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.
