I will not vote for nor support Romney if, as it appears, the fix for him to win the Republican nomination holds up. I don’t care if it means four more years of Obama. I’m sure that point of view has caused some of you to run for the Bayer Aspirin, because of the piercing pain you are now experiencing in the center-left side of your chest.
At this juncture Obama is not the enemy, as such. I know, that by now some one near you is scrambling for a defibrillator to jump start your heart. I’ll explain momentarily but a few other things first. Some will argue we’ve got to get Obama out at all costs, others argue that we won’t survive four more years of Obama, others say they will support whoever runs against Obama.
The mindset of anybody but Obama, sounds a lot like the anybody but Bush mantra. That mindset had a lot to do with not only making Obama attractive to voters, but having them abandon common sense and dismiss his total absence of experience – which in so doing, ultimately got him elected. Per our not surviving another four years of Obama, here again, irrespective of how “Pharaoh tutank-rah-o-bama” views himself, he is not God. I don’t fear him, I am however wary of the reverse apoplexy that got him elected. With that said, I am firmly committed to the belief that God’s timetable is not effected by Obama.
The idea of voting for the person a poll claims has the best chance of beating Obama is not how I’m going to make my choice. My choice is based on who I believe is most capable of leading.
THe true enemy of the people are the shadowy wraiths who have manipulated the race and sabotaged good candidates, while remaining secreted on the sidelines. That said we cannot continue to let this type of Erebusic skullduggery take place and then reward it, with what it was after all the time. I wouldn’t vote or support Romney if he won legitimately, and yes I am acknowledging what “inside the beltway” and party hierarchy already knows – and that is that Romney is going to get the nomination.
I’m not afraid to lose, I am concerned about compounding bad with worst. How can Romney be worst? Glad you asked. First of all, there is nothing that convinces me Romney can lead a soup can to the garbage truck, much less straighten out the mess we are in. Secondly, Romney’s greatest gift is his ability to flip-flop and then flip again. He will say or do whatever it takes to get elected. He wants the White House because for him it is the brass ring, by which those heinous entities that are doing their all to ensure his nomination, will manipulate government and make a further mess of things. Romney isn’t going to do even a percentage of what he promises. And in my mind that he would compound things, makes him more dangerous – not that he will ever beat Obama for the presidency.
I argue that in the absence of viable presidential candidates, our focus should be on Congress. We should be focusing on ousting those who have repeatedly proven themselves to be feckless and inept. Or worse still, have proven themselves to be deaf to the will of the people. If we replace enough House and Senate members with solid conservative men and women, we can force the issue we want most. We can push impeachment of Obama and Holder. We can take the steps remove Napolitano.
You’re probably thinking that that can be done en masse if we replace Obama, and if you are, you’re right – it could be. But the question then becomes with what? The answer is that they would be replaced with the same old retreads and has-beens that made a mess of things before. Romney owes his soul to the party hierarchy they are all about recycling. Just as Bush wheeled out the tired old faces from the past, so too will Romney.
I want change and I understand we cannot have change by doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. Add to that, that political hacks are creatures of habit. Sabotaging solid conservative candidates that the people are behind, so as to advance tired old sots is what they do, because it works. They sabotage the candidate(s) we want, then have their media marionettes and apparatchiks makes claims that it’s a big tent, it was a hard fought race, everyone had a fair chance, now it’s time to come together and support the nominee the people wanted. They will make these claims with a straight face, expecting us to tuck our tails between our legs and fall in line.
C’mon, you’ve heard it before. They’ll say that it’s time to put our differences aside and work to get rid of Obama – and in the end Obama will crush Romney.
I refuse to play that game anymore. It is time the people wake up and stop being afraid. Being afraid to lose is guaranteeing defeat. Playing it safe is allowing others to make one of the most important decisions and privileges we have to be subverted. They will continue to destroy good candidates as long as we reward them by supporting those they wanted all time.
Voting is singularly important to me and I understand there are those of my peers who will disagree with me, because they are ideologues. I am not an ideologue. To many people suffered and shed their blood for me to be a blind ideologue. They fought so I could stand up and make reasoned decisions about how I am governed based on my freedom of choice.
Having party hierarchy use Machiavellian machinations to deny me that unfettered freedom of choice is no different in my mind, than it was when George Wallace blocked the polls. They’re both two sides of the same coin purposely effecting my Constitutional right to vote for the candidate of my choice.
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Do you still feel this way, Mychal?
Mychal,I am fully with you on this and I too will not vote for Romney. After the last time (once again) voting for the lesser of two evils with McCain I promised myself “never again”.
Watching Fox News has become increasingly more frustrating in that the pundits give lip service to the chances of Santorum, Gingrich, Perry etc. always followed with “but we know Romney is going to get the nomination”.
I certainly will not vote for Obama and may just write in a name for pres. Focus will be on retaining the House and gaining the Senate.
Once again the Repubs are playing the “it’s his turn” game, think Dole and McCain. Trying not to get totally frustrated with the nomination circus (P.T. Barnum anyone?)and will focus on the positive congressional elections.
drj: womney doesn’t stand a chance…he is simply the republican hierarchy idea of far enough left to get elected…the republican hierarchy gives lip service and pretends to support conservative ideals…but the truth is apparent…how do they support mccain and womney and claim anything conservative…
I understand your concerns, Mychal, but respectfully disagree. A vote for Romney is not necessarily a vote for the wraiths unless it can be proven there is a cabal between them. I will hold my nose and vote “R” if Romney is candidate. I can not live with myself to do otherwise and watch Obama re-elected. You say if solid Conservatives take over the House and Senate we can get impeachments moving. But if Obama is reelected, I submit to you the coattails will lead to the defeat of far too many conservatives and only liberal Big Government politicians will control the House and Senate and that means no impeachment. Obama must go now.
I agree that Romney is a horrible choice.
kelso: I cannot and will not vote romney…
“I am firmly committed to the belief that God’s timetable is not affected by Obama.”
Michal, you flipped this entire matter right-side-up. Thank you!
We’re engaged in a psychological warfare – unlike anything I’ve seen in my 66 years of life anyway. Having said that, Donald Trump is the only one who appears to “get it!”
roni bell sylvester: it is spiritual warfare…but since many deny God they deny the effects of sin…
YES! Everyone must take their right and responsibility as Americans to VOTE, VOTE, VOTE – not only in presidential and “big” elections but in EVERY election – from the most local on up. Be aware of the isseus and the candidates – that is the only way to get this country back on track and back to =”by the people for the people”. I agree that the leader is not the only game in town and also if we have a good enough infrastructure of leaders pulling in the right direction, even a “bad” president will not be able to do much harm. That is why our government was set up the way it was – to avoid a monarchy…..
deb: it is one of the things we must do…
Excellent point that will hopefully make.people refocus. The media’s obsession with a silly primary in Iowa has effectively kept the criminal activity and ineffectiveness of this administration completely out of the news cycle.
There are three branches of government, last I checked, so let’s NOT take the myopic drip medication the media insists on feeding and get back to the matter at hand of addressing the shortcomings of Congress. Such redirection trumps the force-fed melodrama playing out in a state with 7 electoral votes.
dan bubalo: you are spot on…