I took a "quiz"
online about which candidate I should vote for and it came out that Romney and
I agree on more issues than I do with Obama. I am a
very middle-of-the-road conservative, in a more traditional sense of the
word (limited government and slow to change), but certainly not in the modern, ignorant
and twisted way it is used.
The problem is that we
don't really know whether these are Mitt's true beliefs (or policies) or not,
since he says one thing one day and another the next. He has shown
repeatedly that he cannot be trusted. Even "W" at least was
straightforward and steadfast about what he believed -- you had to respect him
for that, even if he was wrong-headed.
The problem is that the
Republican Party has become the party of "I hate and am jealous of everybody
who isn't white, straight and Christian." It has become the party of
mean-ness and ignorance; the Republican Party represents much of what I think
is wrong with this nation. Republicans have been saying that Barack Obama
is the most divisive President in history. I disagree completely.
I think it is
mostly the Republican radicals who have divided this country, who resort to
name-calling whenever anyone disagrees with them. It is Republican hatred
that prevents our government from working, to the point of collapse - and you
can see evidence of this almost any time you look for it in your daily news.
It is Republican
Party platform
and obstructionist policy that threatens to destroy us – and has perhaps
already succeeded in doing so. What we really need to do as a nation is
throw out all
of the haters and all
of the radicals (along with all the lawyers!).
Mitt Romney blows like a
feather in the wind. I have doubts that he has much integrity if any; I
haven’t seen any honesty in him. I think most of what he says and does is
posturing and favors the wealthy because that segment is all that
he cares about. I think he has revealed his true beliefs in unguarded moments.
I am not
"against" the wealthy -- I'd love to be one of them -- but I am against
"special interests" being able to run the show with no regard for
others. I am against back-room deals. I am against the way things are
done by the Dick Cheneys of the world.
What I want is a leader
with the vision to promote long-range strategically-planned policies that favor success across all of
our population and that are in line with what “America” has
always meant in its most idealistic sense – but with the realization that it
truly is a global world, global population and global economy and we can never
be strictly self-serving as a nation again.
While I don't agree with
all of Obama's policies and opinions (he’s way too left of center for me and he
spends too much money), integrity is everything and he is doing more of the
right things to restore the USA's reputation around the world. I believe Barack
Obama has integrity. His policies are
more environmentally-friendly which is of huge importance. I think his
strategy is directed at long-term success and I think the Republicans are wrong
about the economy (again, they tend to be self-serving and simple-minded). It
was mostly Republican thought and ideas that set the stage for
the recent economic collapse.
I
disagree
with Obama’s plan to increase taxes on the wealthy – they should pay the same
tax rate as the rest of us. Anything else is not just and in my opinion
un-American. I
am in favor of a nation that looks after its own people -- a nation that makes
sure its people aren't hungry and that they get the medical care they
need. I am in favor of a nation that makes sure its citizens have access
to opportunity and education. On the other hand it isn't the
government's job to provide those things; it is our job as the people of
the United States to create and provide them.
I think
Mitt Romney would be a simple-minded disaster in foreign policy, just like GWB
was. I don't have a thing in common with the Christian right and I wouldn't
give them an open window to even get into the
political house if I could stop them - their beliefs are mostly fantasy and
harmful fantasy at that.
I
wish there was a candidate who was more in line with my beliefs -- it
seems like all I ever have to choose from is the lesser of two evils.
