Media is reason behind Obama’s election win

In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president, not because he was so well-suited for the job, but because the media had programmed the vast majority of the voting public to hate President Hoover. FDR soon began the New Deal programs, all costing money, most of which was tax dollars. He did not cure the Great Depression; World War II did that.

Fast forward to November 2008. Barack Obama was elected president, not because he was so well-suited for the job, but mostly because the media had programmed the voting public to hate President Bush.

Almost immediately, he bailed out financial firms and automobile factories and pushed through a large stimulus program, all with our money. The way Obama will get the country out of debt is another war, and I believe it will start with North Korea attacking South Korea.

And with Obama's new health proposal, I better get used to the government ordering my health actions. So I'm going to wash my hands, get in the car, fasten my seat belt, crack the window so the secondhand smoke from my cigarette goes outside, drive to Riverside Casino where I can light my cigarette (the secondhand smoke having no serious health problems for gamblers), wash my hands, play the slots, wash my hands, repeat every 15 minutes.

Life is easy with the government taking care of me until I get too old to live, whatever “too old” is.

Art Gray

Cedar Rapids