Competition is one of the two best words in the English language are Competition and Excellence.
Competition works to raise up the standards, and in business, it works to lower costs. When the butcher, the baker and the brewer compete, the quality of the product increases while the cost decreases.
The opposite is true. Take away competition, and the manufacturer, knowing there is no competition, will begin to cut costs, use inferior products and will allow quality to suffer. Additionally, because there is on one to counter what he offers, he can raise prices if for no other reason but because he can.
This is basic economics and no one should be surprised by this – unless you think the government should be taking care of you, setting minimum price controls, and regulating you out of business.
The same is true with elections. When you have elections, the people get to decide who will best represent them. They get to see who has the excellence, the character and the direction that best matches what they are trying to accomplish. Through elections, the people get to hold accountable those currently in office by voting them out, if the office holder has not performed well or kept their promises.
I believe in the people. Competition in elections is best. Let the people decide.
Competition brings out the best in all of us. Why do we want to accept anything less?
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The temporary convention chair today made a gracious exception when such was not required, when a voice vote had been called and the proceedings had begun to move on without any objection. When such was made shortly, the chair allowed the vote to be redone “in the interest of goodwill and party unity.” The result wound up being the same as before, but retaking the vote was the decent thing to do.
I suggest the same is true of allowing the convention the opportunity to either reaffirm Chairman Whitbeck or to go a different direction. Perhaps John Whitbeck will win all the same, but at least the people will have had the chance to weigh in by their vote. I would add that a rule change in this case recognizing Haley’s candidacy is not really the same thing as allowing a candidate to “parachute in,” since he in this instance he had been in the race long before.
In other words, given the circumstances of this particular case, it seems to me that the exception is reasonable and not an abuse of the spirit of the rules.
There was plenty of objection to moving on. The chairman just initially ignored those objections (including turning off the microphone set up for delegates to use to speak). Nor was a standing vote sufficient. We should have had the opportunity to move to separate sections and actually be counted.
Could not get past the grammatically screwed up first sentence. Shak, please get a proof reader!
I couldn’t get past the notion that competition and excellence were the best words in the language. I have a whole list,those aren’t even close to the top 2. How about Beer,Bourbon,payday, sex? Lots of better words, and he could have used less of them while trying to endorse a campaign for RPV chair by not endorsing it.
Excellent article! Basic economics is lost on way too many people, as is simple logic. A king rules with impunity, backed up by his army (you will comply). A Representative Republic gives choices and accountability.
The thread is a lot about nothing. Simply Hill attempting to remain irrelevant!
Competition works best when everyone follows the rules. When one side quits they should take responsibility for their decisions, and not expect everyone to let him break the rules and get a “do-over” because he changes his mind again at the last minute.
Huh? What is he talking about? People are voting all over the country.
It’s probably code… or Captain Obvious has new… wait for it…. competition.
Clearly there is some secret TBE contest for most pretentious and pompous Titles/Articles — I demand equal time for comments — ain’t nobody got pretentious/pompous comments market cornered ‘cept me.
See, it was code!
Shak is saying the guy who dropped out should be allowed back in because it’s just like competition in the marketplace. This allows Shak to try to be above it all and thus winning pompous and pretentious without actually being in favor of a campaign being a campaign.
But to kill his analogy — try these: deceptive business practices, pouring house booze into brand name bottles, thumb on the scale, bait and switch.
Tortoise and the Hare with Speedy Vince taking a couple of months rest before he tries restarting the fooling campaign.
Hey, I know… Why doesn’t Vince and Shak try a Write-in Campaign?
The title has been changed, perhaps that will help.