Virg Bernero beat Dillon as was expected but it was interesting to say the least. When Bernero attacked Dillon on grounds of being anti-choice and anti stem cell research, I was angered since those issues were not important to the present campaign; JOBS were, but I was wrong.
Listening to various Democrats including my wife, I heard that Dillon, even running as a Democrat, was not a true Democrat and did not represent a Democrat’s social value system which includes being pro-choice and pro stem cell research and that apparently is very important, no matter what the pressing issues, to die-hard Democrats.
Dillon was also pro-business which is also a Republican thing so Dillon was in essence, a Republican running on the Democratic ticket? I liked Dillon’s independent position straddling between Democrats and Republicans, being able to work with both parties and willing to follow common sense solutions not steeped in the hard ideology of either party; that appealed to me and I guess to others because he was leading Bernero up until the final weeks of the campaign.
Bernero’s handlers knew what they were doing when they started painting Dillon as anti-choice and anti stem cell research which eclipsed all other issues and opened Democrat’s eyes as to what type of person they were willing to allow to represent their party in the elections and as the governor of Michigan; it did the trick obviously.
Thinking “what if” Dillon would have won and faced Rick Snyder for the governor position, you would have had a Democrat that was anti-choice and anti stem cell research but pro-business, anti-union, against a Republican that was all pro-business but probably pro-choice and pro stem cell research because the research would mean high level jobs for Michigan – do you find that a little odd?
Anyway, I am actually glad Bernero defeated Dillon because that gave us a very clear choice for governor: RICK SNYDER.
Bernero is all union and all about the working man. What he does not understand is that for any man to work he first needs a job and jobs are created by businesses so if you are anti-business, you are not going to create any jobs for your dear workers and it is as simple as that!
Snyder wants Michigan to be a magnet for businesses; to be business friendly and he has a number of plans to make that happen. With an increase in business activity in the state, jobs are sure to follow. Bernero on the other hand, is all about helping the unions and their workers do well in the state and that is a sure fire way to keep businesses away since businesses are not created for the worker’s benefit (Communist), they are created to make the business thrive and prosper and in the meantime, workers thrive and prosper along with the business.
I think the concept is simple and clear but Michiganians may have a problem understanding that after so many years of union control. To be really attractive to business, the state should become a right-to-work state and some of the candidates for governor actually had the balls to suggest that. Snyder will have to be careful how he handles the subject and that is what will make the race for governor so interesting. GO RICK SNYDER.
NOTE: I am so glad COX did not get in; his ads made me physically sick and all that pandering using his military service.
More on the election later…
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