We love to watch Joe Scarborough’s MSNBC “Morning Joe” weekday program. Joe is a political barometer in many ways … a man who calls himself a “small government conservative” — and even admits to having cast a protest vote for Ron Paul in the GOP primary — but who appears to have embraced the Obama plan for America’s economy. Not sure he actually “gets” that he’s supporting Obama on fiscal issues, but he IS!
This Ron Paul voter has been saying for months now that Washington needs to come together to pass long-range budget fixes to entitlements, and simultaneously enact short-term stimulus — in the form of infrastructure spending and education for the nation’s future.
So, who’s going to tell him that it’s Obama’s plan that he’s promoting … NOT Romney’s — much less Ron Paul’s?
This clear and obvious contradiction in just one American voter really clarifies what is happening in our society as a whole. That is: Voters often identify themselves as belonging in a certain category, but their belief system is quite different.
Hence: Joe Scarborough sees himself as a small government conservative, but in reality he wants to stimulate the economy by SPENDING federal dollars as investments in the country’s infrastructure and education.
Another prime example is the public’s view on Obamacare. The majority of Americans disapprove of Obamacare — YET they support the components of the act!
The country as a whole approves of what Obamacare will accomplish, yet identify themselves as belonging to the group that claims the Affordable Care Act is socialism.
Full of contradictions, we are — as Yoda might say!
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