I give. White flag raised, walk off the gangplank, I'm in the water and the sharks are circling. It's just a matter of time now. Society is going to choose the next idiot king to ascend the throne of the Idiot Kingdom. And this election cycle has officially divided my family's vote, something that has not happened in 10 years.
I can't do it. I can't vote for Mitt Romney. I'm sorry, I can't see the reason to vote for someone who has not even collected himself enough to drive a clear campaign. He's all over the map, and he can't be bothered to check his footnotes to make sure he's not putting his foot in his ear. I'm sick of it. I wipe my hands of him at this point. 6 weeks until the election, and he's going to convince the American people he has the reach to bring together the best minds of the nation to right the wrongs of the predecessors? It's like handing a bazooka to a toddler; he can probably hold it in a direction, but it's an even chance between the air and the floor.
Morgan is taking surveys that say she's 91% aligned with Mitt Romney. I'm looking to avoid the idea that I have that much in common with him.
I just want, one election, to see a moderate. No one wants a moderate, though. You can't make a definitive decision on a moderate. Because a true moderate is going to listen to the people, look at the best interest of the situation and demand government to act on that principle. He or she will look at America and say, "Wow, the majority of people like Roe vs Wade in principle but many still demand more consideration for the rights of the fetus. Maybe what I should be doing is, instead of overturning a decision, find a way to make it better or more dynamic to the situation. Maybe I don't want some LA supermodel having 50 abortions just because she sleeps with every photographer that smiles at her but thinks birth control ruins her complexion, but I don't see making abortions illegal as a whole being the right choice for rape victims and those acting in a humanitarian nature for their child expecting to be born with only months to a few years to live. There must be a middle ground, and it's the American way to find it." Gawd, what a flip-flopper. Someone change the channel, says no one smart.
Guess what: the reason that government doesn't work for the people anymore in America is because the people change more rapidly than ever before. Someone has to see this other than me. The reason we are in an economic slump is because we call it an "economic slump": to slump may mean to fall dramatically, but it can also mean "to droop or slouch" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/slump). In a slouched position, there are movements you cannot do, such as effectively walk or scratch the top of your back. So, economically, we are in the wrong position. Really? We've put ourselves in a position that does not let us move out of the way of incoming fastballs from Europe, China or global climate change? No way. You're jokin'.
The Republican platform currently is to get rid of programs that have some benefit to Americans in favor of paying down the debt. The Democratic platform is to leave the programs in place and find new revenue streams to pay down the debt, regardless of whether the programs are working or not, while creating new ways government can step in where free choice is not as "effective." It just seems like a choice between socialism and anarchy both in a totalitarian manner, and I don't want either of them.
Read the principles of the Campaign for Liberty. While I don't think that any individual or party in our current time is an exact fit for a commander in chief, I do believe in the education of history, the dynamic nature of law and the ability to test your ideology against a reduced set of fundamental values. I believe in the Constitution and all it stands for, and not to amend it to fit the flavors of the times but instead to use it as the foundation on which we build our individual laws and liberties.
Find me a candidate that can not only discuss that motivation, like Ron Paul, but actually persuade others to follow, like Ron Paul hasn't completely done yet, and I'll vote. For now, you can count me absent.
Unfortunately it's going to be nearly impossible to ever elect a third party candidate. People are too busy playing the my party versus your party politics. While I personal may make jokes about only voting Republican there are Republicans I'd NEVER consider voting for. If I felt a Democrat was the right fit for the job, I'd vote for them.
ReplyDeletePeople say it all the time, and generally it's true; you have to vote for the lesser of two evils.
Candidates are trying to please a LOT of people. And rather than looking in their hearts and minds about how THEY truly feel about things, they think "OK, what to the voters think? What do the voters want?" And they change their statements about their personal feelings based on what the voters want. So, in Washington state they say one thing, in California they say another. And once they get elected and go to Washington DC they do something completely different from what they told the voters. And what do we, the voters, do? We get pissed for 4 years, until the same idiots start the same crap over again. "Vote for me and all your worries will be over. Vote for me and I'll_____" Fill in the blank.
The most pathetic part? IT WORKS! Just look at how many career senators or congresspeople we have. They're content to pull their $100K+ salaries with "bonuses" from the companies whose policies they protect, and benefits that ANY American would kill for.
While we, the American people, barely squeak by. $400 a month in student loan debt, $900+ in rent on a place that's too small, $400 a month in gas because the politicians don't care about crap that doesn't effect THEM, and a dependency upon food assistance to feed your family for at least 2-3 weeks out of the month. Those other 1-2 weeks, while those are the weeks you PRAY there's no days off of school so that you know your kids are at least going to be able to eat 2 full meals a day.
And lets be honest, NONE of these politicians have a freaking CLUE what that's like. They come from money. Even the beloved Obama was not as poor as he claims when he was a child. And he certainly never had to worry about meeting the needs of his kids. Hell right now the American tax payers are the ones supporting his kids while he and his family jaunt off to Hawaii or Europe. All the while he preaches cutting back to the American people.
And Romney is just as bad. The man comes from money. While he claims to have had some issues in college and after college I can guarantee you mommy and daddy didn't make him take student loans and repay them on his own. So, while he may have had to struggle a bit, he certainly doesn't understand the struggles of the everyday American family.