By any objective standard, America is in much better shape than it was when Barack Obama took office. Yet on election day last week, far too many Americans believed the lies disseminated by the Republican Party and its affiliated PACs backed by the likes of the Koch brothers and similar sleazy oligarchs who care not a whit for average Americans. The irony, of course, is that the improvement that has occurred is despite of all the efforts of the GOP to sabotage everything Obama and the Democrats have sought to do to better the country. Sometimes a disinterested third party can better see what those closer and hand fall to see. Thus, this letter to the editor in Detroit Free Press from a Canadian:
Many of us Canadians are confused by the U.S. midterm elections.
Consider, right now in America, corporate profits are at record highs, the country's adding 200,000 jobs per month, unemployment is below 6%, U.S. gross national product growth is the best of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.
The dollar is at its strongest levels in years, the stock market is near record highs, gasoline prices are falling, there's no inflation, interest rates are the lowest in 30 years, U.S. oil imports are declining, U.S. oil production is rapidly increasing, the deficit is rapidly declining, and the wealthy are still making astonishing amounts of money.
America is leading the world once again and respected internationally — in sharp contrast to the Bush years. Obama brought soldiers home from Iraq and killed Osama bin Laden.
So, Americans vote for the party that got you into the mess that Obama just dug you out of? This defies reason.
When you are done with Obama, could you send him our way?
Richard Brunt, Victoria, British Columbia
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