THANK GOD elections are over. For one, I was so tired of all the stupid flyers and phone calls that made their way to my house. Two, I am glad that whatever was going to happen happened and hopefully everyone will shut up about it now.
I neither identify myself as Republican nor Democrat, as there is plenty with which I find fault about both parties. The Democrats this session proved absolutely worthless and cowardly, as all that had to happen for them to back down on anything was the threat of a Republican filibuster. Not the actual thing happening....just the threat. I don't like their continued prosecution of the war in Afghanistan either. And I'm so over the Republican party's utter hypocrisy - "pro-life", yet we wholeheartedly support the wars, and we also support capital punishment. "Small government", yet we have no problem with things like the Patriot Act (yes, I am still cheesed off about that), Arizona SB 1070, nor spending a trillion dollars a year on defense. There is no way I'd align myself with either of these parties right now. (**Disclaimer** I have plenty of friends from both parties, and as individuals I know they are good people...I just can't stand what the parties represent!)
So I voted third party. I'm not a complete libertarian - I do believe in things like roads and ambulances that everyone should be able to use when needed - but I do believe that people the world over should be more or less left alone to live their lives without government interference, and neither Rs nor Ds are willing to do that. And I voted Libertarian for as many seats as I could. With one exception, if there was no third party, I just didn't choose. I felt no need to choose between (as the libertarians say) the left hand and the right hand of the One Big Government Party.
So congratulations, America! If rearranging the Titanic's deck furniture is your idea of 'change'...well, you got it!
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