I believe in my heart of hearts that this President is about uniting this country NOT dividing this country. I have always believed that President Obama has always meant what he has said and has said what he meant. Friends have said to me and I have read on FB posts that some of you are upset with the President because certain things haven't been done or certain promises have not been kept so in good conscious I am not voting for him or I have decided to vote for the Libertarian because I just don't like the way things are but I don't want to vote for Romney/Ryan either...blah blah blah. My thoughts about this are simply if you voted for the President in 2008 then you should be voting for him in 2012 not the Libertarian and certainly NOT Romney/Ryan and here are the reasons why!
I believe that some Americans are NOT looking at the BIG PICTURE when it comes to this election. They're not seeing what could happen when certain insane and lunatic ultra conservatives become rulers of this great country of ours namely Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan along with some other ultra conservatives of the same nature that they are bringing with them . If you agree with them then you are NOT paying attention. Some of you might just be rolling your eyes at this statement and saying to yourself oh it is just Jill being Jill don't be condescending to me please just hear me out.
Now I understand that some of you are upset with the President right now because things don't seem to be going your way. I tend to call this being closed minded and/or wanting what you want when you want it. Some things just don't work out that way it takes time. Especially when you get elected into a country that was a pure MESS when you took office. If you recall the previous administration [ yes] I am speaking of the infamous Bush and Cheney who got us into 2 wars that should never have happened and all on credit meaning not paid for along with a whole other stretch of horrible policies that made no sense and were down right wrong for this country. They created a huge wedge between the American people.
We the American people and our country were heading into a deep recession hell by all accounts we were already there and to put the cherry on the cake it seemed that we had NO plan on how we were going to end this war and lift ourselves up out of this mess. Well the President had a plan that he spoke of many times on the campaign trail and once in office that plan was put into action and now the war in Iraq is done. Our troops have been coming home. Cha ching one war down and one to go. Slowly plans are being made to end the war in Afghanistan in a thoughtful and deliberate way as the President says. Cha Ching another war coming to an end. He has begun taking down the Tailiban and it's operatives. The President has said that once these wars are done and we are out of these countries completely we are going to begin using the money that we have spent on these wars and begin to restore this country by building up our infrastructure and putting American's back to work.
Now the President made alot of promises some of which he has kept and some of which he just couldn't because of the insane extreme right wing conservatives that call themselves Tea Partiers. This is NOT an excuse it is a fact! Our congress {which is ranked the lowest ever in the history of our nation} which is made up of these insane extremists they have fought our President every step of the way but even so he has managed to persevere and get some huge policies in place. The biggest in my humble opinion is the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare. This ensures that every American will be able to afford health insurance. It gives you a choice to keep the insurance you have or pay for your own which will be affordable. He has spoken up for same gender equality and I might add he is the ONLY sitting President to do so. This President wants to and is trying to unite Americans not divide Americans. The very first day in office he signed the Lily Ledbetter act for equal pay for women. I bet Romney/Ryan would never do that. Unemployment has dropped. There are so many things that the President has done and sure there are things that he hasn't been able to do but that doesn't mean that he hasn't stopped trying.
The American jobs act has been denied by this insane congress 3 times. It boggles my mind how so many times Romney/Ryan and many of the other tea partiers have claimed that this President has done nothing for the American people and/or getting jobs for them well it has been NO thanks to them. They have been a huge road block in this Presidency. The President had tried many times in the beginning to reach across the isle to work together with this insane congress and had gotten no where so he stopped trying.
The truth is and here is the[ BIG PICTURE ]that I spoke about at the beginning of this blog, there could be a scenario in this election that could possibly happen that I and I am sure most Americans of like mindedness would not like at all and that would be this:
Romney/Ryan get elected and along with them comes Murdock/Aiken. They gain seats in the senate and keep seats in the house so now we have the same insane ultra conservatives in office only now there are more of them because they now have the majority once again.
The supreme court looses 2 of it's members to death or retirement. In comes 2 of the most delusional, insane and ludicrous ultra conservative appointees from the Romney/Ryan administration. 1. Let's make a US Constitutional Amendment banning same gender marriage.
All in favor motion carried. 2. Woe Vs. Wade All in favor motion carried. There are probably more.
Paul Grugman said yesterday that if Romney/Ryan get elected that we would likely see a double dip recession. Meaning that this country would add many more years of recovery. They would kill regulations of the banks and businesses.
If this scenario should happen what I want those friends and family members who voted for the Libertairan or those who just didn't bother to vote to do is to look me in the eye and tell me again how voting your conscious has been a good thing for you, me, the American people and this country.
Now with all this being said I would like to have all my friends and family members realize how important your vote is and don't throw it away. Take the time to research and read.
Two websites that I have found helpful are:
www.snopes.com
www.factcheck.org
I will leave you with one thought from our President: "Our destiny is not written for us, it's written by us. And we can write that next chapter together." ~President Obama
These are MY thoughts and feelings from Jillsville.
