2008 (136)
2009 (126)
2010 (60)
2011 (105)
2012 (93)
2013 (69)
2014 (68)
不管谁当选美国总统,美国不会发生大的变化。如果一个总统很差,或者很不得人心,四年后就会下台。
民主党与共和党的显著差别之一:民主党为需要帮助的人送上福利,因而越来越多的人领取并依靠政府的资助。领取福利,依靠政府的人越多,民主党的支持者就越多。这就是为什么民主党在黑人当中的支持率高大90%,在白人民众的支持率低于30%。而共和党首先要求和鼓励需要帮助的人自助,福利是次要的。这也造成了共和党在非法移民,黑人,“穷人”当中的支持率很低,但是在中产阶级和白人民众当中获得大多数支持。
我们的老祖宗说,授人以鱼,不如授人以渔。尽管人们天性的惰性,很多人喜欢送鱼的人,而不喜欢教“渔”的人。越是懒惰的人,越是缺乏责任的人,越是喜欢“鱼”,不喜欢“渔”。但是,等着吃“鱼”的人们越多,打渔的人就越少,支持送鱼的人就越多,社会就会越来越失去希望。今天的希腊就是例证。
以前认识一个法国人,一个意大利人,都是拿着美国的奖学金来留学的。四年前奥巴马当选时,他们都兴高采烈,甚至自掏腰包到DC去看就职典礼。但是,当问到法国也可以出现黑人总统,他们却坚决的说:不行!这就是很多人的虚伪性。
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【多维新闻】美国总统大选将于6日举行,据MSN最新民调显示,除了中国,全球大多数民众支持奥巴马连任。
这是MSN网站和MSN“脸谱”页面在罗姆尼同奥巴马第二、第三次辩论前后(10月15日至10月26日)以及桑迪飓风之前举行的民调。覆盖中国大陆、台湾和另外34个国家,人数超50万。
民调问题是“如果你可以在美大选投票,你会支持罗姆尼还是奥巴马?”
调查结果显示,81%民众支持奥巴马连任。即使在不久前爆发反美浪潮的中东地区也有79%的民众支持奥巴马连任。但民调中约52%中国民众支持罗姆尼。
这个调查结果让人错愕。因为罗姆尼(Mitt Romney)曾在竞选活动中大打中国牌,不止一次指责中国“偷窃”美国知识产权,在中美贸易中“耍诈”。但在民调中,中国民众认为罗姆尼是中国的“朋友”。
MSN引述中国评论员话认为,中国民众支持罗姆尼的原因在于,罗姆尼的商人身份使他显得不那么“政治”,在中国更“接地气”并且更容易和世界联系起来。而奥巴马则过于“理想主义”,已经当了4年总统,所以罗姆尼应该会更好。
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相反,美国领粮食劵的人,多数都是营养过剩。看到过无数次,很多人用粮食劵买龙虾。在美国,你有看到什么人是饿死的?
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为什么调查中52%(其实也不是大多数)中国民众支持罗姆尼?原因可能是这样:
1)不少中国民众希望罗姆尼和小布什一样(很多中国人喜欢小布什的),只和中国做生意和合作反恐,继续将主要的假想敌设在中东,无暇顾及中国,使中国再有10-20年和平发展的机会。
2)奥巴马重返亚太的政策给中国制造了许多麻烦。贸易上开始实施贸易保护政策。
Wall Street Journal Political Diary contributors offer their predictions for Election Day.
Robert L. Pollock, Wall Street Journal editorial board member.
Mitt Romney will win the presidency with a comfortable majority of more than 300 Electoral College votes. Ohio will not be decisive because other Midwestern states—possibly including Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan—will fall into the Romney camp. So will Colorado, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire and, likely, Pennsylvania.
Why? I'm going with the general rule of the thumb that incumbent presidents who can't get themselves above 50% in the polls do not win. I'm also assuming presidents running for re-election in an economy as bad as ours do not win. Polls showing a close race are based on samples with a Democratic bias.
Mr. Romney is the most articulate candidate the GOP has put forward since Ronald Reagan. Although he is not the kind of small-government conservative that excites the Republican base, the base is confident that he is serious about tackling our debt crisis and repealing ObamaCare. He is also viewed favorably by independents. If he cannot win in an economy like this one, it would mean that the composition of the electorate has changed in such a way that the current GOP coalition will probably never elect another president.
Is there any reason to believe the electorate has changed in such a way? No. Look at the tea party and the congressional results from 2010. Look at the recent Gallup numbers showing a decisive shift in self-identified party affiliation toward the GOP between 2008 and 2012.
But Republicans should not get cocky when they win. One of the smartest things a President Romney could do would be common-sense immigration reform to make Hispanics—many of whom have conservative values—more comfortable voting for the party. That would help keep the GOP coalition viable for decades to come.