THE DECISION OF AN AMERICAN VOTER
10/1/12
The 2012 election is one of the most anticipated elections I have experienced in several decades. The desperation America and the world is facing is directly due to the failed policies of past Republican administrations and due in part to many of the failed policies of the current Democratic Administration. I believe most Americans are in a state of flux and fear as we consider as our leader the two candidates being offered by the Republicans and Democratic Parties. Third parties have been completely silenced in American elections because of media bias and lack of corporate donations. The last great hope for many right leaning Independents was Ron Paul, but he was a died in the wool Republican and could never denounce his true loyalty to the system or Party and suddenly and unapologetically, he stranded his millions of faithful supporters and dropped out of the 2012 Republican Primaries, and was never heard from again after his son Rand Paul betrayed his father and gave his support to Mitt Romney.
I have known and supported several third party candidates who were considered fringe candidates. I supported Ralph Nader in 2000, Ross Perot in 1992. In 1996 when Perot attempted to run again, most Americans including his former supporters realized he was insane. In 2004 I was a Dean supporter, until he proved to be a Democratic shill and the media destroyed his campaign by making him look insane. He obviously had enough intelligence to become the DNC chairman. His entire campaign was a scam to bring the Anti War liberals into the Democratic corner, then the Democrats made Kerry the nominee. This was devastating,since anyone with any pride and respect for his country could not stomach John Kerry. After the Republican Swift Boat attack campaign Kerry was seen as a national coward instead of a hero.
Despite the pathetic John Kerry as the Democratic candidate in 2004 Kerry still won the popular vote, and due to outrageous election fraud conducted by the Republicans and the introduction of electronic voting machines and corrupt Secretaries of State in the key states of Florida and Ohio. G.W Bush won that election and Kerry proved his cowardice to his supporters by not contesting the blatant fraud and unexplainable loss of over 3 million Democratic voter ballots in those states. Those of us who are not suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s remember the nightmare election of 2000, when the U.S Supreme Court unconstitutionally decided the outcome of that election and America got G.W Bush, 911, Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and the government and corporate theft of the U.S Treasury. It is amazing how Americans so quickly forget or simply deny their own history.
Now in 2012 the American voter is faced with the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Once again they are considering a hard right Republican candidate, who insists on cutting all welfare and social safety nets for the American people. Great programs such as Medicare and Social Security, Medicaid and school lunch programs, public works programs and work training programs, student loans and grants are on the Republican cutting block. These devastating assaults to our social fabric are what the Republicans want, it is what they stand for. Their only proposals and programs presented to the American people in this election will result in the annihilation of the greatest and most compassionate social programs in U.S history. Any American who would vote to end these programs is not only a ruthless traitor to his countrymen,but also a complete idiot. What kind of monster would deny their children, parents and grandparents food, medical care and a subsistence income for clothing and shelter. These programs are not entitlements, they are paid for by all who paid into these programs their entire working lives. Medicare and Social Security are solvent for the foreseen future. The theft of these funds by the Federal Government is the problem. The irresponsible policies of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and the Whitehouse are the great threat to these programs. The endless wars and corporate subsidies and corruption have caused all of America’s problems. The cold hearted and blatant contempt towards the American people, and the corruption of our legislative and executive officials, and blatant stupidity of all who elected them, have caused this current economic crisis and all the social problems facing America today. Unless the American voter wakes up now it may well be the end of all that was ever good in our society and the end of The United States.
As a Baby Boomer I can look back at the mistakes I’ve made in my life with some regrets,but of all the regrets that I have, none equal the frightening realization of what has happened and is happening to my country. The virtues and standards that I believed in as a child and young man are virtually non existent in America today. Recently released government reports have alarmingly stated, that more Americans today die of suicide than automobile accidents. More children live in poverty in America today, than any other time in American history. There are more Americans going hungry today than in the Great Depression. The vast 47% that Mitt Romney says he doesn’t care about are these people that are deprived of the American Dream, and even the opportunity to make a livable wage. How can anyone look at Republican policies of the past and present and consider voting for any member of the political party that has and will literally destroy them? The evidence is clear. The crimes of past and present Republican controlled congresses and administrations have decimated the American economy and destroyed our national credit rating and the hope for America’s future. How can anyone be so ignorant not to see what has happened and is happening in front of their own eyes? How can any American regardless of his or her financial status or educational background deny what is happening, and insist on voting for any member of the Republican Party? The same politcal party that has caused the vast majority of all of America’s problems now promises in their campaigns, that they will create the worst economic and social collapse in the history of civilization?
The choice for the American voter is very clear in the 2012 presidential and congressional elections. However the mass media manipulations are masking the real issues, the real corruption, the real corporate and government contempt for the American people. One billion dollars will be spent by the presidential candidates in the 2012 election. Most of the money will be paid to the major media outlets. The news networks will say whatever their sponsors tell them to say, while pretending to present balanced news coverage and “independent journalism”. The hypocrisy of the American news media is so obvious and outrageous no reasonably intelligent person can take them seriously. Americans must use their own common sense,intuition and sensibility in the 2012 election. Unfortunately I fear,that the majority of Americans are mindless, and will prove it if they elect any member of the Republican party. I understand the concerns of intelligent Americans,who will vote in the upcoming elections,but may pause before voting for a Democrat. However the issues are what they are and the Democratic Party is the party that created and fought for all of the greatest social programs we have today. We have to believe that they will continue their firm commitment to preserve and protect the rights and dignity of the American people,and recommit to rebuilding and reestablishing America, and the trust of those who elected them.
I am still and always will remain and Independent but,in 2012 I have been put in the position of little choice. I can opt out of this election and let fate take its course, or I can vote for someone who hopefully will protect and fight for a better future, where I may have the chance to someday see an Independent candidate win the Presidency, and create a viable third party. Until then I must look realistically at the choices in this election and decide if I still want to be a part of this “democratic” system. If I decide to remain an American and not expatriate to some foreign country, then I must remain to fight and rebuild with the tools and weapons I have. The only tools I have are my vote and my voice, the only weapons I have are my hope and commitment for a brighter and better future for my country. I don’t believe the end of America is here, I believe the beginning could be very near and could begin in November 2012. However I do believe America will end soon if the Republican Party remains in power, and are not completely defeated.
L.A. Steel
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