Quite the field:

Friday – August 12, 2011

Quite a field:

Yes, I watched, I listened, I learned and I saw the great potential of possible Republican Presidential Candidates on the FOX debates. Some of the questions were meant to bring emotion and some were meant to bring out the character of the person.

All choices are on Romney, with Bachman in second, Gingrich third and don’t count out Paul yet. However, there will be two more candidates that will pop up that were not at the debate Thursday night. Ultimately, we will have four candidates to choose from. The winner of Saturday’s Iowa straw poll will either surprise us or confirm what many of us already believe.

One thing is for sure, each one of the candidates we saw on Thursday night’s debate are far more qualified than the present occupant of the White House. We must remember that qualifications matter in the election of 2012. We must also remember that the House will be in play and that the Senate will also be the focus of the election.

I am concerned about one thing that could tilt the presidential election by a factor of two or three percentage points. It is the movie that is now being filmed about the raid that got Osama Bin Laden. Obama will do everything in his power to make it about him. What we cannot forget is that when Obama got Osama it was due to the Bush era policies that were in place that gave the White House the intelligence that proved to be deadly for Osama.

It never ceases to amaze me that it only takes a few people to formulate an opinion as fact when they see a movie. It only takes a few points to turn an election, especially when a movie will favor one side and distort the truth to give credit where credit is not due. I am not saying the president should not get the credit for killing Osama. But what I am saying is that it takes many more pieces of the puzzle that were in play far before Obama got into office so that we could get the kill. That little fact has been forgotten.

I would venture to say that the Bush administration would not condone such a movie or take an active part in the making of the movie, as this White House is doing, by giving intelligence briefings to the producers and writers of this movie. That is the difference between the two administrations and the two men.

This movie will make a few more of the liberal elite richer, but it will not make the economic engine work that will make it possible for every American to become prosperous. A movie cannot make or create our liberty, freedom and independence. It can not create prosperity for all. Instead, it will create prosperity for a few in Hollywood, because they are the ones that create the myth that movies are made of.

I just hope that America does not buy into this scheme and that America pays close attention to the other factors that are far more important to the debate of the day and the context of what the debates centered on Thursday night. One thing for sure, the Iowa straw poll will tell us all something.

Yes, it is quite the field. It will be an interesting election and it will also bring out some that feel a duty to run. These are the people that we should be making a movie about, because it will be these people who will bring the changes that are so desperately needed in government and in our towns and cities. These unknown candidates will be the hero’s because they are the ones who are telling the truth.

George Washington said: "The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations."

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives


A footnote: As we look at the field of contenders don’t forget what the name American means. It won’t be told in a movie. It won’t be told in a debate. It will only be told and understood when the vote is cast for reasons of liberty, freedom and independence. The field of politician’s love to promise everything, but they have recently failed to provide the liberty, freedom and independence that make Americans, Americans.