As the 2008 election season ramps even higher, I’m at a loss as to who to vote for. Part of it has to do with our obsession with religion. This compulsion to base the entire election on it seems pointless and will further divide Americans -and eventually the world.
I have no issues a persons ability to worship any God they want to, and while I think having a faith is a good thing, what I want in a president is someone who will work for all of us, instead of a the lobbyist to the rich, and very white old men.
“Freedom requires religion,” so says Mitt Romney, which baffles me. I mean, the constitution gives us the right to practice our religion, but I don’t think you need a religion -or to be religious - to be considered free.
Right now, how religious the presidential seeker is, means nothing to me, because that is not important. What is important is the economy; how to help create a better union where there is less distance between the rich and the poor. We need someone to be bold and take on big business, especially in the healthcare sector and where the power is restored to the people and not just a select few.
We need truth, not some Jack Nicholson type commander and chief telling us “we can’t handle the truth.”
While they endlessly debate abortion (which we’ll never solve), gay marriages (and I want a detailed explanation as to how this will “destroy America” please. Really, come on. Plus, how does one make the illogical leap between letting two people of the same sex marry and then saying that they’ll next want to legalize sex with children?) and immigration (another issue that will never be solved), America is being sold to foreign investors bit by bit (hello, Citigroup).
The truth of the matter is that issues -real, everyday issues such as high taxes, high gas prices, the housing fallout -are falling by the wayside in favor of a religious war between both the republicans and the democrats. Oh, and that little conflict in Iraq. We are now a deeply troubled nation, where Conservative politicians are using hate, bigotry, and mass fear to win the office of the presidency, all while the liberal democrats snipe at each other over who -or who’s not - qualified to lead the country. We currently have elected officials who are blissfully ignoring our Constitution, perverting its origins to serve an agenda to set up a theocracy where anyone who disagrees with their point of view will be labeled an enemy of the state.
Not saying there are dangerous people on the left (because pulling out of Iraq right now would cause more problems than good), but I do think there is one guy who has the right idea, Dennis Kucinich. Doesn’t have a snowballs chance in hell, but there you go.
In the end, Hillary Clinton does have the nomination all sewed up. But will she be good for America? The Republicans hate her with every fiber of their being, and will fight tooth and nail to prevent anything from working in Washington (there will be grid lock, as Darth Cheney is so fond of saying). Then there is the whole legacy thing with the Bush’s and the Clinton’s. George, Sr. for four years, then Clinton for eight, followed by Dubya for eight and Hillary for at least four more? Twenty years now with the presidency controlled by just two families, add four more and an almost quarter century. Too much, folks. Really, too much.
But, after eight years of a Republican in office, with a man who has proven again and again he’s not the brightest light on the Christmas tree (nice holiday tie-in), it is time for the dems to return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Bust first, we need a potential president that is not swayed by fringe groups, or religious zealots. The presidency needs to be returned to the people, for it was intended that it should be a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
I have no issues a persons ability to worship any God they want to, and while I think having a faith is a good thing, what I want in a president is someone who will work for all of us, instead of a the lobbyist to the rich, and very white old men.
“Freedom requires religion,” so says Mitt Romney, which baffles me. I mean, the constitution gives us the right to practice our religion, but I don’t think you need a religion -or to be religious - to be considered free.
Right now, how religious the presidential seeker is, means nothing to me, because that is not important. What is important is the economy; how to help create a better union where there is less distance between the rich and the poor. We need someone to be bold and take on big business, especially in the healthcare sector and where the power is restored to the people and not just a select few.
We need truth, not some Jack Nicholson type commander and chief telling us “we can’t handle the truth.”
While they endlessly debate abortion (which we’ll never solve), gay marriages (and I want a detailed explanation as to how this will “destroy America” please. Really, come on. Plus, how does one make the illogical leap between letting two people of the same sex marry and then saying that they’ll next want to legalize sex with children?) and immigration (another issue that will never be solved), America is being sold to foreign investors bit by bit (hello, Citigroup).
The truth of the matter is that issues -real, everyday issues such as high taxes, high gas prices, the housing fallout -are falling by the wayside in favor of a religious war between both the republicans and the democrats. Oh, and that little conflict in Iraq. We are now a deeply troubled nation, where Conservative politicians are using hate, bigotry, and mass fear to win the office of the presidency, all while the liberal democrats snipe at each other over who -or who’s not - qualified to lead the country. We currently have elected officials who are blissfully ignoring our Constitution, perverting its origins to serve an agenda to set up a theocracy where anyone who disagrees with their point of view will be labeled an enemy of the state.
Not saying there are dangerous people on the left (because pulling out of Iraq right now would cause more problems than good), but I do think there is one guy who has the right idea, Dennis Kucinich. Doesn’t have a snowballs chance in hell, but there you go.
In the end, Hillary Clinton does have the nomination all sewed up. But will she be good for America? The Republicans hate her with every fiber of their being, and will fight tooth and nail to prevent anything from working in Washington (there will be grid lock, as Darth Cheney is so fond of saying). Then there is the whole legacy thing with the Bush’s and the Clinton’s. George, Sr. for four years, then Clinton for eight, followed by Dubya for eight and Hillary for at least four more? Twenty years now with the presidency controlled by just two families, add four more and an almost quarter century. Too much, folks. Really, too much.
But, after eight years of a Republican in office, with a man who has proven again and again he’s not the brightest light on the Christmas tree (nice holiday tie-in), it is time for the dems to return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Bust first, we need a potential president that is not swayed by fringe groups, or religious zealots. The presidency needs to be returned to the people, for it was intended that it should be a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
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