Monday, October 20, 2008
To all of my conservative friends..
If there was ever a voice of reason, if there was ever an appeal to your vote, a motion of peace between our differing ideologies...please watch this video. Don't think of this video as a shot to try and change your political ideology. Don't take this video as a means to try and make you vote no on Prop. 8, or to somehow start supporting abortion. I say those two things not out of mockery, but they are of the two central issues for concerned and well informed voters on the right-side of the aisle.
Gen. Powell has a very informed view of the world, his party, and what he feels the American people need right now. I say this because look at how he argues his point.. he doesn't attack the men running for office. In fact, he goes on to vouche for their patriotism and devotion to their nation's well-being. Rather, he talks about the people in the senior positions of the parties that are lined up to take office. This presidential race should not be based on abortion or on gay marriage. This presidential race is about what the country needs right now. Its about what it will need for the next 4 years. Its not about ideology, its not about religion, its about what we need to survive. The next 4 years are going to determine where the US will be for the rest of the century.
We can make the arguement that McCain is not Bush. We can make the arguement that he is a Maverick and that he has a bi-partisan track record. He is a fine politician and a true national hero. But the fact of the matter is that the economy cannot be run on policies that reflect the past 8 years. De-regulation of markets and banks, industries regulating based on profits (profits of share-holders mind you), increases in governmental powers and interferences with civil life, and governmental spending that is through the roof.
Please, for the sake of progress. For the sake of getting back to the roots of what this country really NEEDS. We can take care of abortion and gay marriage later. We can have a stimulating debate and a friendly discussion on our beliefs. But my friends, I'm afraid that 4 more years of similar tactics and policies are not going to save this nation from economic, military, or social hegemony that the US has been enjoying in its decline since 2001. Let's put our daggers away. Its not about placing the blame on what President enacted what, or what party had control of Congress and for what. Its not about associating liberals as elitist or hippies, or conservatives as corporate pigs or red-necks.
Its about sending a message to the world as a whole that America is growing up. That America is interested in the fact that Obama is dark-skinned, or that Palin is hot in a librarian sort of way, or that a vote for a Republican is a vote for Bush, or that a vote for a Democrat is a vote of God-lessness. Its about the idea that America is willing to try and get back onto the center stage in the prestige and respect that it once enjoyed a decade ago. Its about making sure that hard-working bleeding Americans are taken care of by their government. Forget everything you learned in high school U.S. Politics and Government because that hasn't applied to the real world in well over a decade.
Take one good hard look at the country. Don't vote for your politics. Don't vote for your concerns about the super-ficial. Vote for the basic necessities that America is dying to get. Vote for the outlook of a better tomorrow so that at the end of the day, abortion and gay marriage can actually be a REAL concern... because if we all vote on our traditional values as Democrats or Republicans... I can guarantee you that we won't have a nation to debate and have cordial conversations about the differences in our beliefs.
Gen. Powell has a very informed view of the world, his party, and what he feels the American people need right now. I say this because look at how he argues his point.. he doesn't attack the men running for office. In fact, he goes on to vouche for their patriotism and devotion to their nation's well-being. Rather, he talks about the people in the senior positions of the parties that are lined up to take office. This presidential race should not be based on abortion or on gay marriage. This presidential race is about what the country needs right now. Its about what it will need for the next 4 years. Its not about ideology, its not about religion, its about what we need to survive. The next 4 years are going to determine where the US will be for the rest of the century.
We can make the arguement that McCain is not Bush. We can make the arguement that he is a Maverick and that he has a bi-partisan track record. He is a fine politician and a true national hero. But the fact of the matter is that the economy cannot be run on policies that reflect the past 8 years. De-regulation of markets and banks, industries regulating based on profits (profits of share-holders mind you), increases in governmental powers and interferences with civil life, and governmental spending that is through the roof.
Please, for the sake of progress. For the sake of getting back to the roots of what this country really NEEDS. We can take care of abortion and gay marriage later. We can have a stimulating debate and a friendly discussion on our beliefs. But my friends, I'm afraid that 4 more years of similar tactics and policies are not going to save this nation from economic, military, or social hegemony that the US has been enjoying in its decline since 2001. Let's put our daggers away. Its not about placing the blame on what President enacted what, or what party had control of Congress and for what. Its not about associating liberals as elitist or hippies, or conservatives as corporate pigs or red-necks.
Its about sending a message to the world as a whole that America is growing up. That America is interested in the fact that Obama is dark-skinned, or that Palin is hot in a librarian sort of way, or that a vote for a Republican is a vote for Bush, or that a vote for a Democrat is a vote of God-lessness. Its about the idea that America is willing to try and get back onto the center stage in the prestige and respect that it once enjoyed a decade ago. Its about making sure that hard-working bleeding Americans are taken care of by their government. Forget everything you learned in high school U.S. Politics and Government because that hasn't applied to the real world in well over a decade.
Take one good hard look at the country. Don't vote for your politics. Don't vote for your concerns about the super-ficial. Vote for the basic necessities that America is dying to get. Vote for the outlook of a better tomorrow so that at the end of the day, abortion and gay marriage can actually be a REAL concern... because if we all vote on our traditional values as Democrats or Republicans... I can guarantee you that we won't have a nation to debate and have cordial conversations about the differences in our beliefs.
