Two Reasons I Won't Vote Democrat This Year

I am only going to post one entry about my thoughts about the upcoming election, so here goes...

To start off, I voted for Hillary in the primary. For anyone that knows me and knows my politics, I am a fiscal, economic, and military conservative; and social liberal. I've realized as I get older that I have drifted left over the course of about 7 years, largely due to our current administration. I hate to say this, but our president may have intelligence and capability, but boy does he sound ignorant.

After 7 years of avoiding any political news on TV, and cringing every time I hear him speak, you'd think that I would want someone more articulate: like Barack Obama. Wrong!

You may ask why. Well, I had a boss in my previous career life that was adept at dancing around issues, talking in circles, and enrapturing the masses. All the while, I was grabbing my hip-waders, as the bullshit sure got deep at times. And, nothing ever got accomplished. Well, Mr. Obama reminds me of my former boss. That man has YET to say ANYTHING substantive, and he has YET to accomplish anything in the way of legislation. Yes, he's like my boss. And I couldn't stand him either.

The two things that scare me most is first, Barack Obama has said he wants to tax oil-companies for their record profits and give it back to the American people (how, we ask, is never mentioned). A novel idea at first glance, but what makes business and our economy run? Energy. And what's a major factor in energy? Oil. And what happens when the cost of energy due to additional taxation? The price of that energy goes up. And what happens when energy prices go up? The price of transportation costs go up, which the end result means higher costs of goods and services that I, the consumer buy. And even IF (and a very big if at that) it comes in the form of tax relief (which as a single person with no dependents I have yet to see any relief), how's that going to make things better? Not only would my tax burden stay the same, but my cost of living would increase. That's reason number one.

Reason number two: the world we live in has issues, whether we like them or not. Russia v. Georgia, the sabre-rattling of Iran, the rebuilding of nuclear "stuff" in North Korea, and Darfur are all things that scare the hell out of me. The LAST thing I want is a president with absolutely ZERO military experience in the White House. Peace WON'T work when the other parties AREN'T peace-able.

It's really funny, this politics thing. All Republicans would have to do to illustrate their point about a Democrat-directed bureaucracy is to just look at how the Democrats run their primaries. With Republicans, it's winner take all, with no argument or intense negotiation. Simple, democratic, and definitive, and it gets the job of selecting a nominee done efficiently.

If you're a Democrat, on the other hand, it is quite a different story. As a candidate, you may get a majority of the primary vote in an election, but still lose in the number of delegates awarded to you. After all, the complex rules and regulations they've imposed on their party to ensure that everything's fair does everything but make it fair. Apply this intricate web of policy-creation to how Democrats have created our current social welfare reform programs. Or for that matter, those they've tried to implement in the past like national health care or welfare. It's a scary thing. And when it comes to political correctness so as not to offend anyone, let's look at California. That's a whole different planet in and of itself.

Don't even get me started on Obama's choice of church family. UGH! Is Obama the BEST the Democratic Party could come up with? Or has everyone been so starved lately of an intelligent orator that they are easily lulled into submission by the first "preacher" that comes along. To me, it insults my intelligence.

Finally, I had to laugh at a liberal commentator on TV that, after hearing Sarah Palin's acceptance speech, felt she was condescending to Barack. When that man speaks, he speaks with condescension. Further more, it was those same liberal commentators that virtually crucified Governor Palin after being announced as the VP nominee about her commitment to her family, about her experience, etc., with a condescending tone to boot.

It's very clear to me whom I am voting for. Whether you agree or not, at least I'm not the one that's going to be lulled by the pied-piper, only to be led to slaughter and sold down the river later.

No thanks.