Let's be honest with each other...we have two choices at this point...Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Yes... Lets be honest. I'm not going to continue to have the same old shit all over again.
Ron Paul isn't even in the equation anymore nor has he been for a long...long time. So you are going to be standing in that voting booth come this Fall (I'm assuming that you are going to vote and hoping that IS the case) deciding between the two. What I'd like you (and others) to consider is what each man brings to the table to deal with the economic situation we find ourselves in.
OK.
In Barack Obama we would have someone with scant executive experience...little to no business experience and a demonstrated inability to build a political coalition to work towards a solution to our economic problems. In Mitt Romney on the other hand you've got someone with a great deal of executive experience...a great deal of business experience and he was the Republican Governor of a predominantly Democratic State which demonstrates the ability to work across the aisle.
Ummm... No... I don't believe Mitt would be any better than Obama. I think he'd happily take us to another war we have no business in. I think he'll happily, just like Obama, give money to other countries to be our "friend"... Until he actually acts like a patriot... I'm not going to think he is one.
The choice for me is rather simple. All this nonsense about Bain, Swiss bank accounts and dogs on the tops of cars? All inconsequential. I would probably enjoy playing a round of golf and having a few beers with Obama over Romney. Does that mean I think he should be President? No....because what I care about is competence.
Well... When he loses because the republican party refused to listen to the independents... Maybe you will be convinced that perhaps the republican party needs to change some of it's policies.
So... To be honest... I'm not voting for Mitt... I'm not voting for Obama. But I don't believe logic and the democratic party are bedfellows. Republicans ... Now they tend to be more logical. After they lose... Maybe the next election they'll change the party lines. Honest? I've already, like many independents, written this election off as it doesn't matter if Obama or Mitt gets it. We're fucked either way. I'll plan for the next one by letting you know why the republicans failed this time.