American politics at its best
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Editor,
The “Thanks, President Obama” tongue-in-cheek label for the letter whose content reflects the jihad-like fervor of the writer and omits intellectual insight, made me reflect on the elections at hand and why most of us will vote for one person or the other.
I liked the Romney of 2008 who did not get the party’s nomination. I do not like the Romney of 2012 whose statements and positions during the primary on things like healthcare, abortion, foreign policy, regulations and immigration obviously showed he favored the far right elements of the party. In recent weeks, including his fine debate performance, now that he has a head of steam and can reject the far right, he also seems to have rejected many of his primary and early season campaign positions and has returned to the center, almost Obama-like.
So I now do not trust Romney this season to uphold any issue other than those related to deregulating business practices. His “trust me but I won’t say what tax breaks I will support or try to eliminate; I will balance the budget with my crystal ball projections for unhistorical nationwide economic growth,” scare me. Madoff and Enron also counted on people’s trust.
Romney saying he supports the Ryan budget and the proposed Medicare changes I do not like. I do not know if he will really attack or support these or abortion issues. What I do know is that the letter writer says she wants to return to our American heritage rights, yet supports Romney, whose party wants the government to make personal choices for us, and particularly for women. That is un-American.
If you are truly a conservative, Romney is not your choice; but if you don’t like Obama, you’re stuck. So we each pick our candidate 1) For – since he has said consistently what he wanted and you know he will work toward and support that agenda, 2) Against – also because he has said what he wanted and you know he will work toward and support that agenda or 3) Best in Show – neither is your choice but party jihad demands loyalty and requires you to support a guy that gives you no clue as to what he will really do. It tells you, and you parrot, the other guy is worse; or even un-American.
American politics at its best.
Richard Bell
Polson
