Bill Clinton could not be more correct, its arithmetic. This economy while incredibly complicated at the same time is rather simple, President Obama and the Democrats are spending money we don't have. They are increasing spending to federal programs, created massive programs with the stimuli and obamacare, and then expect to get the money back from the top 1% while at the same time creating a larger reliance on the federal government with 47 million people on food stamps.

While I am the first to admit that Bill Clinton is the greatest politician since Reagan, there were some parts of his speech that simply left me stunned. First of all, this reliance on the figure of 4.5 million jobs created is simply false and something that just about every speaker has used at the DNC. Both of these links illustrate this point:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/05/politics/fact-check-obama-jobs/index.html

http://alexashrugged.tumblr.com/post/30935832019/romneyresponse-cnn-reality-check-we-are-not

Secondly his statement that under the Romney/Ryan plan, medicare would run out in 2016 is just a joke. We all understand that medicare is something that will not be around forever, but Obama is simply content in doing nothing to solve a long term problem in order to achieve reelection, where the republicans want to solve huge issues not when they become impossible, but now.

Overall I thought this speech was a compelling argument for Clinton to have a third term, but based on our sacred laws he is forced to rally for Obama and I think he failed miserably. While he is compelling, I think he did absolutely nothing to lobby for Obama to keep his job. I was not convinced at all that his failures could not possibly be avoided and if anything it felt like a Clinton campaign speech. I believe like Charles Krauthammer stated afterwards that his weak attack at medicare could be combated by Paul Ryan in five minutes.

The rest of the convention in my certainly partisan belief has been a massive failure for the liberal party. I have heard the Governor of my birth state Martin O'Malley say last Sunday that we are not better off than we were 4 years ago, than on Monday say obviously we are better off than four years ago. I have heard the Governor Massachusetts who currently has an over 1 billion dollar deficit after Romney left office with a surplus that Romney had failed to create jobs when no one in Mass was looking for jobs and stated that "Obama is the most pro Israel president." I have heard a major platform of the convention being "government owns us all". I have seen Sandra Fluke be a top of the hour 10pm speaker who is advocating birth control as a voting issue, although it is free in most states and commits at most 20 dollars a month, as well as advocating sex changes as part of a government responsibility. I have seen speakers outside of Bill Clinton bring up to raucous applause issues of gay marriage and pro choice that are far from the majority views of the American people. I have seen the Democrats leave God off of their overall program, as well as leaving off Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. When they attempted to amend these blatant problems, they met with a party that has lent itself to the fringe elements of liberalism and has been overwhelmed by them:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/3872849

(did anyone think that was 2/3 of the vote???)

I have seen the DNC chairwoman openly lie about how Israel feels towards a Republican administration and immediately have the Israeli ambassador mentioned vehemently deny this lie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpHLa6Eg2Uk

I have seen a Florida Democratic Chairman say that Christians are anti Judaism

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/anti-christian-hate-speech-spews-from-the-palm-beach-democratic-chair/

I have seen Michelle Obama who certainly spoke about her husband as an excellent family man and well intentioned individual also portray him as someone that none of the American people know. She stated that "whether democrat or republican, Obama does not care in order to come to a solution". Of course most would argue this is not the case based on his first four year of completely partisan politics, especially when he invited Ryan to a speech in which he completely criticized his stance on all economic views, as well as insult a sitting Supreme Court during the State of the Union. While she was compelling when talking about Obama as a person, she failed miserably when she ventured into the political forum. In fact Michelle, and her husband, and her father that she talked so effectively about were all products not of the American system, but American exceptionalism. They worked their asses off to achieve what they have, and they were not given these things through government but by their own ambitions, talent, family, and ingenuity. In the first two days, the Democrats have trotted out a plethora of social advocates, ranging from the leader of planned parenthood, a few advocates for socialized medicine, and even a woman that is not an legalized American citizen.

All of these attempts are focused at taking the American people off the core issues of the economy, the lack of improvement over the four years, the failed promises of Obama, the inadequacy of leadership, and the off the chart spending problems. I believe firmly this is not an election over the verdict of Roe vs. Wade, the right for gays to marry, or the rights of women in the work place; this is an election about the state of our economy. This is an election about the future of our country. Will our futures be controlled by the government, or will we control our own future?

Btw, I am more than open to all debates from either side, and am not afraid whatsoever to speak my mind on all issues whether politically correct or not.

Salud!