Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.
So, I just had to rant a little bit today. I feel it is important for everyone to know that I am proud to be an American and for all of the liberties and freedoms that it offers me. There are just a couple of things that I would like to change because I believe them to be flawed. One is to get rid of the electoral college and allow the governmental leaders to be decided by the citizens of the country. If there is not a 2/3’s majority we hold a re-vote and give other candidates an opportunity to rejoin the race. It scares me to have someone in presidential office who won the candidacy by a 2% margin (leading 51% to 49% which has happened in the last TWO elections). It also scares me to hear friends, family, talk show hosts, radio show hosts, and others say well, I am going to vote for so and so because he is the lesser of two evils. Whatever happened to voting for a president because they most closely match our opinions, morals and standards. It just seems like a bad state of affairs to be voting for someone because they aren’t as bad as the other. For this reason I plan to vote for a write in candidate of whom I have yet to decide, my top choices are Gladys Knight (first LDS, black, woman president) or Harold Groboznik. Does anyone have any suggestions on who would be a good write in candidate? My opinion on voting is that if you don’t vote, you can’t complain. Not only that but it is our civic duty as citizen of the United State of America to vote so that our government is, “For the people, by the people” as our founding fathers intended it to be. Why should we let the choices for EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD in this country be made by the 55% (on a good year) who vote. I encourage everyone who is registered (because it is now too late to register for this election) to voice your opinions by voting on Election Day!
The second thing that I would like to change is the party system. I want to get rid of the labels of democrat, republican, green party, libertarian, etc. and simply have everyone vote American. This would encourage people to take the time to get to know the candidates and decide who truly is the best option as well as eliminate people who opt to pull the proverbial republican or democrat lever. This has become an even deeper desire of mine during this election year because it seems to me that McCain leans a little more to the liberal (a.k.a. democratic) side of the line. I feel that he knew he didn’t have a chance in the world to win if he opted to be a democrat and run against Hillary Clinton so he decided to claim that he is a republican and attempt to pull the blanket over the eyes of the more conservative people in the United States. This is not to say that I like Obama because I certainly do not. He just doesn’t have as blaringly obvious of a shadiness to him as McCain. Anyway, no more party system! Just a bunch of candidates who are American sharing with us their opinions, morals, and values about the way this country should be run and us common Americans picking the one who we like the best. Well, I guess that is enough ranting and raving for today. I truly am writing in a candidate for office in order to take a stand against the two poor choices that we have today. If you are feeling like I am then perhaps you ought to consider doing the same. Vote American!