An Election Year Lost
As a conservative, I have always made a point to vote for president as long as I have been old enough to vote. A couple times I liked my candidate, while other times I have voted for my perceived lesser of the two evils. I am tired of doing this because our candidates have come to the point that they think we will vote for them no matter what as long as they are from the right political party. I have historically voted Republican because I am a social conservative based on my Biblical views. Historically they have given lip service to my causes but once they have been elected they never follow through with their promises. I have grown weary of the Republican party the way I have been with the Democrats.
I have come to distrust both parties equally. With each successive election the Republicans have become more and more left wing despite the media’s portrayal of them as right wing extremists. This will be the first election of my adult life that I will not vote for either of the three candidates. This year all three candidates are left wing liberals that I cannot support and will not vote for. I feel that voting for them just because they are the lesser of the two evils would be enabling them to further betray us. The political candidates come to expect their party’s constituents votes simply based on the party affiliation. They have no obligation to represent their constituency because they know they will not be held accountable. They know the American press has lost its ability to objectively present the facts. The American press is so left wing that the Democrats know they will give their support and the Republicans still cannot accept that they will be bashed no matter what. The Republicans try so hard to please the new media that they will sell their souls to impress them. They still do not understand that no matter what they do, they will always get negative press.
The Republicans are so busy trying to not be criticized by the news media that they have become just as liberal as the Democrats. The Democrats are so liberal that they support every wacko idea that comes around. I cannot support any of them as long as they do this. I would rather let the other side win this time than to let “our” guys think they have our vote no matter what. John McCain has made a career out of betraying our trust. I simply cannot vote for him just to keep these left wing liberals Clinton, and Obama out of office. I use to think that way until I started to notice that each time I do this, our candidate became more liberal than the last. Republicans have become as spend happy as the Democrats. I do not support gay rights, abortion, or any of the other left wing agenda and the Republicans have come to support those ideas themselves. I hate to be this way but if we Americans do not wise up and hold our elected officials accountable they will continue to betray us. I do realize that most Americans disagree with me on this but I will not follow the crowd. Mr. McCain can count me out as voting for him. Of course the other two can write me off as well. I believe in right and wrong and principals are more important to me than acceptance.
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