I'd Rather Have Obama Than Romney, And I Despise President Obama
It's hard getting excited about any of the current pool of GOP nominees. None of them are promising to turn the country back in the right direction. None of them have a zeal for constitutionally limited, rights respecting small government.
Oh, some of them talk about small cuts here or there. However, the time when small cuts would have sufficed is long over. The hour demands massive and broad sweeping cuts if our country is going to survive.
However, in comparison to Mitt Romney the rest of the field looks quite appealing. The fact that Romney is allowed to be a member of the GOP at all, to say nothing of a presidential run, is a real indictment of the Republican Party. Polling currently shows Romney in a statistical tie for first place among hopeful contestants.
That is simply amazing to me.
Let's look at his record. He thinks Roe V Wade should be overturned, and abortion legality should turn back to a state issue.
"While the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate." -Boston Globe, Op-Ed, July 26, 2005
Note his line of reasoning here. It could be applied to any "controversial" application of individual rights. He doesn't believe that any rights should be protected against majority opinion. If there is controversy, it should be a state by state question.
That sounds like a recipe for exactly the sort of massive rights violations that the GOP is supposed to stand against. Imagine what California would do with "controversial" speech criticizing favorite left wing causes. Imagine what New Jersey would do to gun owners under such a system. Imagine what Chicago would do to anti-corruption crusaders.
He is for abstinence only education in schools, despite the large body of evidence showing that it is worse than useless. It's analogous to a perpetual "just hold it" method of potty training toddlers.
He wants prayer in schools. "We ought to allow ceremonies, graduation ceremonies and public events that we have the ability to recognize the Creator."
He is an opponent of gun rights. He supported the Brady bill, and the "assault weapons" ban. He said, "We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them. I won't chip away at them; I believe they protect us and provide for our safety." Massachusetts famously has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. Romney would gladly ally himself with democrats when it comes to violating the 2nd amendment.
He's a strong opponent of medical marijuana. Exactly where he thinks the constitution grants the government the authority to prohibit medication is unclear.
He invented, and still stands behind, Romneycare which was a model for the disastrous and unpopular Obamacare.
Despite the building evidence that anthropogenic global warming is a scam, Romney stands behind it. ""I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that." That wouldn't be the end of the world if that was all he said. However he added this, ""It's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may be significant contributors."
Now, he is stating his support to violate individual rights, and strangle our wounded economy based upon what is very shaky science at best. The case for manmade global warming is far from over. None of the "climate change" models predicted the declining temperatures seen over the past decade. Even if the temperature is increasing, it hasn't been established that man is responsible for more than a few percent if it. Even if man is responsible for all of the increase, it hasn't been shown that warmer temperatures are a net negative. To stand at the end of that chain of assertions, and declare that the government must act to reduce C02 emissions (which can only mean reducing energy output or increasing its cost) is monumentally bad policy.
To top it all off, Capitalism will doubtless take the blame for the inevitable failures of Romney's policies if he is elected. No matter how much Republicans intervene, meddle and spend, the public is convinced that everything they do is Capitalism. At least when Obama ruins the country the blame gets put in the right place.
With friends like Romney who needs enemies?
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As long as the philosophy of the governed is that the will of the majority makes it OK to enslave the minority, abuse will happen when the opportunity presents itself. I forsee the Republicans taking the Senate in the next election. Since they will probably keep the House as well, I feel compelled to vote for Obama. The bile is rising.
My write-in candidate for President at the moment is Tom Ridge. I still attempt to select candidates based upon competence since I will not agree on all issues. Ridge was a congressman, governor, and cabinet secretary.
Re: leaving things to the states and majority rule, this seems like an attack on the 14th Amendment (equal protection and due process of law).
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