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Monday, September 6, 2010

I'm considering voting Republican this election!

When I posted this as my Facebook, and twitter status, I immediately got replies and mentions telling me that, I am out of my mind. Well let me explain to you my logic. Two years a campaign swept the country, like none other with one word, and that word was CHANGE! We are almost 2yrs into the Obama administration, and the House and the Senate(which both have Democrat Majorities) have fought against the very change that he is trying to give us.  The system itself needs change, and that is truly hard to do considering the people that are tasked to change the system, are happy with the current one. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have a system in place that yields them results, and anything that they win for the people in the process is a bonus. If a politician is given $100,000 as a quote unquote campaign contribution, to be against change, what do you suppose they will take. Even for the ones that forfeited or declined that money, what about the others who didn't, and now majority once again wins. A senator makes $165,000/yr and his term is 6 years. so doing the math that's almost 1 million dollars in 6 years.but in order to be senator, you must spend 8 million(average dollars) to win the job! I know the math is fuzzy, but its not about the 1 million over 6 years that stand to make, its the kick backs, the campaign contributions, from the insurance companies, and energy companies, and drug companies. So asking these people to change for the better, and to do it for free, because its the right thing to do, is a slap in their face.

I say all that to say, the people who are currently in office do not want the change that this country so badly needs. It is counter compensatory for them. Why change, they like the way the system works. So if we all voted for a republican this election, and they won, in two years we would be able to vote for the candidate that best suited the people, and in two years we would have a whole new system, one that would have a better chance at real change.

 I support the President 100%, I dont neccesarily agree with everything he does, but I believe it is for the greater good. I know that it took us 8 years to get here, and it has only been two years of trying to dig us out. I dont expect miracles overnight. I know that 25% of his opposition has zero to do with his policies, and more to do with his skin color. In no way am I racist, but I get it. . When it comes down to it,  in reality how can we expect it to be fixed with the wave of a hand. It has been over 8 years since the 9/11 attacks on New York city, and the area has not been restored. That is a few city blocks, in almost 9 years, we are talking about restoring a country, how can we expect to restore that in less than two?