Thank you to everyone who has submitted an “Ask Fred” question. I have very much enjoyed the exchange of ideas. Here are a few of my responses. Go here to submit your own “Ask Fred” question.
Why Can’t People See Through Obama’s Lies?
Q (from 91403): I simply cannot understand that with so many intelligent, well educated, influential people who understand just what Obama truly is about, that he will, in all probability, be elected again. Please comment.
A: Just two thoughts on a subject that I could write a lot about (and have). One is about idealism. Some well meaning people who are naive. They see the world the way they want it to be instead of the way it is. The other is about pure self interest. About half the people pay no income tax and about half receive a federal govt. benefit. They want other people to continue the gravy train for them.
Q (from 77084): Dear Fred, Obama has survived a barrage of everything from whispers to shouts concerning his background, blatant lies, executive orders, failure to lead, leaks of vital information… yet according to recent polls he seems to have half of the country supporting him. What is it going to take to get the attention of those people so they see him for who he really is?
A: I believe that the people who care already know. The question is going to be whether there are more people are interested in their country than those who are interested in getting something from the government.
Why Haven’t We Demanded Obama’s Secret Records?
Q (from 23452): With all the demands for Romney’s tax returns, why have we not demanded Obama’s secret college records, his health records and other information he has sealed?
A: Exactly. Call a press conference, stackum up and say “They’re all yours as soon as Obama releases his grades.”
What News Websites Do You Recommend?
Q (from 79109): Fred, would you please recommend several conservative news websites? Keep up the good work you do for this country.
A: National Review and The American Thinker are a couple I refer to. I write on NR occasionally. Thanks.
Why Can’t They Cut The Pay In Washington?
Q (from 38401): Why can’t they cut the pay in Washington, then see who wants to be what? Can it be done? Give them a salary about $3000 month, bet they would all leave.
Also would like to know how much the president makes. Thanks, Fred.
A: Obama gets $400,000 a year. George Washington was offered $25,000. I wonder which was the best deal for citizens? I say let him keep his 400,000 if he’ll just go home!
Why Does Congress Continue To Spend?
Q (from 89120: I used to consult for various Federal Government Agencies. Each year in mid to late August, they would look at what they were budgeted for the year and if it looked like there would be a surplus, they would find ways to spend it – even for something that was not needed. This mentality within the Federal bureaucracy is part of the reason we are in such bad financial trouble. I never could understand why Congress didn’t insist on something like “zero-based budgeting”, where each element of every Agency would have to justify every penny requested. I believe that the Federal Government could easily take an across-the-board cut of ten percent and would still function – but without the fancy “digs”. How can we get Congress to do something like this that has an immediate impact?
A: Two answers. The “spend it quick so we’ll get even more” is largely an executive branch problem even though when the get caught they ought to have their budgets reduced on the spot. Secondly, don’t forget, most money is spent because it benefits members of Congress. They, usually but not always Democrats, traditionally spend more than a president like Bush request. Same old story: we need better inmates running the asylum.
Why Don’t We Swear In New Officers Right After They Are Elected?
Q (from 95969): Why can’t the “lame-duck” session of Congress and Executive offices be made illegal? Swear in the new officers right after they are elected!
A: Tempting idea but not practical. Elections have to be certified, etc. Also, would require a constitutional amendment since a term for a House member, for example, is for a full two years.
Can We Trust Romney To Keep His Word?
Q (from 98026): Can we trust Romney to keep his word on the issues?
A: I believe so but, honestly, no one knows. Frankly, what concerns me more is that Obama WILL keep his word.
Does The Government Have A Say In Reverse Mortgages?
Q (from 40299): I see you on ads for reverse mortgages, but the local newspaper recently had an article that was not favorable to taking one of these mortgages. Also, the ad indicates that it is government backed….that seems to be scary since we are trying to get away from big government being in on everything. In what way would government have a say in your reverse mortgage if you were to do it?
A: The government requires that you be given access to independent counseling, for example, to make sure that you understand how it works and to see if it’s right for you but of course it’s your decision, ultimately. Again, it is not necessarily right for everyone’s circumstances. The same thing can be said about any other kind of mortgage. It’s simply a way to get equity out of your home, for which you pay fees and interest after you are deceased. The house stands good for it. If you don’t need cash, for example, then there’s no need for it. The AARP and many others think it can be an effective tool for many people, however.
Why Didn’t The GOP Start Looking For A Strong Candidate In 2008?
Q (from 75169): When Obama was voted in 4 years ago why didn’t the Republican party start right THEN to get a strong candidate?
A: The “party” doesn’t decide on whom the candidate is going to be. People actually get to vote in the primaries. I’d hate to think whom the insiders would pick.
- Fred Thompson
the republican establishment was pushing romney in everyone’s faces and talking crap about everyone else. how was he not the GOP pick? if it was up to the people more than it was to the party, we would have a better candidate.
Dear Senator,
Your last comment was interesting in the light of the actual cheating that has been going on this past election cycle. I write that because I was an eye-witness to such cheating. After Rick Santorum supposedly won the non-binding Missouri Primary in February “by 75%,” he couldn’t get more than about 20% to show up for the Jefferson County Caucus, which DID count in March! After a standing count of the 400+ people there, Dr. Paul had more than 40%, Romney about 15%, and Gingrich a handful.
When they SAW that the majority was Paul’s, they conveniently “lost” the rolls, and immediately called for a Roll Call (which requires the rolls!) … I know … I was barely 12 feet away from the Lawyer who did this!
Countless examples of the same kind of hook-or-crook behavior occurred across the country this primary season … discounted districts in Maine … faulty voting machines in Nevada that would count a Paul vote for Romney … Police Arrests and No-Camera rules in Missouri Caucuses … more such behavior is described here. –> http://jaretglenn.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/how-the-republican-party-stole-the-nomination-from-ron-paul/
Dr. Paul regularly fills multiple stadiums across the country with THOUSANDS of people but to date -NOBODY- has been able to show me a picture of a Romney Rally that has more than just a few hundred attending. (?????)
Here’s Dr. Paul at UCLA on 4/4 with a stadium that seats 10,000 people full and standing room only remaining. –> http://www.thedailypaul.com/images/rp-uclac.jpg
Here’s the largest Romney Rally I could find after searching for months. –> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/us/politics/for-romney-a-message-lost-in-the-empty-seats.html?_r=2
HOW, in the light of all of this, can we TRUST THE GOP INSIDERS to have counted the votes PROPERLY in the Primaries??? H-O-W?????
Does the GOP -WANT- to lose? Is Dr. Paul perceived as a bigger threat than Obama??? Sigh.
- Bill
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”
- A Truism often attributed to communist Dictator Joseph Stalin
Obama is charismatic and has good command of the English language. I believe those two traits alone can sway many voters to vote for him. To those, everything he says is the truth. Second, I agree with an earlier statement of yours regarding those not paying taxes and receiving payments from Uncle Sam. Those people will almost always vote for their own interests before the welfare of the country. I do not believe that Mitt Romney has said anything to date that would “shock” the country. He needs to talk about the perils the US is facing with the huge and continually increasing debt. I think we’ll soon be facing a very serious security issue when we realize how close we are to having China take us over through economic means. We have to pay down the debt! I could go on for a long time with many issues but let me simply close by saying that I do not trust Obama.
I believe as a nation we have the right to know everything about this president..even people who voted him NOW want to know what he is trying to hide.Why the need for all these secrets. Romney should insist on our
behalf..NOW..
Thanks for your answers.
Fred, you are exactly correct about the naive people and how they look at the world! I have a very intelligent friend in fact is an RN that voted for Obama before and will again! Most Politicians do not keep their promises because thay can’t but I believe that on Romney’s worst day he will still be better than Obama! I believe that Chicago politicians are the worst of the worst.
Two Governor’s in prison, Senator Blagoyavich in prison and a President that is destroying our Country! ( I am sure there are more)! Sorry to be so negative but i might as well write it as think it!
Well said Joann , I have a girlfriend that is the same way and so was my mom. And both democrats. They, like Obama, see life in such a poly anak (?) way that they in there MINDS “THINK AND BELIEVE” that Everything is Absolutly Wonderful, hence Barack !
This whole BS has got to STOP!!! Pick an issue, they all are not good for the working, taxpayer, military[the people in it]. At 63, and I have had enough!!! What needs to be done, intelligence, not MARXISM, I say this with regret, but truth be told, I am glad I am closer to the end then the beginning, I made $$ for LB–F—K–g J and his pals, I have the answerer, but that came with age! If this country is so stupid to but the MARXIST, back in our house. The United States will fall and I feel for my children, The disease needs to be KILLED!!!!
Why are so many people blind to see the LIES of Pres. Obama, and his inability to lead this country? I think Obama has been in the fast track of destroying this country. This could be the “hope and change”, he had planned for. His party has the expertise in compounding and feeding his flocks, by confiscating the fruits of the hard labor of others. It feels like banditry.
In addition, journalism has lost its ethical standards. Journalism is no longer credible. It has lost its integrity. Some examples of these are Newsweek, CNN, and MSNBC. It is full of lies, destructions, biased for the Liberals/Progressives and Democrats. MSM is the ultimate agent that delivers the malicious and destructions of these progressive elements to our Republic. It is the strong power behind promoting Obama’s Socialist form of governing.
The thing is Fred that even us die-hard Republicans are not overly thrilled with Romney, and not to belittle your answer to a post above, the Insiders did pick Romney and did all they could to destroy many of the other candidates early in the Primaries. I firmly believe that if it looks at all possible that Obama might lose in the November Election he will have a disaster in the wings and issue an Executive Order to cancel the Election and declare himself Dictator-in-Chief. The Left wing has reached a point that they have been trying to achieve for decades and I’m sure they are not going to give up easily on that push to socialism now.
If Obama does what you say he might say, there is possibility that he might be very sorry he decided to say it. There are some hot head red necks who have the means and the temperment to do some pretty nasty things if they believe this country is being taken for a Chicago style ride in the country. These guys already hate him with a lusty passion that can be dangerous when they are completely aroused! I hope it doesn’t happen, but I hoped that Obama wouldn’t be elected as our president and look where that got us. Of course, if that happens, then there is a strong possibility that a “shooting war” between the blacks and the whites could get even nastier than our last civil war, sad to say.
Fred:
I agree that the upcoming Presidential election is the most important election in our lifetimes. However, too many people get focused on just the candidants for the presidency and not so much with those running for congressional seats. Yet these are the people who make laws in this country and are collectively just as important as whoever is in the White House. Too many times over the years we’ve elected those “promising the world” only to see they are only in this for their own well being. Our current Congress is the worst Congress I’ve seen in my lifetime. Nothing important gets resolved, unless you want to use the health care law as their claim to fame. The Reds and the Blues only want to bicker and lie to us, while making fortunes on insider trading activities. Now I see why a wealthy person wants to be elected to Congress. With the inside knowledge they have on everything that affects our daily lives, they can multiply their wealth in just one term. Too bad they don’t have the interests of those who sent them there. This entire political process is sickening. We MUST do better with our elected officials, which means that we must pay attention to what is happening and what our individual Congressmen are doing about the situations. Too bad there’s not more media like Fox and your offerings that put truth in what is really happening. God help us if that narcissist is re-elected..!
As long as I live I will never understand how “Odummer” got into office. Doesn’t anyone one check credentials of these people that run for office? When you go for a job they want your high school diploma. It’s been years since I went to apply for a job so maybe things are different now. But you would think someone wanting to work for the government they would be more through.
There seems to me as being a retired military person many questionable treasonous acts occurring in Washington these days! For example just recently a illegal was arrested with many past criminal and illegal problems here in the is country. Now the arresting officer is in trouble and the department as well by the White House and told to release this individual. I do not know what kind of secretive plans Obama has with Mexico and or to take over of the voting process in November using illegals as false voters. Something is going on more than meets the eye! But, I know for a fact that the President is required to defend this country, security inside and out, from all enemies! To me he is acting in a treasonous manner as well as his administration! I really want to know why no one in Congress has the intestinal fortitude to charge and implement impeachment proceedings against this false President! I know I was held to higher standards and scrutinized more in the military than this man as Commander in Chief! If I did anything wrong I was held liable IAW UCMJ! Why are there double and triple standards for those in Washington, especially when they can do more harm to this country than I ever could or any other military person would ever dream of doing? Something stinks and is wrong with this entire system we have in place if justice does not prevail!
Fred, you are right about those wanting their government benefits to continue voting for Obama. What nobody is telling them is if we have an economic collapse our safety net will disappear along with most of everybody’s wealth.
Many people have the short sided belief that things will continue as they always have, but we have never had a president like Obama before. He has the spending pedal to the metal and I believe he is purposefully heading for the cliff.
The only thing Obama is doing besides shoveling money out the door as fast as he can (mostly to his friends and to foreigners) is proposing tax increases on the job providers and pushing “quantative easing” (printing press money). If either gives any help to the economy it would only be an immediate benefit initially with dire results to soon follow.
The comment from Stanley (above) is somewhat troubling. I have heard the comment before that the “establishment” picked Romney to run against Obama. As I saw it during the nomination campaign the rank and file voters (mostly republicans) picked Mitt Romney. The establishment (whoever they are?) may have given him financial support & ran ads in his favor, but in the final analysis the voters gave him the nod.
If the others who ran against Romney in the campaign had the clout they may have gotten the support of those pesky establishment folks. We the voters who took time to go to the polls and cast our ballot chose Romney, and if we don’t all get behind him now we could possibly end up with the worst president since Jimmy Carter getting reelected. I don’t know about the rest of the country but I myself can’t afford another four years of Obamaism!! With Obama as president I feel like someone going down for the third time in warm molasses. Get behind Romney I assure you he will be 10×10 better than Obama.
I fear this election is headed for a disaster, no matter who is elected, unfortunately. This President is doing more to polarize the population than any President in history: Black against White, Poor against Rich, Union against Non-Union, Gay against Straight, Atheist and Muslims against Judeo-Christians, and on and on. If Obama gets re-elected, God forbid, I fear there will be a revolution like no one has ever seen before. If he does not get re-elected, I fear the blacks will start a race civil war against whites since Obama himself is purposefully setting the stage by trying to convince the blacks that this election racial. Our streets will turn to blood.
I can only hope, and fervently pray, that the young white adults and blacks who naively voted for Obama thinking he would be some kind of a messiah and/or money giver, come to realize that he is evil, and dangerous. So far, all I have seen from this guy is that he talks a good talk, while behind the scenes creating more dependence, stripping more of our freedoms, and grabbing more power for himself. He even assumes power he legally does not have. That, my friends, is exactly what dictators do.
If we do not come to our senses and start watching what is going on behind the scenes, our young generation will pay a very severe penalty in the very near future….. I foresee a USA that looks more like the old Soviet Union than free America. Wake up people….before it is too late. It’s almost too late now.
Who is George Soros and why is he telling Obama what to do?
George is a Socialist thinker.
Pelfrey, I certainly agree about the remark from Stanley. Sad to say, it is within the realm of possibility. I must disagree though, that the only viable alternative is Romney.
I feel that I will have to vote Libertarian. I know, conventional wisdom says a vote for anybody except the likely winner is the same as a vote for BHO, but I’ve got to live with me, and I cannot convince myself that Romney is a good alternative to BHO.
On the other hand, the Libertarian candidate says the right things, and probably will really act on them..
I belong to the Tea Party way of thinking, and really hope that the citizens do NOT
have to take things into their own hands, but if that’s what it takes………..
Romney has a good track record of pulling things out of the depths and has proved it time and time again. Obama also has perfect track record, of destroying everything he touches. If we do not get rid of him in 2012, you can almost be guaranteed that we will hit bottom and it may be the last time we vote for a President. Romney has started and brought back a lot of companies that are functioning and employing people that get a pay check and spend it in all of our businesses. Obama has not ever budgeted anything and has not ever ran a lemonade stand. Which will protect our country the best. A Muslim or a Mormon. Nuff Said
For Q 89120′s comment on Congress’ bad spending habits, have you ever heard the old government adage, “If you’ve got one, draw one. If you’ve got two, throw one away.” The pretty much sums up federal bureaucratic mentality, don’t ya’ think?
Fred, youre a schill for the RNC, you know darn well the Party decides who they are going to support, and provides them visibility and funding. The voters are highly influenced by who they see all the time and those they dont they are suspicious of. To say the obvious is disingenuous, namely that the voters decide who the candidates are. The voters pick out of the list of candidates offered up, who gets on the primary ballot and who even has a decent chance is determined by Party funding.
As a matter of fact Major anybody can run for president provided you have the money and can get on the ballot of most of the states through petitions & paying the necessary fees. Obama did it and he was only a community organizer (ie agitator) so that proves it can be done. Had he not been half Black and a part-time senator he wouldn’t have stood a chance whether picked by the party or not. The party plays a big role at some point, but they don’t say who can run and who can’t.
Jimmy Carter a one term governor of Georgia ran for president when barely one person in a thousand knew who he was. He even went on the T.V. show “I’ve Got A Secret” and the panel couldn’t guess what he did for a living! Don’t say that the party or establishment picks the candidate for the voters. Those two clowns I mentioned proves beyond a doubt that anyone can run and maybe even win.
Have to agree with the Major, here.
The Democrats tell us they only want to return to the tax rates for the “rich” of the Clinton era, when we had a booming economy. The Republicans should say, “fine, just as long as we return to Clinton-era spending, too.”
Why is it that we cannot IMPEACH Obama? Documents show that he was born in
Kenya on August 4, 1961. Even our Supreme Court is aware of this. I have 8 pages of proof of not only him being foreign born but also that Obama under the name of BARRY SOETORO received aid as a foreign student from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program!
I have sent this info to several people in power including Bill O’Reilly and Mike Huckabee but NO REPLY! Is this just too powerful even for the SUPREME COURT of the United States?
Thanks for your reply
RE:
Why is it that we cannot IMPEACH Obama? Documents show that he was born in
Kenya on August 4, 1961. Even our Supreme Court is aware of this. I have 8 pages of proof of not only him being foreign born but also that Obama under the name of BARRY SOETORO received aid as a foreign student from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program!
I have sent this info to several people in power including Bill O’Reilly and Mike Huckabee but NO REPLY! Is this just too powerful even for the SUPREME COURT of the United States?
Thanks for your reply
REPLY From: Ralph Weiss
Obama cheated his way to win the election, illegals voting and criminals r voting , like does anyone see that Obama does this crap all the time,