The older I get the more I tire of the two party political system. I consider myself a free thinker. I see good ideas and bad in both the Republican and Democratic parties. I don’t fit cleanly into either one, nor the Libertarian party for that matter. I think it’s pretty ridiculous that people allow themselves to buy into everything their party stands for and summarily reject everything the other parties stand for. Republicans who are sick of the war, high gas prices and the weak economy but still too stubborn to vote Democrat because they’re Pro-Life and don’t want their gun rights taken away. Democrats that may not support a national healthcare plan but don’t want McCain’s amnesty plan for illegal aliens.
My vote for Barack Obama was actually a vote against Hillary Clinton. Overall he is too liberal for me. Why can’t we have a candidate or a party that’s middle of the road? Very few political issues are black and white. Almost everything is actually shades of gray.
- I’m a proud Military brat (vehemently)
- I’m Pro-choice (vehemently)
- I’m Pro death penalty (vehemently)
- I’m generally anti-union
- I mostly support gun rights (but no automatics or semi-automatics if there are kits to convert to fully automatic. I insist on background checks for purchasing guns and support closing the loophole that allows you to buy them at gun shows w/o a check.
- I’m against raising the capital gains tax.
- I support limited Affirmative Action, with the understanding that it guarantees equal opportunity, not equal result. I used to be against it.
- I’m against “gay marriage” (but knock yourselves out with the civil union thing)
- I’m against amnesty for illegal aliens.
- I’m against the Iraq war, because I don’t think the solution is a military one. Let the Iraqi’s fend for themselves. If they step outside their borders wipe them off the earth.
- I’m against ‘no child left behind’ - dumbed down the curriculum too much for students that weren’t behind. Some people were meant to fail.
- I’m against any global warming treaty crap that doesn’t involve China and India. If there is any man-made damage they’re the ones doing it. When I was in school they were telling us another ice age was coming. What happened to that? What makes us we’re any smarter now? The weather people can’t tell us what temperature will be next weekend. You really think they can tell you what it will be like 100 years from now?
- I think the Patriot Act is too broad. Elliot Spitzer got caught using Patriot Act wire taps. How is him boning some bimbo a national security issue?
- I’m for stem cell research. How else are we going to cure cancer and the common cold?
- I support a “flat tax” with very little deductions.
- I oppose privatizing Social Security.
Who the heck am I supposed to vote for?