On Election Day, Pause to Marvel at Democracy: Who Did You Vote For?
Chris D
2012/11/06 18:00:00
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I just voted, and I hope every other U.S. citizen does the same. It really is an amazing process getting multiple millions of people to vote all on one day... but the big question is: Who did you vote for?
CNN.COM reports:
CNN.COM reports:
Frida Ghitis says the idea of choosing our own leaders is a hard-won rarity and a system that others yearn for.
Read More: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/06/opinion/ghitis-democ...
So if you have a ridiculously high car payment, high credit card bills, go to dinner and buy things all the time and don't make enough money to pay for it all - should you go to a bank and get a loan so you can spend your way out of your debt?
Its apparent that you can't mention the entitlement mindset without someone implying you are from the KKK and blaming it all on capitalism. We needed Civil Rights legislation in the '60s, but it was never meant to be a gravy train. The train has long been off the tracks, yet pushes on sucking the prosperity out of America!
Romney and obama are the same
The other day you went and casted a vote for yes a better candidate then Obama and Romney. But essentially wasted a intelligent informed vote. Think of it this way. Who would fall right into you're view of personal responsability, think that social programs of all kinds are unconstitutional & the belief that government should provide security to our contry threw our military. Well for now the librarian candidates get a minimal amount of votes to bring any change. So instead of wasting a vote, contribut to the party that share similar views & people who live in real-ville which at this time is the republican party. By casting you're vote for Gary Johnson or Ron Paul, you mind as well pull the lever for Obama and the socialism of our country. Please think about it
Why do you people always say a 3rd party vote, is a vote for Obama? Couldn't it also be considered a default vote for Romney?
How "intelligent" and "informed" is someone's vote, if after researching both of the major tickets, you realize neither one represents you - not in the slightest.
Romulans - you think my vote was wasted? Wrong - I voted for conservatism - you voted for Republicanism (note the capital "R"). If you proclaim to be conservative, but still voted for a guy who engineered gov't mandated healthcare (w/ taxpayer subsidized abortions), does NOT support repealing Obamacare, supports strict gun control, supports the Patriot Act and NDAA, believes in global warming and thinks the gov't should do something about it via Cap & Trade, is weak on illegal immigration and has a proven track record of taxing the hell out of businesses (both big and small) - then your "conservative" vote was the one wasted, not mine.
Sorry to say, you lack real conviction and are a GOP Waterboy, at best.
True - I do know what this country is up against. It's got an entitlement mentality problem. Everyone wants a freebie. The biggest freebie/entitlement program to date, is Obamacare. Romney's only redeaming quality, for me (since he certainly wasn't pro-life), was that he was going to repeal it. But then he reneged on that as well, just a few months ago.
http://www.politico.com/polit...
Define a conservative success. If Romney had won, we'd still have gov't mandated healthcare (but possibly forced to pay for elective abortions), gun control and an identical foreign policy. Well I take that back, according to the third debate, Romney's foreign policy would've been worse. Regarding the Middle East, he was for "more economic development", "better education" (over there), "gender equality" (yeah, I'm sure the Islamos would love that) and finally, he believed that we had to "help these nations create civil societies". Now tell me, is that a conservative foreign policy? How much do you think that recipe for nation building would've cost?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politic...
True, if he were more conservative, then the RINO vote would've probably ran for the hills. Then again, they lack any real conviction of their ow...
True - I do know what this country is up against. It's got an entitlement mentality problem. Everyone wants a freebie. The biggest freebie/entitlement program to date, is Obamacare. Romney's only redeaming quality, for me (since he certainly wasn't pro-life), was that he was going to repeal it. But then he reneged on that as well, just a few months ago.
http://www.politico.com/polit...
Define a conservative success. If Romney had won, we'd still have gov't mandated healthcare (but possibly forced to pay for elective abortions), gun control and an identical foreign policy. Well I take that back, according to the third debate, Romney's foreign policy would've been worse. Regarding the Middle East, he was for "more economic development", "better education" (over there), "gender equality" (yeah, I'm sure the Islamos would love that) and finally, he believed that we had to "help these nations create civil societies". Now tell me, is that a conservative foreign policy? How much do you think that recipe for nation building would've cost?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politic...
True, if he were more conservative, then the RINO vote would've probably ran for the hills. Then again, they lack any real conviction of their own, so it's safe to say they might've also just followed the "true conservative" herd. Who knows. But that's what being a real "leader" is all about. You take a stand, and convince others to follow you. Not the other way around (i.e. follow others to find where you should make your stand - which is really what was behind all of Romney's flip-flops).