Why You Should Stop and Take A Sec..
Over the weekend I rented a movie called “Rendition”. It turned out to be a surprisingly relevant and informative film for today. The movie’s main character, Reese Witherspoon, plays a pregnant mother of one whose husband didn’t arrive at the airport following a business trip to South Africa. He was being tortured. Hence, the new, headline-making, controversial term, “water boarding”. The movie hinted to its formal name, “extraordinary rendition”, and I did some research. There is an article published in The New Yorker describing the very story from the movie, having happened to a Canadian man who was taken to Syria to be tortured. It is a true story!
What left me feeling sad, more tolerant, and ultimately very disturbed, was yet another sign that my personal decision to continue to vote Democratic is a wise choice. You only need to visit the DNC website and read the policies for which the Democrats strongly represent. Its so disturbing to me also, when I hear a Republican determine that a Democrat isn’t likely to be Christian. This I cannot understand.
Now for the subject at hand: Who Gets My Vote? And Why?
CLINTON OR OBAMA?
This is a surprisingly easy decision for me to make. Clearly the media would like the voters to believe that supporters of Clinton are uneducated and of a lower income. Does this mean I am not allowed to vote for her since I don’t meet the criteria? If I only had time to catch the news and base my decision on a great sounding speech, or on the commentary of a “fair and balanced” journalist, I suppose I should fall into the Obama category. I do not. It is going to take a lot more than a soothing, seductive speech to sway my vote.
My reasons are substantial. Clinton has my trust. She has outlined solid and detailed plans that address all the issues we face each day. Her strength is and has been very apparent. She has been consistent in following up with and developing solutions for our issues. Because of her experience, she is able to be realistic about what she will face. Most importantly, she wants to be held accountable. Just like the horrible torture in the movie I saw over the weekend, its undeniable! What puzzles me is why America would vote for anyone else. Or why pause at all? The choice is clear. It sounds stubborn of me to think that my opinion makes the most sense – but that is truly how I feel. I can appreciate Obama and he would be choice #2. But with all the research I’ve done on Bush, I cannot take a chance on a man I just don’t feel the trust for that warrants my vote.
FRIGHTENING POWERS A LEADER HOLDS
Back in the 90s when Clinton was President, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld & etc., wrote him a letter begging him to invade Iraq to “secure the world’s assets”, OIL. With Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia holding the bulk of the worlds oil, its no surprise Iran was to be next. As he continues to veto every bill, nothing will change until a Democrat takes over. Exxon-Mobil is in the top 10 most profitable companies for 2007, along
with drug companies, finance companies, and Wal-Mart. Corporate America is making money off the things middle-class America needs: GAS, PRESCRIPTIONS, MORTGAGES and LAUNDRY DETERGENT.
MONEY TO AFRICA? AREN’T WE BROKE? AND WHAT NO-BID CONTRACTS?
As for Africa, I’d think his trip there and promises made were far more genuine of the person hired to head up his Aid to Africa Project weren’t the former CEO of Eli Lilly! Any connection between America’s tax dollars and the medications they need? They cannot afford them, so Bush has secured a way for his buddies at the drug companies, (whose patents have already been extended thanks to Bush), to continue to profit long after he’s gone.
In Brazil, it costs $300 per year per patient to treat HIV/AIDS. In America, since we cannot benefit from the generic forms of these drugs, it costs $10,000 to $12,000 per patient. Since there is so much proof of Bush’s blatant disregard for what American people are most in need of, I am so confused as to why more of us aren’t doing the research? Getting involved? Taking action? Voting for who/what will benefit them?
There are many sources that list the names of the friends of Bush who got multi-million dollar no-bid government contracts for work. These contracts have cost American voters a lot of money. One friend of his was given a 28 million dollar gift basket contract. No one else was even allowed to submit a proposal. Maybe someone without political bias, someone a bit cheaper!? C’mon George Dub, we’re BROKE!
In comes Obama. He makes a beautiful speech-no need for America to worry, he’s saying everything we’re thinking. Great! Let’s just vote for him and our problems will be solved. No need to research the policies of each candidate. Its faster and easier to go with what sounds good. And let’s face it, if we don’t know what we’re talking about, we can easily say that Obama wants “change”, and so do we! I mean, who doesn’t want change?
THE PAID MEDIA AND AMERICA’S RIGHT TO A FAIR ELECTION
This is what Republicans and their slanted media slaves, including but not limited to Fox News, want you to do. Hillary poses the biggest threat to them, not Obama. Don’t suck in the media coverage of the election, just do a little research. You won’t find it on tv, but you will online! CNN told their reporters to cover the Castro resignation carefully; to point out all the positive things he’d done during his time in power. The New York Post withholding a story about McCain & his lobby connections because the publicly endorsed McCain the week prior. The Republican party is scary! They are everywhere! They own everything! I really would trust Obama more if he weren’t shaking the hands of those greedy GOPs already. And if his speeches offered clear solutions rather than just appealing to those who are satisfied with soothing speeches.
TIME WELL SPENT
If you were about to spend $350,000. on a house would you do your research about it first? If you were about to spend $50,000. on a car, would you make an informed and careful decision? How much time would you spend researching before you purchased?
Hillary 08
