Done deal - Where To Now?

Well, we have a new President-elect, and I wish him well. But I sincerely do not believe in the liberal direction he wants to take this nation. But one thing is certain - since the Democrats now hold all three parts of the Excecutive Branch, anything that goes wrong in the next four years will lay solidly at their feet. There will be no doubt where the fault lies.

But I can also guarantee two other things:

1) Whatever may go wrong, they will still try to blame the Republicans, and
2) It won't wash - the folks will know better.

The Republicans lost because they happened to be in power when things went wrong, and the folks held them accountable. And they will now hold the Democrats accountable for the problems that ensue over the next four years.

And mark my words - with such far-left liberals as Pelosi and Reid, they will not be able to contain themselves. They will push a far-left agenda the likes of which this country has not seen since the New Deal of FDR and the Great Society of LBJ, both of which expanded government ten-fold, and the budget accordingly. Well, folks - you wanted change. Good luck.

But what I really find amazing is Pennsylvania Democrats. Frankly, if my congressman were to go on TV and call me a racist and a redneck, as John Murtha did, he would never get my vote again, regardless of party. Not even if he was my brother! But they re-elected that clown all the same. I guess some folks just enjoy being insulted and abused.

And, sorry to say, I see the same thing here in Maine. Everywhere I go - and I get around a lot - I hear folks complain about the excessive taxes; terrible roads; poor, over-crowded schools with substandard education; businesses leaving Maine; our youth leaving for greener pastures, etc. Yet Maine keeps electing the same clowns into office that are causing all the problems.

The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over, while expecting a different result. So, it is insane to keep electing those same idiots that do all the damage.

The problem lies in the fact that too many people vote party lines, regardless of the harm it may cause. They cut off their noses to spite their face. But I vote the same way that I hire employees - by results! If they do not produce the right results, they get fired. If they do produce results, they get promoted.

It is time, friends, to stop going into the voting booth as a Republican or a Democrat. Instead, go in as an employer who makes choices according to results. If the current party in power did a good job for Maine, fine - re-elect them. But if they have not, then perhaps it is time to change.

The party in power in Maine for the last two decades have not done right by us, and we all know it. But nothing will change until YOU are wise enough to set party affiliation aside and vote according to results. Don't vote for Democrats, or Republicans, or even Independents. When you are in that voting booth, you should be voting for Maine. Sure it's nice to have your party in power, but not if they are harming us. Quality of life in Maine is a helluva lot more important than any party!

Meanwhile, yesterday the same old crowd got voted into office, so don't expect to see any changes for the better. And don't waste your time bending my ear complaining about the taxes, schools, jobs or anything else that we brought upon ourselves.

I voted for change - but it is apparent that most did not. So, if things are not well in Maine, don't blame the politicians - blame those who elected them!

I will commend Mainers on their national choices, however. As you already know, I am not a fan of Susan Collins, but she is a far better choice than the alternative. At least she has an independent mind. Like me, she does not always follow party lines. She looks for results, as we all should. Tom Allen has a record of 100% party line voting, so in my book he is a loser. That's one of the reasons I voted McCain - while he voted party line 90% of the time, Obama voted party line 98% of the time. McCain would be more apt to set aside party in favor of doing the right thing. I never vote for a party-liner, because no one is right all the time. If a politician will not go against his party when they are wrong, he is worthless as a leader.

The short take: Republicans are not always wrong, and Democrats are not always right, and vice versa. So anyone who votes by party rather than by common sense is being foolish. We should be electing those who do the right thing by us, regardless of party.

In a couple years, we will once again have the opportunity to make Maine a better, more affluent place to live. Whether or not that happens will depend on how many people vote for results, and how many just blindly follow the party line regardless of where it leads.

In closing, I would ask: if you wanted to take a trip west, and you got on a road that headed to the west, but then it turned and headed north with no change in sight, would you still follow it, even though it is no longer taking you in the right direction?

Think of that the next time you pull the curtain behind you in the voting booth, and maybe - just maybe - we can turn things around in Maine.

Sorry if I offend some people - but like my dad used to say, life is like a can of paint - if you don't stir things up once in awhile, it goes bad on you.

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