McConnell: May I Have a Plausible Explanation From Those in Transcription?

Posted: Nov 6, 2014

As I mentioned yesterday (and from what I have read from others since my last visit), I, too, have become an independent because of the nonsense I have seen from both parties. That in no way means that I am for the abolition of parties, because I do believe one party often reins in the other, when the other goes "whack :) In fact, I believe we may need MORE parties for those of us who don't agree with the whole kit and caboodle of a single party. However, I think the problem today is that both parties need to go back to at least giving the outward appearance that they care about their party platform and debating the actual issues, rather than character assassinations, digging up dirt on one another, or finding a vulnerability they can capitalize on and hope these things will distract from the actual issues. In my mind, that's not exhibiting strong leadership, that's cheating, done by people can't otherwise win based their own merit or ability to debate the actual issues. Sure, "sweeping the leg" may work to win, like in the movie "Karate Kid", but didn't we all boo the guy who did it? So why is that suddenly "cool" rather than nasty? Which brings me to my question... As transcriptionists, we have watched our jobs be outsourced overseas repeatedly for the past 10 years, sometimes without warning, or lost our benefits in trying to compete. As American outsourced workers, now mostly ICs, making at most 12 an hour with no HR departments to mediate and virtually no regulation, our only recourse is to get an attorney if we're not paid or if something else goes wrong, which they know we can't afford. So they get away with it, and most of us who aren't nasty people will just take it, walk away, and move on. We all know this has gone on in this field for too long, now, so I truly want to understand how any transcriptionist could vote for or cheer on the re-election or a career politician like Mitch McConnell, a man who voted 3 times for tax breaks for companies who outsourced overseas and himself a government pay raise 6 times? Now I can understand how Obamacare is a concern, but at the same time, I also haven't had health insurance in 10 years in this business and I paid my taxes. I understand your immigration concerns, but that's not really a concern for our particular field, now is it? The problem in this field is outsourcing TO other countries. I also understand and agree Obama was not qualified for this job, not a strong enough leader, and that his ideas at turning the economy around were weak. However, the ads for Mitch McConnell in my state were originally melodramatic and laughable, written with the maturity of a 5th grader, until criticism came from his own party and he toned it down. Even afterwards, the only point his ads made were trying to tie Alison to Obama at every turn, literally calling her an "Obama Lover", although it was clear she didn't agree with him on every issue. (And we all know what "Obama lover" is a pseudonym for, ladies and gentleman, especially in a Southern state, and for those who say their hatred for Obama isn't about race, how do you explain THAT one?) In fact, his "Obama-lover witch hunt" became literally scary, here, like people with torches and pitchforks ready to run you out of town. Are we really going to penalize people for freedom of speech and vote now? This last month, he turned to some positive ads, yes, but for me it was too little too late, So I'd really like to know, and feel your fellow transcriptionists deserve, an honest answer from transcriptionists who are cheering this on: How DO you justify voting for/cheering on the re-election of a 30-year career politician who pushed for outsourcing of our work overseas, for his own government pay increase 6 times, and for lack of regulation in our field or provision of insurance for us? I refuse to believe it's simply because you were blinded by your hatred of Obama and/or bought the "Obama Lovers!" speech, there's got to be a better answer than that. So I'm looking for more rational explanations than that, if you please? Thanks :) ;