Playboypenguin
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First off, this post if full up with personal opinion...so if you see something you disagree with feel free to disagree.
I fell out of love with Reagan due to an administration filled with corruption and convenient memory lapses yet I still supported Bush Sr. and voted for him with my fingers crossed. After one term of seeing a man that was not the same as the one who coined the term "VooDoo economics" but instead a puppet of big business I turned on him and voted for change. That change was Clinton.
I liked the things Clinton was doing and I like the direction the economy was going so I voted for him again (and no the good economy was not because of the things Bush senior did...get over that tired old argument).
The whole time I remained a registered republican and voted primarily republican in other races. I started feeling less proud of my party when they started their witch hunts by attacking Clinton on his private affairs when they could not attack his politics. Not that I do not think he should have shown a little more restraint, I just don't think anyone's sex life is my business if all parties are consenting adults. Infidelity is NOT illegal and I do not even know of what rules the Clinton's personal arrangement consisted.
I almost voted for W but could not bring myself to do so because of his strong ties with energy giants and also felt he was just a puppet of the republican machine so I did not vote that election. After four years of Bush I reluctantly voted for Kerry because anything had to be better.
Now I find myself in a place where I could easily see myself not voting this year also. I do not care for either side.
I do not think Hillary is as altruistic as she seems and I do not think the way to fix the country is to take it from the American corporations that seem to own it now and sell it to the Chinese. I also just do not care for Obama at all. I think he is an ego trip gone way to far. It may be petty but I also find the fact that he is a smoker makes me think he has poor judgement and a weakness of character.
As for the republican side I fear we will have to choose between a preacher and a mormon. Neither of which I can support. A preacher swears an oath to god and the church above all else (am I to believe he will just ignore these deep convictions when deciding policy) and someone that willingly follows a religion as nutty and hateful as the mormon faith just creeps me out.
I know things have to change or we are going to be headed towards third world status soon. Our banks are already in trouble, our currency is declining, we are starting to be considered a "risky" investment by other countries, our military is strained, our economy is propped up on thin and faultering legs, and the middle class is declining fast. Religion has been allowed to take to strong ahold of our political system. Evident in cases of abstinence only programs in schools and lack of proper sex education (which has had the wonderful result of teen pregnancies rates rising for the first time in sixteen years).
So, am I a bad American for feeling like their is no good choice?
...or am I in the same boat as a lot of middle of the road Americans?
I fell out of love with Reagan due to an administration filled with corruption and convenient memory lapses yet I still supported Bush Sr. and voted for him with my fingers crossed. After one term of seeing a man that was not the same as the one who coined the term "VooDoo economics" but instead a puppet of big business I turned on him and voted for change. That change was Clinton.
I liked the things Clinton was doing and I like the direction the economy was going so I voted for him again (and no the good economy was not because of the things Bush senior did...get over that tired old argument).
The whole time I remained a registered republican and voted primarily republican in other races. I started feeling less proud of my party when they started their witch hunts by attacking Clinton on his private affairs when they could not attack his politics. Not that I do not think he should have shown a little more restraint, I just don't think anyone's sex life is my business if all parties are consenting adults. Infidelity is NOT illegal and I do not even know of what rules the Clinton's personal arrangement consisted.
I almost voted for W but could not bring myself to do so because of his strong ties with energy giants and also felt he was just a puppet of the republican machine so I did not vote that election. After four years of Bush I reluctantly voted for Kerry because anything had to be better.
Now I find myself in a place where I could easily see myself not voting this year also. I do not care for either side.
I do not think Hillary is as altruistic as she seems and I do not think the way to fix the country is to take it from the American corporations that seem to own it now and sell it to the Chinese. I also just do not care for Obama at all. I think he is an ego trip gone way to far. It may be petty but I also find the fact that he is a smoker makes me think he has poor judgement and a weakness of character.
As for the republican side I fear we will have to choose between a preacher and a mormon. Neither of which I can support. A preacher swears an oath to god and the church above all else (am I to believe he will just ignore these deep convictions when deciding policy) and someone that willingly follows a religion as nutty and hateful as the mormon faith just creeps me out.
I know things have to change or we are going to be headed towards third world status soon. Our banks are already in trouble, our currency is declining, we are starting to be considered a "risky" investment by other countries, our military is strained, our economy is propped up on thin and faultering legs, and the middle class is declining fast. Religion has been allowed to take to strong ahold of our political system. Evident in cases of abstinence only programs in schools and lack of proper sex education (which has had the wonderful result of teen pregnancies rates rising for the first time in sixteen years).
So, am I a bad American for feeling like their is no good choice?
...or am I in the same boat as a lot of middle of the road Americans?