Those
who read my blog know that politically, I am a Radical Moderate, and by that, I
mean I usually vote for the less insane of the two. I have voted for Ronald
Reagan 2x, George Bush sr. 1x, Bill Clinton 1x, Ross Perot 2x, George Dubya
Bush 1x and Barrack Obama 1x. I strongly support the 2nd amendment
and a woman’s right to choose. I am a practicing Catholic, yet I support gay
marriage. I want all illegal immigrants thrown out yet I fully support anyone
who enters this country and legally applies for citizenship. My allegiance
isn’t to a particular party; but to the candidate who I believe can get this
country safely through the next 4 years.
I
do not post anything political I haven’t verified through a reliable source. I
firmly believe that anyone who posts political messages they know to be false
or misleading, is a traitor and a disgrace.
My
disappointment with President Obama has been his inability to fight for what he
supposedly believes in. He could have called out his political enemies and went
head to head. No, he took a conciliatory stance and called for bipartisanship.
I
voted for Ronald Reagan twice, not because I supported his political views,
because I disagreed with a good many of them. I voted for him because he was
willing to take a stand. The one thing I admired about the man was you always knew
where he stood. He said he would fire the air traffic controllers and to
everyone’s astonishment, he did. He called for Gorbachev to tear down the
Berlin Wall. He didn’t ask for permission or try to build a coalition, he just
did it. Through the sheer force of his personality, through sheer tenacity, he
brought both sides to the table and to me, that’s what makes a great president.
Sadly
Barack Obama will never be a great president.
But
he has been a competent one.
When
he took office the country was rapidly careening toward another Great
Depression. People who had held the same job for decades had been downsized the
year before with no prospects on the horizon. ( I was one of them) We were
fighting 2 wars and were hemorrhaging money. The banks were failing, the car
companies failing, Walls Street was in shambles. Financial forecasters were
predicting a complete meltdown. There have been only 2 presidents who took
office under similar horrific circumstances. Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D.
Roosevelt and it took Roosevelt 12 years to pull the country out of the Great
Depression.
And
while our nation was teetering on the edge of financial collapse and needed to
pull together, the Republicans became the party of NO. Republican leader Mitch
McConnell said shortly after the election: “The only responsibility of the Republican
party is to see that Barack Obama a one term president.”
I
have been voting since the 1972 election and in all that time, never has the
opposing party EVER flatly refused to work with a newly elected president. To
say I was furious would be putting it mildly.
How
dare the these sonsabitches defy the will of the American people! Who you like,
or do not like, doesn’t matter. As Americans, as people who believe in our
constitution, we accept whomever is elected and do our best to support him. I
hated that George Dubya Bush won a second term but when he did, I accepted it.
The
more I see of Jersey governor Chris Christy the more I like. He has the
personality of a real leader. He doesn’t need approval or coalitions, he steps
up and gets the job done. As it stands, if he runs in 2016, I will vote for
him.
But
for now, I will vote for President Obama. I have studied the candidates
carefully and verified their positions by watching their speeches and researching
their past performances. Mitt Romney has waffled on nearly every issue, I don’t
know where he stands on abortion, or on social security. He refuses to release
his tax returns. He created Romneycare but denies its bastard son, Obamacare.
He wants to pump more money into the military, but who does he plan to use it
on? The Soviet Union is gone. And we owe China too much money for them to want
to attack us. Yet we still spend more money on the military than China, Russia,
England and France combined.
My real concern however is Paul Ryan. I have
never seen a politician so eager to destroy every social program that benefits
the middle class. So determined to force his religious and political beliefs on
this nation. I understand difficult economic times make people angry and
resentful. They fall into lock step with extremists because they want everyone
to know how pissed off they are.
This
happened during the Great Depression. Not here in the US, but in Germany where
their currency, the Deutsche Mark had become valueless and their government was
in shambles. So they elected someone who promised to turn things around. And he
did. Unfortunately at the cost of 50 million lives.
Here’s
how my math works. The way I see it, the Republicans will hold on to the House and
the Democrats will hold on to the Senate. If Obama is elected, things will
remain the same, slow growth and high debt. If Romney is elected, he’ll have
the same problems except, this time the Dems will be the party of NO.
If
Romney is elected and for some reason doesn’t finish his term, Paul Ryan would
become president. He would immediately use his very wealthy supporters to force
the moderate Republicans into supporting his programs and unleash a tidal wave
of anti-Democrat propaganda. This would undoubtedly bring rioting and violence
onto our streets because Americans never give up their rights without a fight.
And it wouldn’t be the hippie, non-violent protests of the past, there will be
bloodshed and a lot of it.
However,
if Biden were to assume the presidency it would be the return of Gerald Ford,
no doubt giving the Republican an easy win in 2016.
I
don’t believe what I wrote here will change anyone’s mind and I’m sure many will
be furious at my choice but I did the research, I put in the time, and I
ignored the biased media. I fulfilled my responsibility as an American and have
no doubt you will do the same.
