I Cast My Ballot
Yesterday, my absentee ballot came in the mail, and I opened it up, looked at, and decided who t vote for. Looking through thr boxes, the only thing I haven't decided on are the three Philadelphia referrendums. My big issues this cycle were going to be illegal immigration and earmark reform. In the end, my vote for Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick and Sen. Rick Santorum came down to what is really best for the country.
While I am more displeased than not about how the Republicans have governed over the past several years, should the Democrats gain control of either the House or the Senate, this country will be ripped apart.
I mentioned before that I wanted to keep Congress only to keep the Republican Party from sliding further to the left. I was wrong. The more I thought about it, the Lesson of 1998 kept coming to the forefront of my mind. If Jason and his ilk gain control of Congress in January, then this country will be torn apart by investigation after investigation and trial after trial. Most will turn out like the Clinton impeachment proceedings, politically motivated, damaging to the political enviroment in general, and mostly fruitless. I am sure that many of you remember the Plamegate/Libby thing that turned from anticipation of Dick Cheney on a silver platter- 'Fitzmas," to nothing. Imagine two years of that.
I think the Republicans deserve to lose. They have done nothing to merit my votes, but the Democrats have done everything to make me want to keep them out of power for the next two years.
While I am more displeased than not about how the Republicans have governed over the past several years, should the Democrats gain control of either the House or the Senate, this country will be ripped apart.
I mentioned before that I wanted to keep Congress only to keep the Republican Party from sliding further to the left. I was wrong. The more I thought about it, the Lesson of 1998 kept coming to the forefront of my mind. If Jason and his ilk gain control of Congress in January, then this country will be torn apart by investigation after investigation and trial after trial. Most will turn out like the Clinton impeachment proceedings, politically motivated, damaging to the political enviroment in general, and mostly fruitless. I am sure that many of you remember the Plamegate/Libby thing that turned from anticipation of Dick Cheney on a silver platter- 'Fitzmas," to nothing. Imagine two years of that.
I think the Republicans deserve to lose. They have done nothing to merit my votes, but the Democrats have done everything to make me want to keep them out of power for the next two years.
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