Alright, so I have been trying to catch up a bit on the political news the last couple of days. This mostly means I've been going to websites like cnn.com or foxnews.com and checking out some of the latest political articles.
Normally, I do not pay much attention to the whole business because I had given up trying to understand what is going on. More specifically, I had given up trying to be a "responsible United States citizen" because I couldn't recognize the truth in all of the hubbub of the political world. I know that there is an objective truth out there somewhere, but I have no idea what it is. Everything you read is biased. It's either the Republicans blaming the Democrats for all of the problems we're facing or it's all of the Democrats blaming the Republicans for all of the problems. You read one article arguing one point, and it makes absolute 100% sense, but then you read another article arguing the opposite point and it ALSO makes 100% sense. Politics is just two parties trying to blame ALL of the nation's problems on each other. I can't even decide who to vote for because I know that none of what I read is the truth. It can't possibly be one party's fault. They're all responsible and they're all too stubborn to work with each other on fixing the problems we face.
If anyone is reading this and is particularly politically minded and opinionated, I am sure you are laughing at my vague complaints, rolling your eyes, and thinking that I need to educate myself. The point that I am trying to make is that I am unable to educate myself, and it doesn't work. Person A tells me to read from source 1 because source 2 is biased towards people B. Then person B tells me to read from source 2 because source 1 is biased towards people A. What the heck?! I am unable to understand which candidates or parties are filled with less BS. All I see is a bunch of people arguing about which party is responsible for the mess that the States are in. None of them are willing to work with each other to fix the problem. Instead they insist on working against each other and seemingly get nowhere (sort of like this post).
After a couple days of trying to catch up a little bit on the political news... This is all I've been able to come up with:
I don't like Romney - I seem to find myself agreeing with all the comments I've heard from his opposition that he does not understand the situation that our nation's poorest find themselves in. He just seems like a super rich guy trying to buy his way into office.
I don't like Santorum - The guy has said too many stupid things throughout his campaign. That's all I'll say.
Obama? - Sadly, I have been most impressed by THIS GUY. Why is that sad, though? Because I live in the most conservative county in the US and I should be strictly Republican and because I'm letting everyone down who lives within 100 miles of me (at least)? I don't know. What I am impressed with, though, is his little speech he gave at some breakfast thing the other day. He laid down his own personal values and supported his economic and health plan with these values. Moreover, he laid down his Christian values... saying things like "because I am a Christian, I believe..." He went more in depth about his faith than I have ever heard any politician do before (granted, I will admit I do not pay much attention usually). But he was pulling quotes and themes from various places in the Bible. He didn't just simply say, "Because I am a Christian these things are important to me and I try to run the country this way..." No, he went in depth pulling Scripture from specific books such as Proverbs and Luke.
Then again, he has been in control for nearly four years now and... what? Not much has been done... We've spent lots of money... We've gotten more and more in debt and what not and blah blah and such. We've all heard it. That doesn't say a lot of good things for him.
And that's all the further my knowledge and opinions take me...
But so what?
Maybe Romney isn't what his opposition is making him look like... I could be way off.
Maybe Obama was simply trying to gain/retain votes from the Christian population.
I have no idea... There is an objective truth out there... and I do not... and believe that I CANNOT figure out what it is.
So now what?
I'll continue to stay posted, but I do not see myself ever becoming confident in my perception of who these men are by the time election day arrives. As a result, I could very likely choose to stay home and not vote. Some people will think less of me because of this choice. How can I give up this responsibility and duty as an American? I simply feel that I cannot support something unless I am confident of what IT is.
I really hope that I DO end up voting because that would mean that I have found confidence in a candidate's ability to lead the nation.
Lastly, I want to apologize. I sat down and just started typing. And this is what I seemed to vomit out. If you made it this far... you deserve a prize.
Here you go.
I enjoyed this.
http://www.lulzz.com/2012/02/now-this-is-how-you-troll-someone.html
Adios
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