A Rant

Obvioulsy the last blog turned into a rant and rave session. There are aspects of discussing politics that I like, but there is an even larger part that I do not. I think that there are so many opinions out there that claim to be fact that it is virtually impossible to discern which is which and, quite frankly, it is almost a waste of time.

EVERYBODY is entitled to their opinon, no matter what that happens to be. Luckily, we are in a country where that doesn't jeopardize your life. I sure would have been dead a long time ago...

My opinion is that people don't just pick and choose. They choose one and then stick with it, no matter what it is. What I mean is this: As you can see I generally lean towards the more conservative side of politics, I voted for Bush both times around and I generally support almost everything that he has done. I emphasize "almost" because I want to make the point that just because he is who I voted for or he is in the party that I tend to lean towards does not mean that he is God and whatever he says goes and must be right. No. I develop my opinons based on what I read, who I listen to, what I research, who I trust etc. The same way everybody develops their opinions.

Then there is someone like Clinton. Most would then assume that I am anti-Clinton, just like all you out there who are anti-Bush. Actually, I am not. For the most part I do not like him as a person based on things that he did while he was in office (and I can only go off of that because I do not know him personally). I also tend to not agree with him politically. But, there are things that I do agree with. No on can deny that he did some good things while he was in office. I certainly can't. And if I did I would be ignoring what is in front of me. He helped our economy a great deal and you can't ignore that no matter how much you dislike him as a person or tend to disagree with him politically.

What I see when it comes to the current President is that people have lumped him into one category. You either hate him or you love him. That's complete BS to me. I wish that people would look at what is in front of them and then discern what they think. If you have ears and eyes it is impossible to miss some of the good things he has done. I will say this again, he has liberated a country from one of the worst dictators of all time. He has saved millions of lives from this man, in the present as well as the future. He is allowing a country to finally be able to make up their own minds on who governs them and what they believe and what their opinons are. That is wonderful. You cannot deny that or you would be denying the greatest thing about the country that you live in.

Just because I say all that does not mean that everything he has done has been heaven-sent. No. I pick and choose based on what I agree with and what I do not agree with. Politics have turned petty to me and very "junior-high".

The point of this blog was to show I am not just a "I love Bush no matter what, he's the best president that ever lived" kind of person. I develop my opinions based on what I discern to be fact and what I have decided in my life to be my values and morals. Just how everybody else does, conservative or liberal. You cannot argue with that, (although I'm sure someone will).