used a basis for attack. He was regularly mocked for the various homes he owned and his net worth of around $250 million. He was criticized for being out of touch with how the majority of the country lived and felt. In other words, he wasn't a real man of the people. To that, this writer can only say good riddance. The so-called "people" have been indoctrinated to see wealth as something to take by government force. Romney is by no means a good man- good men rarely make a run for public office. He fell into a great deal of income through second-hand government contracts and political connections. But his intimacy with the state is not why he faced an onslaught of censure. It was simply because he had something few else do - riches. And because his house was bigger than most, his car collection larger than others, and his tastes more refined, he was hated by the media establishment. Even Romney's de facto supporters who constituted the "conservative press" were careful to not draw attention to Romney's wealth. Such would not inspire the hard laborer to rush to the polls in a fevered passion. President Obama ran a campaign based on handing out tickets for an auction of stolen goods. The incumbent's success on Election Day came as no surprise to anyone familiar with mankind's universal mannerism of desiring something in the now rather than later. Western culture is presently defined by many things; one of which