This guy is looking better and better as an opponent.

As for the rest of this, will you liberals and Dems PLEASE enroll in the most remedial economics available to you immediately? These anecdotal comments from the Left summarize the tragic and dangerous vacuum in both economic literacy and common sense in this country. It is frightening.

First, as I have pointed out on many occasions, the preamble of the Declaration of Independence stipulates a right to life, liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness – not a guarantee of happiness. {HINT FOR BT: If there was indeed a guarantee then there would be no need to ‘pursue’ it—-kinda tricky how that works, huh?}

There’s not supposed to be a ‘guarantee’ of a good job, success, wealth or personal happiness; rather, you have to EARN those things (at least for now). But, instead of vigorously PURSUING happiness in the form of rewarding employment, education or financial security, Americans now just prefer that the government PROVIDE it.

So, BT, go PURSUE something better than Wal-Mart. But it means you might have to sacrifice. It means you might have to invest in yourself. It means you might have to expend effort. And, just so we’re clear, even if you do all of those things there is still no guarantee that you will succeed. That’s called opportunity in a free market, and what America was built on. Quit looking to others – including the collective of others called “the government” to fix everything for you. The rest of us are tired of the perpetual mantra of “I’m unhappy. Fix it for me” mentality of the liberal set.

Secondly, were you kidnapped and forced into employment at Wal-Mart? I doubt it. Rather, they needed a job to be done, and offered a specific wage to do it. You (or whomever) agreed to that job and that wage. They needed the work done, and you needed the money –seems like and open and honest exchange of value to me. So I’ll leave you with a passage from a favorite author and a favorite book. I think you can pick up a copy at Wal-Mart.

“The verdict which you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. Did you get your money by fraud? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for people you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment’s or a penny’s worth of joy. Then you’ll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity?”
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Sure, free trade has winners and losers and I can tell you are a loser. But over all, it is beyond debate that the net good for society created by free trade is real and significant.

You know, BT, it generally helps when discussing a topic that you know something about it. It is clear you know virtually nothing about this topic and are now reduced to tossing out populist platitudes about Walmart and NAFTA. That stuff looks cute on that bumper sticker on your Ford Focus but trust me when I tell you this: The readers of the Real Revo are not sympathetic. You should probably take your silly assed populist nonsense over to the Daily Kos where like minded goofs won’t laugh at you.

A great microcosm of the larger policy is NAFTA. NAFTA was a bipartisan effort and has been a real tragedy. NAFTA has increased illegal immigration by hastening urbanization in Mexico. It has driven down our standard of living. And has made us more dependent on foreign manufacturing.

I wish that more Republicans were a little nationalistic. I just can’t see the sense of being an internationalist in foreign policy and trade policy.

More Americans are working than ever before.

American GDP is at an all time high.

More goods are imported from China than ever before.

All at the same time.

International trade is good for the economies of all parties who take part. Look up the term “comparative advantage.” Then repeat to yourself “Trade is good. Trade is good.”

Why are moonbats unable to see the obvious?

Shame on me for being impulsive and nasty.

Well, actually, looking at her lately, I think she’s probably competing with your mom for a job. But I don’t think she can beat your mom’s low prices.

Gas is up. Housing down. Inflation. Unemployment.

Not to mention all the good things China is doing…Slave labor. Forced abortion. Arms trafficking.

W ’08

We send them money and they send it back. The benefits we have had in improvement in our lifestyle far outweigh the return on their investment.

Everyone who buys our treasuries know we are fighting terrorists with part of the money.

Nobody actually said this was an election ad– I said it SHOULD be an election ad. Politicians make public comments all the time without the ‘I approved this statement’ disclaimer- just watch a debate.

So “Whoops” leave your community college law degree opinions on what is and is not “legal ad material” for other sites– its neither accurate nor relevant to the point being made here.

Secondly, “JM is a bore and looks tired” is an excellent reason not to elect McCain. Sort of like Obama looking “young and black” as a relevant reason why he should be elected…

I do not fear anything as ethereal as Obama– he’s about as frightening as early morning fog, and with about the same substance. I do, however, fear liberal, uneducated whackaloons like you who beleive that rhetoric is an acceptable alternative to substance, experience and judgement.

Anyway, if this ad is genuine it sounds as though he wants to work on spending for proliferation and return to a sane fiscal policy.

You freaks seem to be really afraid of this man, problem is Americans are tired of wasting blood and money in nation building in Iraq.

Oh and I must say JM is an absoulte bore and looks very tired and old next to this man, could that be why you fear him?