Okay, the best thing that can be said about this election is that thankfully, it's almost over.

 

I've determined something about myself during this election.  I'm not stupid.  I watched a video a few minutes ago that made me shake my head in wonder at how friggin' stupid some people are.  In this case, it was a woman named Peggy Joseph who went to an Obama rally, and now believes that Obama is going to help her pay her mortgage & pay for her gas.

 

Yeah.  Right. Sure, Sweetie.  You go to bed tonight believing that.  Run up your credit cards at Christmas time because Mr. Obama will be takin' care of you.  You selfish freakin' bitch, you're not the only one who has trouble paying bills.  Why should Obama - or anyone else, for that matter, help you???

 

But the mindboggling thing is, people really do believe that line of B.S.

 

Pardon me, but I don't want the government interfering in my mortgage or meddling in my gastank.  I don't want to give them that power, because then it becomes in their power to decide that my house is bigger than I need, or I have more land than necessary, or that my kids can double up on rooms.  Or they can decide that I drive too much and must have my gas consumption rationed. 

 

What I really want from the government and politicians is this:  Leave me alone.

 

Don't take anymore of my husband's paycheck.  You take enough already.  If there is someone nearby who doesn't make the money that he does (and it's not a whole lot), I really don't care.  I've heard the word "redistribution" mentioned a lot recently and it scares the hell out of me.  Socialism, anyone????  That is, after all the start of socialism -- wealth redistribution & the requirement for nationalized health care, energy industry, etc.  When you let the government start running those aspects, it's socialism.

 

I'm not a socialist.  I'm an American & to be so requires that one repudiates socialism, communism.  Don't those words scare anyone else?  No matter how much the intellectual elitists think it's a good idea, it's not.  If people want to voluntarily share their wealth, great.  It's funny: statistically, there are more wealthy Democrats than Republicans.  Statistically, as a percentage of income, Republicans give more $$ to charitable causes than do Democrats.  Why is that? 

 

Obama has built an aura of "savior" around him.  Excuse me, but the last guy did a hell of a lot more for people in general than Obama ever will.  You think Obama will save you? FROM WHAT???  What is wrong with work? What is wrong with paying for the things that you consume?  You want Obama to pay your mortgage.  Do you have an Ipod? A cell phone? Cable TV? A car to put that gas in?  Maybe you need to re-arrange your priorities before you look to the man to pay for your life, because sister, I won't be happy about him dipping into my pocket, or anyone else's pocket, to pay for something that perhaps you should be accepting responsibility for.

I could never be elected President.  Why?  Because I'd run on the slogan "Giving responsibility back to the people".  In other words, be responsible for your life. Be responsible for your choices.  If that means, when hard luck comes, you have to take a job that you somehow feel is "beneath" you in order to make ends meet, then so be it.  Honest work isn't shameful.  Earning what you have is a source of pride.  Everyone loves to get a bargain, but the bottom line is you still have to pay for it.  Taking the money out of my pocket to pay for your mortgage is outright stealing. 

 

Obama will most likely win this election.  I don't care if he's the first black to win the presidency.  To me, there is nothing historic about electing an underqualified intellectual with almost no practical experience to office whether they're a black man, a white woman, or a purple people eater.  It's just stupid.  If he wins, I'm hoping that the more radical of his ideas -- remember, he has the most liberal voting record in his short senate tenure than anyone else -- are curbed by people in Congress who hope to be re-elected themselves one day.  I hope people realize that it's not worth selling out basic personal freedoms to avoid a little struggle.

But then I watch people like Peggy Joseph, gushing about how Obama is going to pay her way, and I think that maybe, for a lot of Americans, it's too late.  They've already sold out.