolate themselves from the ignorant masses.He was an insult to any educated,caring Irish- American and his "revolution" has caused more harm for the lower class than any movement in American politics.

President Clinton will forever be linked to the Monica Lewinski(22yrs.old) scandal.His deplorable actions denigrated the office like no other President in modern times.Clinton,like Reagan,wasn't a man of his word and undermined the unions that supported him in his run for President in 1992. In 1993,he supported ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement when his own party voted against the legislation in the House(156 to 102).The result of the agreement decreased manufacturing jobs in the U.S by 3,654,000 by 2007.This number is falling as I write today.Our immigration problems with Mexico is a direct result of this legislation.Mexican farmers lost their incomes when American mega corporate farmers(subsidized by the government)outproduced and undersold Mexican farmers in their markets.Clinton has failed to take ownership of this problem his administration created.

Sarah Palin is an interesting public figure who has caused trouble for a number of people who have helped her in her political career.After reviewing her record,I don't feel she has directly undermined the citizens that have supported her like Reagan or Clinton.She was not a supporter of union bargaining and had never professed to support their causes.Sarah Palin did run and defeat incumbent Frank Murkowski in 2006 who appointed her to the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and as chairperson of the state's Ethics in Government Commission after his win in 2002.Under Murkowski,she went after fellow commissioner Randy Ruedrich for doing party business on state time and eventually ran against the man who gave her a major opportunity in state politics.The undermining of people who have helped her is a lack of character in my opinion.Palin isn't a loyal person who can wait for her time to come.Her brief years as governor was filled with accusations and confrontation(dismissed Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan for not firing Mike Wooten).Palin didn't complete her four year term and turned her back on the citizens who voted for her so she could continue the national spotlight she gained as a vice-presidential candidate.She claimed that frivolous ethics complaints against her made it impossible to govern(her job rating fell from 93% in 2007 to 56% in 2009).Lastly, she was unable to be honest in her inappropriate handling of the representative that was shot recently in Arizona.Her website did have violent messages concerning the 2008 elections and Palin couldn't bring herself to apologize for her actions in any way. She attacked the media and made herself into a victim on the same day of the memorial.The vision Palin has for America is juvenile and irresponsible.She opposes the health care bill,same sex marriage, supports NRA,hates unions,endorses off-shore drilling,a skeptic on global warming,costly warmonger(preemptive attacks) for Iraq and Afghanistan,a free market fundamentalist and believes that God is always on our side(American Exceptionalism)

Chris Christie is a classic conservative who only cares about himself and what he can get from the country regardless of who he steps on or dismisses as a roadblock in "his" American dream.Today,we are told he wants to lure businesses away from Illinois because they raised their state tax to try to reduce their deficit.He immediately is going to Illinois to talk to businesses to relocate so he can bring a job increase to his state(he has no other ideas). He lacks compassion for they people of Illinois who have made their decision to try the tax avenue instead of reducing needed services and undermining teacher and state unions.Christie is so empty of compassion and is selfish like many corporations who play this tax/subsidy game with municipalities.Lets not forget he was a lackey/lobbyist for GPU Energy who lobbied to deregulate the industry and raise prices for the poor taxpayers of New Jersey.He was appointed by Bush, for fundraising activities, as a U.S.Attorney( no experience) and also has no time as a legislator.In the U.S Attorney office, he went after Democrats during the election cycle like so many other Bush appointments.He used deferred prosecution agreements to help friends who were involved in fraudulent federal monitoring positions.His character is bloody and his vision is ostrich like as he tans himself in Florida watching his stocks grow and complaining about the minimum wage.