It may be because I started the morning off talking politics. ;) Sorry, but I just can't jump on the "I Hate Hillary" bandwagon. Granted, I don't really want her to be my president (although that's not to say I wouldn't have voted for her if she HAD gotten the nomination, just that I prefer Obama between the two of them.) And no, that's not because she's self-centered, or full of shit, or puts herself ahead of the country. Sorry, but in my opinion? That's pretty much every politician... and, frankly, just about anybody in a paid leadership position. And everyone in a paid position at all.
*shrugs* And does that make it wrong? For any of us? For the most part, other people AREN'T going to take care of us. Even for those of us who DO try to take care of other people... if we fall all over ourselves worrying about everyone else to the detriment of our own needs... then eventually, we can't help them either.
So yes, Hil is "me first". But my personal opinion is, so is Obama.
So does that mean I'm pro-McCain? No, not a bit. While I like the IDEA and the PRINCIPLE of "small government", I have two problems with it. One, small government doesn't mean less government power, and we've seen that with Bush. Generally it means that the government has a lot of power but doesn't have very much responsibility, and it certainly doesn't give the country much BACK for it. Two, dammit, someone needs to do something about healthcare... and no one seems willing to, so I'm getting to the point where I feel like we ALL should. Meaning that yes, my tax dollars, should go to my friend's face surgery and teeth replacement. If I could put her on my insurance I would, but I can't. *shrugs* Next best thing. And even if I COULD, not everyone has someone who would put them no their insurance to fix their health problems if they could.
And healthcare, is too. Damned. Expensive.
Period.
I'm sorry, but people shouldn't have to forfeit their ability to live under a roof for the ability to LIVE.
So I don't think that McCain would do anything about that. Furthermore, yes, in fact, I DO think that four years of McCain equates, in the most prominent senses, to four more years of Bush. That's just my opinion, but from what I've seen of him, yes, he disagrees with some of Bush's policies... but not enough of them. He's voiced no opinions on Iraq other than that he plans on leaving us there until... when, exactly? The problem with that is, while I don't think that an immediate withdrawal from Iraq would be a good thing (yes it might save us some lives NOW, but how many people will die because we pulled the rug out from under them and didn't replace it with anything, and how many people will die when they decide that they want retribution?) I don't think that we should have gone to Iraq in the FIRST place... but once we were there, once we pulled the rug out from under them... we can't just blow out. We need to get out, but we need to do SOMETHING first. And I can't say exactly WHAT, but something HAS to be done.
Now setting a timeline? THAT I think would be productive.
Problem is that McCain's not even willing to do that. The majority of the country WANTS it, but he's not willing to do it.
If that's the case.. then how can we REALLY say that we're a government run FOR the people, BY the people?
Because as it stands, all "the people" really do is weigh in on the popularity contest that we currently call a presidential election. It seems to me that, after that, we're pretty much screwed.
So, smaller government? As soon as someone shows me a reasonable plan as to how that could actually WORK without causing even MORE corruption, I'll show some interest. In the meantime, though, my friend needs teeth. Who's going to give them to her? Someone needs to make a decision in Iraq based on what the people want. McCain isn't going to do that.
My only beef with Obama is that I don't think he has a lot of nerve. I think he lacks balls. But I'm hoping, just slimly, that he might grow some in office. No, that doesn't mean that I don't think that he supports some things that I can't stand behind. No, that doesn't mean that I think he doesn't owe anyone and won't go ahead and pay up with policy.
It means that yes, I find him to be the lesser of three evils.
And that those evils, are most likely less evil than they are politicians and, in the end, humans.
In the end I guess I don't think that they're really all that different from one another, so I still can't march in the "I Hate Hillary" parade.
The funny thing is... I don't know that I think they're really that different from any of the rest of us, either. I mean, are they? Or is it just that we give them more attention, and more power?
Love,
Crystal
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