The Two Party Blues

| Tue 30 Oct 2012 | 3 Comments | 630 Views

Author Homer Carroll

Writer, game developer, unschooling mentor & founder/board member of Shine Your Light Event : A non-profit aimed at helping individuals in medical crisis | @homercarroll

There are a lot of people saying they are not going to vote in the presidential election, or that it doesn’t matter if they do because Obama and Romney, Democrats and Republicans are “all the same.”  A closer look should be taken at the facts behind that statement, because it’s simply not true.

While I have concerns that drones, Manning, and global warming are not a part of any political dialogue, Obama has done America a lot of good. To mention only a few, Obama has instituted enforcement for equal pay for women, began withdrawing troops from Iraq, removed restrictions from stem cell research, tried phasing out Guantanamo Bay, increased protection for consumers and credit card users, and he has been respecting the Freedom of Information Act.

Romney on the other hand will usher in an age of theocracy. If you think corporate fascism is bad, wait until you have seen theocratic fascism. It takes great lies to subdue a nation and coerce them into the kind of oppression we have today, but faith requires no lies, no truth, no logic, and respects no dissent. Romney is a far more dangerous vote than Obama. Obama is literally the only choice right now, and I’m going to vote for him. He is not the ideal candidate, and I understand it is the lesser of two evils, but this close to the election, what is a better strategy besides voting for Obama? How do we move toward a more democratic process and society by either voting for Romney, or not voting at all?

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  • Eric Haas

    Obama has instituted enforcement for equal pay for women, began
    withdrawing troops from Iraq, removed restrictions from stem cell
    research, tried phasing out Guantanamo Bay, increased protection for
    consumers and credit card users, and he has been respecting the Freedom
    of Information Act.

    The troops were withdrawn under the 2008 Status of Forces Agreement negotiated between the Bush administration and Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki. The Obama administration tried to push back the date of withdrawal, but couldn’t get the Iraqis to agree to give American troops immunity in Iraqi courts.

    Also, the administration’s response to FOIA requests has been disappointing, to put it mildly. They did good responding to FOIA requests and releasing documents the first year Obama was in office, but have fallen off significantly since then.

    And, personally, I always felt Guantanamo was a red herring. The issue is, or should be, how the US treats people in custody, not whether we keep them at Guantanamo. There are still far too many people being held in US custody without trial or even charges.

  • http://www.atheistrev.com/ vjack

    He’s “literally the only choice,” is he? Actually, most of us have more choices that the three you present. I’ll be voting for Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party.

    • theapostasyx.wordpress.com

      Yeah, what the hell is with this perpetuation of the demi-democracy?

      Vote for the party/candidates whom you’d like to represent you people!

      Don’t just vote for the perceived lesser of two evils.

      The idea that you’re either republican or democrat is a perversion of democracy, its drilled into so many people that a vote for anyone else is a waste of a vote – such that entire extended families support the same candidate like its their Cousin competing on X-Factor or Idol. Yeah, go democracy, wooo!

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