Election 2012

Now, it's no secret to anyone on how much I not only dislike, but disapprove of Obama. However, I'm not here to try to influence you or even put my opinions down anyone's throat. With that said, here is my view of this upcoming election. 

I find this election to be one of the most important elections for this country. 4 years ago, I was one of those who was amazed that Obama even won the election. I was a supporter of McCain/Palin... for many reasons... but one of my main reasons was the amount of respect I had for John McCain. He was a prisoner of war... and if you haven't read the article about him in Time Magazine, I highly suggest that you do. Whether or not you supported the man 4 years ago... the article will definitely give you a new perspective and a new respect for the man. Anyway, back to my point. Did Obama win the past election because he was honestly better? Or did he win because he was/is in fact the first African American President? I'm positive that an argument could be made for both. 

I'm the first to admit that I'm not a big political person. Honestly, I find it annoying at how each party and nominee plays so "dirty" during election time. I mean really? Why does it have to come to that? Shouldn't it just be:  this is what I believe, This is what we need to do and this is my plan on how to do it. Instead we get to hear all of this plus more... like this is what my opponent says and this is how he is wrong. BLAH BLAH BLAH! 

I don't think it would take a genius to run this country. Correct me if I'm wrong... but if the candidates would just listen to the people instead of battling it out, we might just get somewhere. It's the simple things that need to be done... but then again, maybe not so simple. Again, it can all be debated and I'm definitely not a genius on the matter.  What I do know is that the country's deficit needs to be reduced, employment needs to go up, and business in America needs to go back to the people and workers in America. The rich need to be more charitable and the poor need to quit complaining and get up and try to get a job and stop living on welfare. Gas prices need to go down and we should start finding oil in the good ole USA. DUH! And we shouldn't mess with the Social Security and Medicare benefits that our grandparents, parents, etc have worked their entire lives for. Seriously? The elderly people in our country have worked their entire lives to get what they have today... no one should mess with that. 

Do I think that either of the nominees are the perfect fit to be president? No, I don't. In the words of my husband... "choose the lesser of the two evils." I'm sure there are great qualities in each candidate... and I'm sure that each one is a decent human being. I honestly believe that our president of this country should have been in the military at one point in his life. I mean, really... they're the Commander in Chief of this country... shouldn't they have some military experience? Correct me if I'm wrong... but NEITHER candidate has any military experience. Interesting...

Anyway, I could go on and on... but then, I'm not a genius on these matters. It's just my personal opinion. :)