I'm not fond of politics, folks. But I have a responsibility and I'll do my best to live up to it. I've been listening to the candidates and the pundits and the commentators and I'm not just sure whom I'll vote for at present. I kind of feel like I need to get to know these people a bit better. After all, the last two presidents spent 8 years each in office...That's about half the time my first marriage lasted. It's a LONG time to spend with someone you end up regretting having voted for...
I've been listening and I'm here to tell you that people can be downright disturbing in their viewpoints. Like the liberal commentator who suggested we skip what issues each candidate stood for and vote for either Hilary or Obama 'just to show the world that women and blacks can be voted into office regardless of sex and/or race..." Isn't that voting based on sex and/or race? I'll skip on voting solely based on that "logic" (serious clearing of throat).
Then there's the age factor in my opinion. I've watched young men seriously age while in office. Do I really want to vote in a man who is in his 70's and not in the best of health at that? I mean, that sort of leaves the office open for a kind of crap shoot if we end up with the vice president in office instead, doesn't it?
Do I want to vote for a man who stood by his city in a time of crisis and was on Ground Zero with his city's rescue workers? Maybe. But then again this is the same man who said, "Oh well, I ran NYC all these years, Washington is nothing!" But NYC isn't the whole nation sir, it's just a tiny portion of the USA and her territories. He isn't running for mayor of Washington. He's running for president...Maybe his perspective is a bit skewed.
Do I want to vote for a man who left the ministry and entered politics? Or one who looks as though he thought he'd just landed on GQ's cover? Or the candidate that looks like he just swallowed vinegar?
I'll vote for the one who gives the straightest answers, how's that? But that means someone will forgo the usual political fence straddling, and it remains to be seen if any can do that.
Maybe I'll just vote for Undecided.
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In my presidential voting history, I am ashamed to say, I have often felt like my only option was to choose between the better of two mediocre choices. Is that cynical? Oh well, I persevere in voting, because I believe it is important -- even when I'm not wildly enthusiastic about one of the candidates. This year is an interesting race, to say the least. It'll be interesting to see who comes out the front runner in both parties.
Thanks for visiting my blog not long ago. Yeah -- there's someone else out there besides me who remembers Green Stamps!
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