Ok, now that I’ve got the site all set up, there’s no reason not to get to this post, which I’ve been meaning to get to for a while.
As everyone, at least in the US, should know by now, John McCain is now almost guaranteed the Republican nomination for president. Which means that our county will have two options next November: you can buy a cat or a pig in a poke. John McCain is not really a Republican, and his recent claims to be a Conservative are ridiculous outright lies. The man supports amnesty for illegal aliens. He supports restrictions on freedom of speech, limiting what candidates can say about each other within a certain timeframe from a primary (and then taking advantage of it to take uncontestable pot shots at Romney). By his own admission, he has very little of an idea about the economy, and will likely end up skipping down the yellow brick road, holding the hands of Congress’ democratic majority, to get legislation passed that makes it look like he’s getting something done. Our only hope was that Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee would maintain enough delegates to force a brokered convention, and someone else would get the nomination, but that hope is quickly fading.
As some of the conservative talkshow hosts have mentioned, it might be a good idea to get out and vote Democratic this election. Why? Either way, the country is going to get overrun by illegals, the national deficit will skyrocket, unemployment and homeless will see huge rises, and the country will generally be in shambles (all in the name of global warming, mind you). But if we put a Democrat in the White House, we do two things: first, we show that Democratic economics don’t work (a well-proven test, but people must be reminded), and second, we show that a Republican who acts like a Democrat does not have the support of the Republicans who matter most: the American people.
Now, I realize I might get flamed for parts of that last paragraph, so allow me to explain myself a bit. First off, global warming: I have serious trouble believing two parts of the global warming camp’s philosophies. First, I can’t believe that, with a gaping hole in the ozone layer, the greenhouse gasses continue to build up. The second is that I don’t believe that, even if global warming were real (which it still hasn’t been proven to be), that buying an electric car, a $5 lightbulb that doesn’t light, and a washing machine that has a government logo on it is going to do a damn thing to offset the carbon emissions that have been going on since the industrial revolution. Next up is Democratic economics, the good old Robin Hood theory, take from the rich and give to the poor. I agree that some corporate regulations are necessary, there should be caps on the amount of money that CEOs, etc, can make, perhaps even linked to the size of their company. However, the Democratic idea that the rich deserve to be taxed is ridiculous. I don’t know about you, but one of these days I want to be rich. I want to make a small fortune, and then retire and live off it, and let someone else come in to take up my role. But if the government is going to step in and take my riches as soon as I get them, why should I bother making them in the first place? If I can keep my business small, and have lower taxes, or have a huge corporation and get taxed down to the same level, then what’s the incentive? And where does the money go? Well, to people like my next door neighbor, who is so damn fat she’s legally disabled, but can still make it down to KFC every other day. To people who play the system, who work only long enough to be able to collect unemployment again. To people who work under the table and still want a little extra. And (this one I love) to illegal immigrants. Yes, these programs have a use, and SHOULD exist. However, they need tighter regulation, and strict penalties for those who abuse them. The rampant, widespread abuse they face today only increases the tax burden on those who do work for a living. Getting back on topic, some people claim that Clinton grew the economy; I’d loudly protest that idea. The economy grew under, and in some cases against, Clinton. Bush Sr. set Clinton up to succeed, many of his economic programs were designed and implemented to grow the economy over time. Only towards the end of his run did Clinton’s economic policies begin to come into play, and when they did, he dropped a falling economy on our current president’s lap.
Back to the original idea, the only hope for America in this next election is a strong independent candidate, one who represents strong conservative economic principles, a clear plan for our engagements overseas (it doesn’t matter his position, only that he/she knows how they’re going to handle it), and a method for getting ahold of the illegal immigration that’s running amuck. If Hillary Clinton become the Democratic nominee, well, 49% of voters said they wouldn’t vote for her under any circumstance, even before the primaries began. And with McCain, who has no support from the conservative base of the Republican party, running against her, it would be mighty tempting to vote for that third party. Who would that candidate be? Well, Mayor Bloomberg has already outright denied it, but if he did decide to run, I think he’d win by a landslide, and keep our country on at least somewhat straight of a path.
