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I don't want to be right wing or left wing. I want to vote on the issues that matter. Politics shouldn't be a sports match between the red team and the blue team... these issues affect us globally, nationally and locally.
The policies made affect how much I pay for gas, food, healthcare and in taxes.
Where can you go to just learn about the issues without a station vilifying one candidate and making a demigod from another?
I Used to Care.
I used to pride myself on reading news from multiple sources. AP, BBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Reuters, Washington Post, Huffington Post, New York Times.... but I'm getting so tired of the sensationalism that my current political leaning is heading from independent with conservative moral, liberal social and libertarian governmental ideals to a stronger apathetic... doesn't matter anyway mentality.
The truth is, I don't fit the bill for any one of the major parties... and I can't really form educated opinions on candidates because of slanted/spun reporting... so why try?
As a Christian...
I have to conclude only that I am a citizen of heaven, so I suppose the circus of politics won't matter in eternity.
Then again, I still have some years left of rent paying, food buying, and gas burning before it won't matter completely.
Who are you voting for in 2012... and why?
2 comments:
Ron Paul is my overall leader by a wide margin. Next to him Newt Gingrich makes the most sense when he speaks. Gingrich has more pull, more clout, and more experience than most of the candidates COMBINED, except maybe for Paul, at least on the experience side. Ron Paul can take things to extremes, but will have to work within what he can get through congress, so I'm not worried about that. Gengrich actually makes a lot of sense if people listen. But he has been the butt of so many jokes in the past, I don't know if people will take him seriously. He hasn't made a push yet, there is still a lot of time before the primaries, so I expect to see him get more visible around the end of October as the ridiculous fringe candidates like Michelle Bachman disappear.
As for the news issue, YES, we need a real news network, not this for ratings, entertainment news crap. I think everyone wants to see it, I think it would actually be very successful, and I think people would even donate to a for-profit company that committed to this news as a presence on the air and online...
And, read the candidates own websites, and research their histories. That's a good start.
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