They've Been Weighed, Who is Found Wanting (my vote)

My own thoughts | 11-05/06-2012 | DoughtyOne

[DoughtyOne]

Since 1996, I have been terribly underwhelmed with the Republican nominees for the Presidency of the United States.  I have made no bones about the fact that I haven't voted for the nominee two of the last three general elections.  I took a pass on Bush in 2000, voted for him in 2004, and took a pass on McCain in 2008.  Look at what Bush passed off in 2008.  I voted for that.  Good grief!

When I make it known what my vote is going to be, I try to be reasoned about it.  I'm not here to convince everyone else to vote as I do.  I tell you what my reasoning is, and let the chips fall where they will.  When asked before the convention, I'm pretty up front and verbose with my thoughts.  If folks want to vote for the likes of Dole, McCain and Romney, so be it.  I'm not always going to be on board.  This year I have made it known that I would not be voting for Mitt Romney.  I don't to these things lightly without a lot of thought on the subject.  I try to make statements that I will need to change later.  I just try to be honest about what my take is.

It's late on November the 5th, and early on November the 6th in parts of our nation.  Our nation is at rest.  Tomorrow will be a new beginning or more of the same and worse.  I am not convinced our nation would survive four more years of the same and worse.  I do expect Mitt Romney to fail us from time to time.  I'm not happy about that.  It has weighed heavily on my decision this year.

I believe a good part of all you need to do to question a no vote on the presidency this year, is to watch two speeches by Obama, and two speeches by Romney.  In truth you'll see a lot of repetition in both. 

What you will hear from Obama is a despising tone about our economic system.  The man doesn't express any comprehension that the same economic policies he trashes as not having worked, are the same policies that made the United States the undeniably premier nation the world has ever seen.  What you don't hear is that the policies he supports, have been the policies utilized by the biggest nation failures of all time.  There's something else you won't hear.  Those policies have resulted in upwards of 100 million deaths in the 20th century.  If you toss in abortion to boot, we're talking about 150 million dead humans.

What you won't hear from Romney is dislike for our economic system or our Founding Principles.  He displays a sense of understand major principles like defense, economic policy, and something as simple as getting people back to work.  I know there are skeptics out there who think he can't get people back to work right away.  I believe he can.  I believe he is determined to, and I think he's willing to buck the system to reduce drags on the economy, to make it work

We know who both these men have hung out with.  I'd rather be hanging out with Romney's crowd.  I'd also rather have that crowd hanging out in our White House.  I'd rather have someone like Romney listening to our military and reacting by making the informed decisions.

For all of McCain's faults, if he were president on September 11th, 2012, our people would not have died in Bengazi.  What's more, there wouldn't have been a run on that compound, because McCain would have listened to his security briefings and would have shored up security.

I could go on, and there are good reasons to.  In the end I would say what I'm going to now anyway.  I will spare you the reasons you know all too well.

Despite having said different a number of times, I have grown to appreciate Mitt Romney.  Two pictures below tell you a lot about a man.  I don't think Romney is perfect.  He's far from it.  So am I.  What he did find a way to do, was to grow a very good family.  His sons are honorable.  He seems to have the respect of them, and of the daughters-in-law, and is clearly loved by his grand-children.

I will be voting for Romney/Ryan tomorrow.  The nation hangs in the balance, and I cannot stand by another election while one of the worst leaders the world has known, consolidates more power for him and his backers.

To those of you will say, I told you so, I say, "Yes you did."  I'm willing to change my mind if circumstances warrant, and I believe they do.

Here's to cleaning Obama's clock tomorrow, and ending George Soros' connections far and wide.

Thank you for being patient.

[One Name]

No issues here- the only choice you can make that moves us away from the cliff is Romney/Ryan.

Falling on one’s sword only removes you from further conflict.

Right on, FRiend!

[DoughtyOne]

F Y I

[ExGeeEye]

Yeah...Bush sucked, and McCain would have sucked. Gore and Kerry would have been better, and we really dodged the McCain bullet with the election of the Won.

All sarcasm aside, remember what Reagan said...something like he who agrees with you 80% is not 20% your enemy. Takes a real lousy RINO to justify voting for the most “conservative” of democrats.

[FlyingEagle]

Vanity of the day award! Thanks!

[beaversmom]

I didn’t know how this was going to end D-1 when I first started reading. An amazing finish. An excellent post.

[bleach]

Amen!

When Sarah didn’t enter,I was without a candidate. Mitt was never a consideration but he has been saying the right things and his speeches have been Reaganesque in their positive message and love of country.

I have come to appreciate him more and hope he continues to surprise us in a good way.

[DoughtyOne]

F Y I

[sickoflibs]

I am trying to gauge how things are going by watching both sides closely and the Dems are appearing a bit more confident of victory than Rs, even though they are still milking the vote with voter suppression talk and such.

Rove didn't seem very confident tonight. I don't know if it is because he is holding his cards close to motivate Rs to get out the vote or if is because he wears two hats: paid analyst and pseudo-Romney PAC fundraiser.

I am sure your vote will be the one that tips CA to Romney's side and wins the race for him. When Mitt wins with CA complete surprise victory you deserve an invitation to stay at the WH :)

[hosepipe]

Yeah what DO said....

[terart]

long time watcher and now my first post....YAY! it takes a strong guy to come out here and say you changed your mind versus just quietly going to the polls...so very happy to have you on board. The man has got to go and I am glad you will play a part in it...ONWARD!!!!

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

I voted early last week. Rather than a vote for Romney, I thought of it as a vote against Obama. I voted for Bachmann in the primaries but it was already too late.

Good vanity post, thanks for the ping.

[onyx]

Good on you, D-1. I swore I'd never vote for Romney, but I changed my mind when the demonic-rats held that unconscionable vote against God and Jerusalem at their convention. If that were not enough, Benghazi would have been.

I'll be voting for Romney/Ryan tomorrow, instead of voting against the Marxist. I've actually come around to appreciate Mitt Romney and I've always liked Paul Ryan.

[Impy]

DIXVILLE NOTCH votes 5 to 5, tie.

There were 6 votes in the GOP primary.

Osama won 4 years ago by 15 to 6.

No word yet on HART’S LOCATION the other speck on the map that votes this early.

[DoughtyOne]

I can understand that. I find myself liking Romney more, but I still have some reservations.

Immigration reform under Bush, McCain, or this guy scares me to death. They are crippled when it comes to this topic.

Take care.

D1

[DoughtyOne]

Hart’s Location stats:

Ran in to it earlier...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2955520/posts?page=132#132

[cherry]

I'm tired of worrying....I'm tired of worrying about my kids future....they struggle and aren't getting anywhere fast...I'm scared of the Islamists and I'm scared of MY OWN GOVT coming after me....for political reasons...

I need to believe in someone and something....I need to think of our country as essentially good, and God fearing.....

I vote Romney!

[bigfootbob]

Very moving. Thank you for your honesty and courage to admit it. God bless you and pray we win tomorrow. The Romney clan pictures shows exactly what’s at stake tomorrow. Beautiful children, how can we be evil to them by not working our hardest to defeat the incompetent incumbent?

[Gilbo_3]

dammit, i thought all was lost due to my principles ???

guess I'll have to work harder in '16...

[sickoflibs]

Obama pretty much stands for everything I am against, and he has made it even worse because the past few weeks he gave up on recruiting independents and has gone pure leftist to get out the Dem base vote:

His 100% theme is that Romney is :

‘War against wimmin’
‘War against blacks’
‘war against gays’
‘War against Hispanics’
Obama : “Vote for revenge”

He is going for Balkin-izing America and pitting us all against one another to win this race. Imagine what he would rule.

Romney alternatively is playing the safe card