Why We Should Not Vote Rethuglikkkan Again

The past 8 years in this country has driven many Americans to the brink of despair and hopelessness. More than 5.4 million Americans have slipped below the poverty level, due to the loss of their homes, jobs and retirement funds. The war in Iraq will have cost this country 3 trillion dollars. You cannot spend this kind of money without feeling the pinch at home. Our vast and growing indebtedness inevitably makes it harder to afford new health-care plans, make large-scale repairs to crumbling roads and bridges, or build better-equipped schools. We owe China approximately $500 billion. We all know about the economic crisis this country is now facing because of this war and know what Congress plans on doing about it. Throw $700 billion at it with the hopes that it will go away. Iraq has a surplus of $93 billion, so tell me, why are we still spending money there? No time table has been given by anyone anywhere of when we plan on withdrawing. And after that, the government plans on sending more troops to Afghanistan and Iran, putting regular American citizens further and further into debt and putting our soldiers, regular citizens in harms' way. We all know the stance the government takes on our veterans. As long as they can use them up, they will and gawd forbid they get wounded in the process, because the healthcare they will receive is poor and shoddy, due to the money spent in a country we have no business in. Spreading democracy worldwide so other people can experience freedom, independence and equal rights? This was said by Sarah Pinocchio Palin recently. How could she say this when she,herself, does not believe in gay rights and is pro-life? I think that is the pot calling the kettle black. Hypocritical. To her and other religious whackjobs like her, equal rights are only given if you are a Christian. If you are gay or support abortion, you have no rights because she is seeking to take those rights away from you. Voting for her is voting against democracy, as she is seeking to set up a theocratic government within our borders. Sure, we have a long road ahead of us, with regards to the economy, wars, education for our children, healthcare, poverty and human rights. BTW, Sarah is against Native American rights and sovereignty, as evidenced by her experience within her own state. She often denied the Alaskan natives their rights, wishes to curtail their hunting and fishing rights to give sportsmen more rights to enjoy their sport. Shooting wolves from a plane does not strike me as sport. It is further endangering the rights of these animals to exist. Based on her experience on foreign policy, this country is in severe danger of being attacked yet again by terrorists. She is intolerant of other religions and tolerance is required to deal with foreign leaders who are not christian themselves. She obviously cannot speak well either and does not have the diplomacy and tact required to speak in public to anyone. According to her, going to Iraq was part of "God's plan". It was not. It was "man's plan", in this case, Bush and his cronies, to take over a country, take their oil for their own corporate greed and make that country part of ours. At great cost to us. There were never any WMD's in that country and Osama still has not been found. That administration has lied to millions of American citizens and they used fear tactics to push us into this war. Fear tactics to control the masses have always been a part of a dictatorial regime. John McCain has already proven, in my own mind, that he will say and do anything, moral or immoral, to win this election and he has voted with Bush time and time again (90%) and his various agendas. Mismanagement of BIA funds cost Native Americans billions of dollars, leaving at least 96% of this minority population in severe poverty, $25 billion has been lost and the Treasury Department has no idea where this money was spent. It is unreconciled. $25 billion could have funded the entire Justice Department. The list goes on and on. A real war on government waste could easily save over $100 billion annually without harming the legitimate operations and benefits of government programs. This is the legacy the Rethuglikkkan Party has left us, the common working American. Once again, they are asking (not really asking, more like, forcing) US to wipe their behinds because they were greedy and made mistakes. These mistakes cost most of us our homes, our jobs and our livelihood. Do we really need another 4 years of this? McCain is just like Bush and will implement the same age old policies that got this country into this mess in the first place. As for me, I am voting for Obama. The Rethuglikkkans have stolen, robbed, killed and looked away while hate crimes, violence, discrimination and inequality has been perpetrated upon MY people long enough. At least the Democrats have expressed interest in making it right with us.