Finally– it’s almost over.
I’ve got to tell you, I’m almost to the point of not caring who wins the presidency, just as long as those people all shut up. I’m beat… disappointed, disillusioned, disheartened. I hate that McCain tries to strike fear in our hearts with words like “socialism” and “terrorist,” and Obama chuckles about “senior moments” as if age made one less of a leader. I hate the rhetoric and the obscene amounts of money spent to smear, belittle and lie.
I wanted Romney to be in McCain’s spot, and I think most of the GOP agrees with me. That sumbitch used car salesman Huckabee really screwed us all over.
Maybe it is unrealistic of me to be a pro-life, pro-school voucher, anti-affirmative action, pro-business, pro-environment, pro-drilling, anti-gay marriage, pro-death penalty, pro-globalization, pro-universal health care, pro-tax cuts, anti-pork barrel spending, pro-war on terror Republican who expects to be represented, but that’s where I am.
Ultimately, Obama’s talk of income redistribution, class division and ongoing populist claims of throwing the 5% of Americans who are successful under a bus really turns me off. The Democrats seem really hostile to businesses with their new union proposals and rhetoric of how businesses need to pay. With Democratic majorities in all levels of government there will be no checks and balances so Obama will become a figurehead of the same Democrats that looked the other way when Fannie and Freddie were running amuck because of their leftist agendas.
So I have no choice but to support McCain.
And that little hottie cupcake at his side.
6 responses so far ↓
1 queuno // Oct 29, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Nah, you’re just a racist. You Mormon, you.
2 Velska // Oct 30, 2008 at 12:11 am
I like it that you come by your convictions honestly. Politics gets pretty ugly with false accusations. I have Muslim friends, so I’m a terrorist? As for ageism, look at pres. Hinckley: He was sharp to the very last.
If I could vote in your election, I might cast mine for Obama, but Bob Barr seems better in many respects. IMNSHO, GOP stands for Big Business, not Small Government. The Libertarian platform impresses me.
But hey, I get to live with the EU bureaucracy.
3 Karron // Oct 30, 2008 at 12:39 am
Like all Americans at this time, I am caught up in the whole issue of who should be our next President. It comes down to this for me; Who would I want to introduce to the Savior, Heavenly Father, or the prophet as my leader?
Taking a look at their records, associations, backers, pro or anti abortion stand, pro or anti military stand, and how they see the people of the USA, and their plans for the economy and future of business, not to mention their honesty, and I really have no choice but to vote for McCain.
I don’t like Romney, he is far too slick and smarmy to me. I wanted Fred Thompson to really run, but he made a halfway attempt and then up and quit without trying.
As for race, what people seem to forget is that Obama is NOT black, he is BIRACIAL and so loses his cache of being the first black American President. In fact, Clinton considers himself to have been the first black president – skin color not withstanding.
Ageism is the new black, gay, ethnic issue. Suddenly there are a lot of us old farts roaming around and ruining the view with our chubby bodies and gray hair. How dare we be seen in public! So to get rid of us, the marginalize our importance in any issue. Besides, all the young know it all kids out there think all seniors are senile and stupid.
I wish it were over too, and I pray with all my heart Obama loses because if he doesn’t our civil liberties and the freedoms we take for granted will slowly disappear over the next four years.
4 David // Oct 30, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Karron,
Ironically, your only comment with which I take issue is that Obama is not black. The nation considers him black– BLACKS consider him black– and Spike Lee’s School Daze would have addressed him as black (albeit a different class of black). For further irony, this is probably the only issue that blacks and white supremacists agree upon.
5 cheryl // Oct 31, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I’m a Mitt fan myself. The only solace I have in the fact that Obama may actually win is that he’ll make people so angry Mitt will be able to swoop in and win in 2012.
Of course, I’m actually open to the idea that Obama might be a great president. As much as I dislike the idea, I would not be upset if I have to eat my words. I’d still rather McCain win (who wants to play roulette with the Presidency?), but I’m trying to stay positive. Like Dale Carnegie said (in a nutshell): “Imagine the worst consequence. Can you live with it? Then stop worrying so much.”
I’m trying to apply that to Prop 8, too.
Of course, this attitude doesn’t mean I sit on the sidelines and just hope; action is required to create the best outcome. But what we do with the outcome is what matters (imo).
6 lorenhops // Nov 3, 2008 at 9:52 am
I have to agree to disagree even though I can’t vote. I, like the majority of the citizens of the world would back Obama if I/we had a say. Sure, President Hinckley was a sharp old timer, but McCain is no president Hinckley. I can’t understand why people think he’s better suited to be the leader of the free world than Obama. Much respect to him for his days in the service and surviving a P.O.W camp, but seriously he and his minions can’t even run a campaign I’d hate to see what they’d do if they got into the white house. He chose Palin to be his running mate in the hopes of energizing the party base, and they are base, make no mistake, of course I refer to the extreme right, who seem to get very excited about guns and racism and other unseemly things, and I’ll say it again: he chose Palin. I feel I should stop here, suffice it to say that I find it hard to trust people who throw around terms like socialist and terrorist hoping that the masses will be dense enough to swallow the erroneous definitions that they’ve conveniently concocted. And boy am I ever sick of hearing about Joe the Plumber, if that’s the game changer I think it’s time to pack up and go home. Game Over.
Well, I definitely got a bit carried away there. I’m not trolling. I just feel very passionate about this election (which lies completely outside of my control).
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