What I do know is that we have a tremendously important choice to make. More important than how much we like a particular candidate, but rather how we view government's role.
If we want less government in our lives, fewer regulations, more opportunity for the little guy to succeed we lean Republican.
If we want government to regulate everything, even to the extent of corporations not being allowed to have profits a la Elizabeth Warren, then we lean toward the Democrats.
Both parties have huge downsides. The Republicans are being over run by Christian Conservatives whose focus on social issues sticks in my craw. Too many are personal and no business of a political party. The Democrats are dictatorial and too intent on having everything equal. That means the more ambitious and better equipped are obligated to share their successes with the lazy or those lesser equipped. There are no allowances for the reasons that may be contributory. Lazy of course is self explanatory. Less well equipped can mean anything from IQ to opportunity. It is not an equal hand.
Both parties have less than inspirational candidates for the top job. Mr. Romney is probably quite capable. The problem is the Republicans haven't yet been able to articulate, at least to my satisfaction, what they are going to do and why they think it will work. From the economy to jobs to strengthening the military to regaining our status in the world. Do their policies now differ enough from previous Republican administrations to be effective? In theory they should but there is certainly no guarantee.
President Obama was ill equipped for the job when he was elected and seems not to have grown into the job as Bill Clinton did. To say that he 'Peter Principled' as President is pretty accurate. That is he has reached his level of incompetence. If anything, he has left legislation to the far left of his party with no guidance from himself nor any controls. We have chaos.
Choosing between the two parties to me is a no brainer considering what is at stake - the country and how it is governed. However, no matter which is your preference, the choice of a leader is bleak. Both parties had to scramble to avert disaster at their conventions. The Republicans for the way they treated Ron Paul and his delegates plus the abortion issue in their platform that their candidate will ignor.
The Democrats in their platform too with the leaving out God and further irritating the Jews by not stating that Jerusalem is the capitol of Israel. It's a pander to be sure, it's really not our business but it's been done for decades as a nicety more than anything because of our bond with the Jewish state.
The tone of the Democratic convention seemed to waver between uncertainty, lackluster performances and nastiness toward their opponants. The Republicans was more rah rah but lacking in specifics. Why didn't they spell out their policies and demand the Democrats do the same?
We are left with uncertainty no matter which way we vote. Will the far left or the far right prevail? Will the moderates from either side have a voice or will they be forever silenced?
The future is bleak. There is no sense of enthusiasm about the prospects for the future for our children or for ourselves. Just resignation that little will probably change and we'll keep slogging along as best we can. What has happened to my America? It's no longer quite as beautiful as it once was. If the Democrats want us to share, then let us all share the blame.
3 comments:
Which convention were you watching while the rest of us were watching the Democrats? Lackluster? Uncertainty? Nastiness? You just defined the Republican convention.
If you check with Politifact, you will see that they have detected no lies coming out of the Democratic convention, but plenty from the Republican convention, mostly from the mouth of the oh so pious Paul Ryan. I guess we just see what we want to see.
I agree, Betty. I watched both conventions and my own was nothing but criticism and an attempt to humanize a man who is stiff and out of touch with the rest of us...all but the rich.
I too checked Politifact and nearly all the Democrat's information was right on...especially what Bill Clinton said.
Obama has my vote. And unless the Republicans can come up with a more human candidate, I don't know when I will vote for my own party's candidate again.
I was at least trying to be objective which is more than I can say for you two. Both sides stretched the truth on more than one occasion. Voting for or against a man because he's stiff is the wrong reason to vote. You should be looking at policies. Both parties are weak on that score too. It's a bad choice. As Betty says, I guess we see just what we want to see. But not all of us.
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