So I have had a lot of thoughts about a lot of different things of late, so maybe, just maybe I'll have some a few more posts then usual in near future. But do not hold me to that!.
Well I watched the 1st presidential debate of 2016 last night and had a few thoughts I would express, but first I think it would be useful for the 2 people who read this to know a little about my political viewpoints. So hears a brief overview.
1. Very strongly conservative for the most part, and my faith in Christ strongly influences my opinions and viewpoints. But I hate 2 party system, and for the most part feel it is one of the biggest issues with our governmental system right now.
2. Hate big/strong federal government. Think 95% of things should be run and decided at a more local level.
3. Feel that there should be 0 profit from politics. How that can happen would mean a lot of choices being made by the people in politics though that will never happen. But its my belief.
Taking these thing into account, If I actually had to choose between the two choices on the tube last night, I would have to choose Trump, just because if you take all the viewpoints stated by each of the candidates, Trump's does line up with mine just a slightly but more than Clinton's. But here is my issue with Trump, I do not believe most of the things Trump says, and I do not believe, what he states he wants to do, he could actually make happen, or even really try to if elected.
So now that's been said here is a few thoughts I had about last nights debate.
For the first 20 minutes or so Trump came out strong, and really made Clinton stumble through things. But things changed, as Clinton took advantage of Trump's complete lack of actual professional communication, and ended up winning the debate as a whole. My wife watched the second half, and said, based off of what I see here, I do not want Trump as my president, and I could not argue with her her.
Now, Clinton is a huge lifetime liar, we all know it, and anyone who tries to say she is not is just fooling themselves. Yes Trump has lied as well many times, but Clinton has made a career of it, and done it in positions of major national influence. Trump had many instances to call out Clinton on these lies, ones actual made during the debate, but failed to. SO MUCH. And Clinton to her credit, switched gears and spoke for the most part, much more eloquently throughout the evening. But to say someone spoke more eloquently than Trump is not saying much.
Clinton said her Email scandal was a "mistake". WHAT !!!! A mistake is an error in action in a specific moment. So she made 10,000+ mistakes, which in reality is just a person purposely acting wrong. But Trump just let it slide. At one point Clinton talked about the countries need for more and better cyber security, and instead of taking advantage of that by pointing out, that if we had more of that, maybe Clinton would not have made her "mistake" of using an unsecured server in her own FREAKING BATHROOM., Trump babbled on about ISIS when the talk about cyber security,
Clinton called Trump a racist multiple times, and who knows maybe she is right, but the only defense he could muster was some odd story about how 30 years ago he hired a few minorities and that, and I quote, "made him feel good". If that is all you can say in defense of being called a racist, then maybe you are one.
Trump got off topic so many times, babbled about Clinton's political adds being "not nice toward him". Really, that's all you got Trump. Nothing about Benghazi, nothing about her hundreds of thousands made improperly while in office, nothing about the number of associates of hers mysteriously killed???? Instead he rambled about things like more law and order is needed, and how we cannot allow jobs to leave the country, Which yes are decent points, but he kept repeating them over and over, even when they where not relevant to the topic. And Clinton to her credit at times juts stood there silently, letting this buffoon dig his holes, probably quietly thanking the devil to which she serves.
Clinton is a lying, self serving, crook, who by no ones standards, should ever hold a position that has peoples lives at stake. But given what we saw last night, she might actually be less evil and Trump. Now that does not mean I am going to vote for her, but I am not going to vote for Trump either, and for those republican loyal friends of mine, who say a vote for Johnson, or "other candidate" is basically a vote for Clinton, I disagree. Trump will win my state, no matter what I do, and though that is true, it still should be be a reason to NOT vote. So I will vote my conscience.
As for the debates, I will probably watch the VP one, and the 2nd Presidential one, just to see if Trump can learn from the 1st, cause if he can learn and make changes, at least that is improvement, and something positive to say about him. But if he does not, then I give up.
Grades,
Trump F
Clinton D- just cause someone had to win.
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Remember not voting is the same as voting...most forget that. As far as the lesser of two liars...most politicians excel in this area....so what is knew. I realize that voting your conscience is what you will do. I am curious...how do you think our parents..more specifically our mother would handle this election cycle? Just curious.
ReplyDeleteWell pre home schooling, she would have probably worked the campaign for Ted Cruz. But at this stage, I really do not know, because the whole lesser of two evils thing was not her style from what I remember, especially when the two choices where so far on one side of the evil. But I do know what she would tell me to do with my vote, use it the way I feel God is leading me to use it. Which is what I am doing.
DeleteI do not agree with the statement, of "Not voting is the same as voting. This idea of not voting is saying I choose not to support anyone, or by not voting a person is making some sort of statement is lazy IMHO. Now if you where to get 20 million people to NOT VOTE, then maybe a statement is being made. But here is the problem with that, Nothing is changing for the better by NOT VOTING. Even when its by 20 million. Because the system is still in place.
I vote cause that is the most basic thing asked of us, and if you I do not do the most basic thing, how can I be entrusted with something even bigger, something that might actually make a difference. "If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones", Luke 16:10
Well written. Election cycle after election cycle it always comes down to the "lesser of two evils". And not just in the presidential race, but in every aspect of government.
ReplyDeleteIn this case we have a choice between a fresh devil and the devil we know. I cannot give either one my vote because it would serve only to keep the other out of office.
Something to think about as well would be to vote for one of the third party candidates. That would be a poor choice for two reasons. Neither are acceptable alternatives, in my opinion; and protest votes go largely ignored.
I think my biggest concern about our presidential candidates is that we don't actually get to choose them. They are chosen for us.