In years of late, I have developed an appetite for politics. It is an appetite that seems to grow the more it is fed. The races for each parties respective nominations have been great up to this point. The Republicans have already chosen Sen. McCain and the Democrats are still fighting as to whether Sen. Obama or Sen. Clinton will represent the party in the Presidential election. At this point I can see that the next president of the United States of America is going to be a former senator that isn't necessarily conservative. These are two traits I am not very excited about.
I would like to see a candidate that is fiscally and socially conservative as well as supportive of a dominant military. We need to protect our borders and take care of our own before we go out and try to save the world. I understand we are a world superpower and wield the power to fight tyrrany, world hunger, etc....but we need to revert back to American ideals which are hard work, patriotism, and desire. We have to re-establish who we are and quit killing each other in gang-wars, quit disrespecting each other through racial injustices, and quit being satisfied with mediocrity. America is the greatest country on Earth because we desire to excel at everything we do, we are tolerant of each other and each other's beliefs, and we can co-exist in the most diverse ethnic melting-pot the world has ever seen. What American doesn't want to see our Olympians dominate with the chant of U-S-A, U-S-A in the background. Who doesn't get goosebumps when one of our athletes stands atop the podium and the Star Spangled Banner plays. I never get tired of hearing about Americans dominating something on the worldwide scale. And on the converse side of things, I HATE, let me emphasize HATE hearing about how other countries are scoring higher on math tests, how the U.S. is more obese and exercises less than other countries, how our murder rates are higher even though other countries own the same amount of guns, etc.
All of the previous is said so as to emphasize where I'm coming from, and to emphasize that being conservative doesn't mean being indifferent and insensitive. Where all of this ties into politics is that I am disappointed with the choices we are left with for the leader of the free world. I feel like there's no new direction that is a worthwhile new direction. As a matter of fact, Sen. McCail doesn't really propose much of a new direction.(at least that's the drift I'm getting.) And from the Democratic side, all I hear is keywords and phrases that are the product of test groups that "respond well" to them.(meaning give the voter a warm-fuzzy so they'll vote for the respective candidate, i.e.-"change"....gag me!) Where is the original thought? Some real substance? A true proposal for "change"? It seems the two Senators aren't willing to propose anything controversial that may be exploited by the media or their counterpart, so they choose to propose nothing at all. I hear empty claims that there will be some sort of revolutionary differences made, but no original ideas. The one candidate, dare I say, with some new ideas was Ron Paul. Now anyone who really listened to him for an extended period of time, like I did when he was on Meet the Press, could see that he is by no means prepared for the Oval Office. He had some new and original ideas but no way to implement them. I also couldn't get over the irony when he said he would veto anything with an earmark when he was responsible for plenty of earmarks benefitting his own voting district.
This rant has gone on longer than I thought, and it seems it will have to be subdivided into another installment as I haven't even started to talk about the optional candidates I would suggest or what likeness these options should emulate.
To all who have made it this far, remember this--there is nothing more worth being proud of than being proud to be an American. It is the responsibility of this generation to keep it that way!
