That being said, I don't like Obama for a number of reasons and I didn't like Romney either. To me, they were basically the same and both represented some of the more extremes of their respective parties.
I couldn't vote for Romney due to all the extreme stuff the Republicans were pushing (mainly the whole "war on women" and some of the outrageous comments that came out of that). I couldn't vote for Obama because I don't agree with a number of stuff he's pushing and claims he's made that I doubt he'll follow through on.
I've always said though that if you don't vote, you have no reason to complain about the outcome.
Honestly, as I've said before, Ron Paul seemed to be the only candidate running this time around that made any sense and didn't come off as a moron or a-hole. I looked at Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate, and some of his views were a tad too liberal for me, and then there was the Green party... and yeah, bunch of hippies if ya ask me, lol...
Yeah, I could have sucked it up and voted for "the lesser of 2 evils" or "NObama" but I didn't want to compromise myself and my beliefs in doing so - I wanted to be able to vote yet still sleep with myself at night.
So... I did something I've never done before and went the write-in route this election year, writing in Ron Paul as my candidate.
And I'm glad I did.
I'm proud to be part of the 1.7% of our country's voters that didn't vote for Romney or Obama this time around.
Honestly though, I know quite a handful that went the write-in or third party route this time around, as I know too many people that didn't like either Romney or Obama either (yet most of them went the NObama/"lesser-of-two-evils" route).
I voted for Obama, again, and for me definitely didn't consider him the lesser of two evils. I think this election taught me that I am a pretty far left liberal, AND a Christian, and that I am very upset about how Christianity was portrayed in this election by the Republicans... as religion shouldn't be in politics at all.
ReplyDeleteI love that you took time to figure out who was the best candidate for you, and wrote in... that's what makes America great. Now that the election is over,I just hope congress works together to better the country instead of against each other to prove meaningless points while we all suffer.
I felt the same way Rachel. Though I am more liberal so I voted for Gary Johnson. This is my first time to vote (EVER) and I wanted to take a stand. Just because the media covers only 2 candidates, it doesn't mean we have to like one of them.
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