Commentary on Leadership by Indiana Republican Governors
Listen, I know that none of you signed up for my movie reviews expecting to receive my commentaries. I can only ask your forgiveness, as I remain convinced that there are things going on in our world that are flying past us to our own eventual regret.
Simply stated, when did it become an accepted standard for conservatives to criticize only President Obama’s policies while ignoring what is going on in Indiana? Are they so caught up in their own philosophy that they lack the ability to hold conservative politicians accountable?
First of all, look what is happening with our toll road in Northern Indiana. Again trusting the private sector rather than government, Governor Daniels apparently didn’t read the fine print when he leased the toll road to a company that has now gone bankrupt. As a result, Hoosiers have to ride on deplorable roads while our ex-governor flees to the friendly confines of Purdue University.
Then you have the wonderful experience of our Bureau of Motor Vehicles literally stealing over $60 million from Hoosier taxpayers under two Republican Governors. It is incredible that some conservatives still believe that there is an IRS scandal under President Obama while ignoring a State institution bleeding working class Hoosiers dry.
Finally, you have Governor Pence and his supporters patting themselves on the back while turning down millions of federal dollars to expand both Medicaid and pre-school education. Once again, these are taxpayer dollars paid by many Hoosiers, and how can conservatives champion the meaning of family while simultaneously destroying our ability to educate the young?
In the end, it appears that many conservative leaders have become so passionately anti-Obama that they will turn a blind eye to the manner in which Republican allies run certain states. Their failure to cooperate with President Obama has played the biggest role in creating gridlock, and they know it. My suggestion is that if they want to demand that President Obama hold out a helping hand to seek compromise, it might be beneficial to resist spitting in it.
Mr. Hammerle – I could not find any e-mail address nor Facebook/ LinkedIn or any other web contact for you except this one so I am hoping that you get this…I have recently seen a program on teevee with you and a man named PE Macallister (yes I watch public access teevee cuz I can’t stand the other kind) and just had to ask you a question about that show. You actually seem like a decent fair open-minded fellow about the same age as me and born/ raised/ educated/ worked in Indiana also. After watching your discussions/ exchanges with Mr Macallister I found myself wondering how you could even try to have a ‘reasonable’ conversation with this 90 year old white racist bigoted privileged Republican asshole? Mr Macallister has been a Republicon supporter (and asshole) for his entire white privileged life…I’m sure you must know that this millionaire asshole is the same kind of millionaire asshole as George W Bush meaning he inherited his company and millions from his daddy and yet acts as though he has somehow EARNED the right to look down on poor working people as if he’s some kind of Hoosier royalty. He is the local version of the asshole Koch brothers (who inherited THEIR $$$ from THEIR daddy too!) I’ve watched about 3 of these programs with you and him and all I can say that it is old rich white bigoted assholes like PE Macallister who are to blame for Indiana – and the US – being the worst of the civilized/ industrialized nations on this planet. Again I must say that YOU seem like a pretty decent fellow but Macallister is just a right wing asshole and i can’t imagine why you would waste precious minutes/ hours of your life listening to his complete and utter bullshit?
Respectfully, Joe