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Hmm....Who to Vote For?

10/1/2012

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Deciding who to select for U.S. president may be an easy choice for some; plenty of people vote principally on political party affiliation or who has similar personal interests, but that’s not how I roll and voting has never been a simple task for me. In my opinion, there’s much to evaluate each election season. If you believe in being “bi-partisan,” or assessing a candidate based on their individual plans versus party association, you have to thoroughly review their ideas and look into their background to possibly get some perspective on their consistency. If there’s an incumbent president running, you have to recall and analyze the last 4 years and try to predict what the next 4 will be like if they’re re-elected. This isn’t quick and painless homework for anyone, especially if you’re not politically savvy already.

Trying to increase political knowledge is a little daunting; most television programs, magazines, blogs and websites are biased or lean more towards one candidate than another. I find this particularly frustrating because I never know if I’m getting unfiltered truth. News programs are supposed to be about informing; not “spinning” or influencing. It would be nice if there wasn’t an attempt to manipulate my mind and I could make a decision based on pure facts. With summarized or generalized information, visiting a nominee’s official website sometimes doesn’t tell you much either. For example, while looking over President Obama’s site, there was a point about gender discrimination in healthcare that read: “President Obama is putting an end to the health insurance company practice of charging women more than men for the same coverage… Mitt Romney would let employers, insurance companies, and politicians limit women’s health choices.” The statement doesn’t entail the specific actions Pres. Obama is taking to put “an end” to charge differences, nor does it explain how Mitt Romney’s plan “limits women’s health choices” or allows for the continuation of discrimination. If one was completely ignorant to the issue of women’s rights and healthcare, it would be hard to fill in the blanks with that statement.

President picking can also be hard if you agree AND disagree with a candidate on various key issues. I agree with President Obama’s stance on abortion legalization, but I’m not completely sold on his economics. One might feel that the economy is much more important than the status of abortion legalization, but the reality is that ALL issues are important because they can and will affect someone. We shouldn’t only be concerned with what affects us directly. We purport that our politicians must always consider the collective, yet we often don’t ourselves-but that’s another subject. Some will read this article and assume that I am indecisive, but voting for lawmakers who affect the lives of my fellow citizens is not something I take lightly.


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Crystal D.
10/2/2012 01:05:25 pm

I found an interesting section on Obama's campaign site today under the heading "Ecards". I think they are worth a read. The ones under the subsection "Women" talk about how electing Romney would send us back to the 1950's and women would have no control over their own health care. I'm not sure about other women, but my idea of having control over my health care isn't to make other people pay for it. If someone else is paying for it, that means someone else is calling the shots. This is already true of Tricare. The lower military ranks are paid little enough to qualify for food stamps and their health care costs are one reason why. Tricare decides what doctors we go to and how much to pay them. Instead of calling you with your test results as soon as the doctor has them, the primary doctors act like the results are none of your business.

Regarding abortion legalization, I don't think you have much to worry about. Abortion is already legal. Even if Mitt Romney were elected, I doubt he would change the minds of such a significant number of people. 1/5 of pregnant women abort their pregnancy. That number doesn't include the number who support others' choice for abortion, but are starting a family of their own. It also doesn't take into account the number of men who support abortion. When you add all these groups together, it starts to be a pretty large percentage. Abortion is too popular for the masses to opt for adoption any time soon.

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