I don't like politics. I've been there, done that, emotionally invested to the point of living angry, lived the lie of the war being against flesh and blood. I lived with a roommate after college who recognized the such as a lie but still often lived as if he believed it to be true. Store your treasures in heaven.
The whole series I did about "the night I officially became a liberal ["http://confessionbyainsertidentityhere.blogspot.com/2005/04/night-i-officially-became-liberal.html"], conservative ["http://confessionbyainsertidentityhere.blogspot.com/2009/06/night-i-officially-became-conservative.html"], moderate ["http://confessionbyainsertidentityhere.blogspot.com/2010/11/night-i-officially-became-moderate.html"] was total crap. Each was based on a trigger (or multiple triggers), and as such I felt as if I were lumped along with the demographic in question, whether because I felt for them and a part of them, or because I was pronounced as such. I don't like being lumped in or labeled. It's stupid.
There's a Bible verse I quoted 4 years ago when Senators Barack Obama and John McCain were vying to replace the outgoing George W. Bush: "The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted." Psalm 46:6, King James Version ["http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2046:6&version=KJV"]. Translation: it's just an election. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter who wins. Yes, it affects the direction the country may take over the next four years, but that's about it.
Yes, except the US has been in a slow downward spiral for a while, and it has nothing to do with either party. The only real differences between Republicans and Democrats is how they like to run things. OK, so pick a system already! Except the federal government is so dysfunctional that they can't do anything. Even if such a government had all Republicans or all Democrats... yikes. What a bunch of nothing. And it's only worse when you have both parties represented.
My great idea is to dissolve both parties. If I were ever elected president, that might be one of my first moves in office. It might be my only move in office. Screw everything, whatever the country's current problems may be -- an unpopular war, a terrible economy -- we've all been there before. I'm hitting the reset button in a way almost no one will like (including those that say they like it but secretly hope it'll never happen), but in a way that effectively cleans house, just like the God of Abraham and his descendants in the Old Testament.
So I'm not at all excited for this election. I don't like Obama, and I don't like Republican candidate Mitt Romney. My anti-Obama argument goes something like this: "are we better off than we were 4 years ago?" Only thing is, I could have asked that same question 4 years ago, and 8 years ago, and... well, you get the point. But, no; Obama threw a lot of money at a housing crisis from the Bush era and it didn't make the problem any better. I just lost a lot of money in the gamble (at least, that's what many Americans are saying). That, and ObamaCare ["http://confessionbyainsertidentityhere.blogspot.com/2012/06/obamacare-upheld.html"]. My anti-Romney argument is much simpler: he's a Mormon. I'm a Christian first, and an American second (at best). I don't care that Romney thinks he's going to fix the economy. He's a Mormon. I have my priorities in order.
I want someone who's not going to spew crap and lie. If I have to, I'll write Ron Paul on the ballot. I don't necessarily agree with everything he stands for (although I'm sure I agree with a lot he stands for), but at least he's honest. Even if he doesn't get everything right, he seems to have a good sense of priorities.
As I wrote ["http://confessionbyainsertidentityhere.blogspot.com/2012/07/inconvenient-truth-americas-236th.html"] a short while back, this country is screwed. Most people are going to blame "the other party," and perhaps they're somewhat right. But no one ever looks in the mirror anymore. No one looks at their own crap, at their own issues, and sees what's beneath the anger.
For me, the issue is primarily what's in the person's heart. I was listening on Moody Bible Radio and listening to a pastor, whilst on the topic of wayward people, start talking about liberals. Now, I don't think I would disagree with him, but I was triggered because it sounded like he was targeting them for more than mere commentary. I switched the radio off right at that point because of the charged nature the sermon was taking on. I have problems with people targeting demographics and blaming them when the real issue is tied more to human nature than anything. It's not a conservative thing. It's not a liberal thing. It's a human thing.
Underneath, I've always been this way. My voyages across parts of the political spectrum were almost always triggered by events that affected me personally (I think this is true for a lot of people, their beliefs often shaped by such things), and whatever motivation I had was to look out for what's best for me. I don't think that will ever change.
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