I find it humorous that on the first day of my first blog for government, it also happens to be the opening day of the RNC. The GOP has given us plenty to laugh at, cry over, and bite our fingernails over the last few administrations. Now, they present a candidate who is not best suited to run the country, but best suited to beat Obama. The motivation of winning is more important that doing what is best for The People. Now, don't get me wrong, Obama is no FDR, but considering what the man inherited, he has done well. Before we descend into examples and opinions, I will expand upon this at a later time.
The key topics are going to be these: $16 trillion national deficit, a faltering capitalist ecomony, national healthcare/real estate/college tuition bubbles on the edge of burst, huge multinational corporations exploiting the political system, and immigration. But the biggest question I have is this: there are several African and Eastern European/Western Asian countries that are in severe crisis and extremely volitile. Pakistan, India, and North Korea are nuclear superpowers. North Korea is a vicious communist nation, Pakistan is a fledgling and unestablished democracy, and India is facing poverty and famine of epic proportions. For the record, i hate the word "epic" as skinny-jeaned hipsters have watered it down. However, ask yourself this - is Mitt Romney really the man to manage our involvement in national affairs? At least President Obama made the attempt to properly pronounce "Pakistan", which one would infer respect for the nation. Dubya failed to even attempt to not sound like an ignorant moron when saying "Iraq", "Pakistan", or hell, even 'Merica! That is another topic. I wonder how different things would have been if John McCain would have been given the RNC's nod for candidate in 2000 instead of Bush. Could you imagine President McCain, who was a POW for 5 years, and his response to the 9/11 attacks? No questions, no discussions, simply flatten the ones responsible. And no, I'm not talking about Saddam or Usama. Remember, most of the 9/11 terrorists were Jordanian and Egyptian.
My 2 final thoughts are these: Between Obama and Romney - can we get a 3rd choice? Venezuela has 13 different parties. Maybe we should elect an economist? But then again, it's not like my vote even counts. 2 words - electoral college.
