Lesser of Two Evils

It was actually pretty difficult for me to come up with a topic to write about for this blog post. Which, to be honest, is amazing to me because I am usually pretty opinionated about a lot of issues. I have been watching a few different news channels about the coming elections and it frankly scares me. We are literally in an election where voters will have to choose the lesser of two evils.

First you have Obama who will obviously be the Democratic Party representative. Besides the fact that I am a different party than Obama so I will, of course, have different opinions on his platforms than a democratic supporters would, I do not feel that he is even very American. And that is not a play on the whole birth certificate controversy that has surrounded his term and campaign. Which while we are on that topic, how can someone run (and be elected) without being able to provide a simple document like a birth certificate? That is one of the most basic rules to being President of the United States. How can he have surpassed that? But besides that, one of my biggest pet peeves with Obama is the fact that he sticks the government’s nose into places that it does not belong. For example, when he “saved” the auto industry from bankruptcy by bailing them out with millions of dollars. America is supposed to be a free market. It is up to the individual businesses responsibility to keep up with their accounting and financing. The auto industry probably wouldn’t have been in such bad shape if it wasn’t for the Democratic Party’s insistent use of “global warming” as a scare tactic to make consumers buy hybrid cars from companies that the government partly owned. Ever think about that? The government basically invested money into a company so, of course, they will want consumers to feel compelled to buy cars from that company. It is all just very shady to me and I believe that the longer citizens go on not trusting their government is a very dangerous thing.

On the other side of the campaign you have either Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum. These two men scare me! Romney basically hates women. He would (try to at least) remove all Planned Parenthood facilities and any type of women’s health and women’s decision about their health. As a woman, I do not like the idea of some man bringing his political and religious ideas into my life and making my decisions for me. As for Santorum, he doesn’t even know what is in the constitution because he apparently has never heard of the separation of Church and State. He inhumane war against the lesbian, gay and bisexual community reminds me of Hitler. The fact the he can be quoted as saying “One of the few things I agree with the Taliban on…”, is outrageous. He was speaking about the Taliban’s hatred of homosexuals. I do not want a president who has anything in common with the Taliban. Do you?

America isn’t what it used to be. It isn’t the land of the free and it sure isn’t the home of the brave. It is the land of lies and selfish agendas. I do not think that any of the potential candidates remember what America was founded for and what it, at one time, stood for. Personally, I would love to see this country become the biggest and best in the economy and education again. But, apparently, the bigger concerns for our candidates are decisions that don’t involve them and what some people choose to do in their bedrooms. There are so many concerns and worries in my mind that that is why I could not just focus on one issue for this blog. Our into government is an issue that needs to be addressed.