The Political Post

Let's get one thing straight - I know you don't care how I stand on the issues. I don't care about that.

My wonderful girlfriend whom I care very much for can occasionally get "Politic-ed out," especially on the days when there is something new and important that I want to make her ears bleed with.

So I like to talk.

So for the sake of our relationship and for the sake of the fact that we actually do agree on political views for the most part... she really doesn't want to hear about how I feel about the candidates for the six hundredth time.

So here I am.

Let's make it perfectly clear to start. I am an American. There is no doubt that whether you consider yourself a Democrat or a Republican or Independent or Green or Purple, Red, Blue what ever color - if you care about the way our Country is run, and you care about how we live our lives in this Country - you are ALL American.

We are ALL American because we want to be, because we are proud to be, and because we have something to stand for - and that's what makes this country great.

So let me be clear once more. I am a Democrat. A Democrat-American.

The Republican-Americans of this world are not wrong in their views on how the country should be run. That is their view. And to those Republican-Americans, most of them pretty much think that the Republican way is the right way and any other way is not the right way. It's the other way.

But personally, as a Democrat-American, PERSONALLY - I think the Republicans have to be up outside their minds if they think that the majority of this nation wants the same old politics we've had for the past eight years.

Let's take a look at the past eight years - shall we?

Let's be honest that the debauchery DID NOT begin with the attacks of September 11th, 2001. It began when we realized that Americans just voted for a guy that would rather take vacations and occasionally "talk about stuff..." than actually BE the President of the United States.

THEN the Attack happened. Which may I add - has been the biggest Washington fuck up for all parties and that is reason #1 why this nation is great - we are able to see how big of a fuck up that was. Starting with the lack of response, the three year time table it took to investigate that - oh? We KNEW about this? Why didn't anyone DO anything about this? (See above)

Then the fact that we retaliate against the terrorist leader Osama Bin Ladin... well kinda - since the Bin Laden family sits in the Oil Industry's (or rather - the Bush Family's) back pocket - they just kinda sent some troops over there and went "We can't find him."

THEN! THEN We went to war... with... NOBODY! We said Iraq is the stage where we will show our awesome power, and we went in there and crumbled an entire city with "shock and awe" and brought down the completely un-related terrorist regime of Saddam Hussein. Who... really didn't have weapons of mass destruction. So what if he was an ass hole to his people... it wasn't like he blew up the World Trade Centers.

And this endless war on terror continues to BE the only terror we have. The terror we have with colored threat levels. The terror and fear that has been enhanced only by the Bush administration and the media. The terror at the airports, the liquid bombs, the shoe bombs. THAT's the real terror, and it caused us to VOTE FOR HIM A SECOND TERM!

SAVE US Mr. Bush! SAVE us from the terror that is waiting in the wings. SAVE us from the guns pointed at American soil. SAVE US from the car bombs and the SCUD missles and the illegal aliens and the bad people in the middle east! Save us!

THAT was the real terror. And this "war" was a direct result of it. Now we sit in this endless war on terror, and they fight us only because... we're still there. They don't like us. They may not like our views. Does that make them wrong? No. That makes them who they are.

Did anyone ever stop to think that even though WE wouldn't stand for a dictatorship, that other countries worked on one? Did anyone ever stop to think that just because WE don't like the idea of Communism, does that mean the Communists are running their country wrong? No. There is no right or wrong here people. It's just the way it's run. We have our flaws too - and it's THOSE flaws that I think WE should be focusing on. Spread freedom, not by blowing up other countries and creating war - but by leading by example. Just being free.

This country is great because we are free. In any other country, upon posting this I would be arrested, persecuted and hanged.

That may work for them. That's just not how we roll.

So we lead by example. We show how prosperous we can be as a free, growing country... where people come to our shores knowing that we are the promise land.

It hasn't been very good lately. The past four years we began seeing the after effects of an unjust and unnecessary war. The economy under the Republican "trickle down theory" is in recession. Gas prices are higher than they've ever been. Mortgage foreclosures at record highs. Unemployment, outsourcing, massive mergers putting a strain on small business... all while the top 1% wealthiest people and businesses enjoy the tax cuts that Republicans always talk about.

Then, something reared its ugly head. Republicans seem to shed a blind eye to it, but there was no escaping it this time. Global Warming. It is the cause of the warming of the Gulf of Mexico. It is the number one reason - they only reason, hurricanes are so powerful lately, and the reason why there are so many. The Earth's warming pattern is cyclical - yes. But not like this. It is worse than ever in recorded history - and there sat the state of Louisiana. Georgia. Alabama - as they got bombarded by a cat 5 hurricane named Katrina.

We're not even IN the K's yet and we've already seen now a chain of 4 major hurricanes barrelling towards the United States.

Is Global Warming just a myth? Do we really have nothing to do with it? Republicans seemed to think so, so did the Bush administration - and they did NOTHING - except make it worse when he lifted the controls on burning fossil fuels into the air. Now they want to drill for MORE oil, MORE gas, now on AMERICAN soil - a BANDAID to the real issue: Our Earth is not breathing easy these days. Soon, there will be no more war, no more fear.. because there will be nothing left for us here.

But this is what makes this Country great. This is why I LOVE being an American. I have the ability on this free forum to speak my mind. Peacefully.

Why is that so bad? Why can't we question our government? Why can't we come up with new ways? Why can't we say - WAIT! This can't be the only way to run our country!

We can, it's called voting Democrat.

This year, I have been more interested in politics than ever before. This year our American public has the ability to really make a difference in the way our country is run. On one hand you have Senator John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin. Both model Americans, McCain here from AZ, suffered as a war vet, and then fought hard in the senate to pass the bills and ideas that he thought were right. Sarah quickly went from city counsel, to mayor, to Governor of Alaska - not an easy feat... one would say that alone has something to admire.

But its not the people that I question. Let's even break down the barriers that I don't even question the fact that Palin happens to be a woman - strategically placed to perhaps take the Hillary vote away from the Democrats - I won't even go there. It's not the people.

It's the policies. They want to "Spread freedom abroad. Ending tyranny and slavery." Folks, that means going to WAR WITH MORE COUNTRIES. That alone should be the clear sign that the terror is not as much from the Taliban, but more from the people that put them on a pedestal, and LET them terrorize us.

It's the policies I don't like.

But does that make me un-American? No. I'm proud of this country, I'm proud of its military and I'm proud of its people. I'm proud that we have the ability to speak out like this.

Unfortunately for the Republicans, not only to I agree with the policies of the Democratic party - I also am one of the many that are very inspired and moved by a great speaker and leader that has been chosen as our representative: Barack Obama.

And they aren't just words to me. They make sense. As broken down as I can make it - taking away the flashiness of the DNC and the pedestal that we have put this man upon... his message is clear. His ideas are clear. We really just need to change, and we need to change now. We need to stop the bandaids to this government, be aggressive and break away from the norm. Stop relying on foreign oil not by drilling more here - but by not using it... ever again. To raise taxes - YES raise them, to businesses and the top 5%, which really does lower them for the rest of the hard working country that these days can't seem to save a dime. Increase wages, increase the help for the needy. Increase health care! Did you hear Palin's speech? I didn't hear her mention anything about the health care these days... and with a disabled child and a pregnant teen and a son about to leave for Iraq? Oh wait, that's true - she's a politician, her health care is covered.

So... does this sound like a political speech? Yeah... it kinda does. It's just I'm tired of scraping up change to afford fuel - I'm tired of avoiding the doctor because I'm afraid of what it may REALLY cost down the line. I'm tired of the trickery on both sides - making it about the people and not the policies.

But when you break it down - for me - the policies I stand behind are Democrat.

My representative is Barack Obama. I'm proud to be an American because I can stand behind someone else's ideas, as if they were my own - and speak out about them fully. All I know these days is that right now we've had a Republican in office for the past eight years. How's that been working out for us? Really? In my eyes - the Republican policies are old and tired...

... and its time for a change.

Obama 08

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