Normally I'm fairly good about keeping my opinions to myself, but every once in a while my mouth and brain stop speaking for a bit and suddenly my party is known.
Before we go any further, I feel like it's important for me to state that although I do register with a particular party, I am not by any means against voting for someone who is right for the job, but not in my particular party. I am not old school. I do not normally vote based on party (except for maybe in this upcoming election). I do not believe that voting based on a particular party will do anything but destroy the credibility of the president. Sounds weird, right? But let me explain that.
When our country was first formed the idea of parties was all but nonexistent. Yes, there were people with differing opinions, but it wasn't about the slander or the who slept with who nonsense. In fact, George Washington, the guy everyone celebrates, yeah, he didn't even want to be the Commander in Chief. Which is exactly what our country needed then and needs now. Someone who has the potential to lead and does not know it. George Washington was the first of a string of very successful, powerful men who ruled America with an Iron Fist and made decisions that weren't always popular. But that's what a presidency is about, making decisions that are for the good of the people, not making decisions that make people happy.
( I know, I know, that still sounds weird.)
But think about it, if our entire presidential re-election or pick me session was focused on real issues that affect everyone and not just the super rich or the super poor, where would we be?
That was our first point of discussion, history. Historically speaking, America makes the same mistake more than once on a fairly regular scale. Not to say we don't learn from them buttttttt........we do not. Neither of us were agreeing or disagreeing on that fact. Nor did we disagree that neither of the potential presidents weren't all that qualified to be running. All we could seem to agree on was that no matter the choice, it will only be slowing the inevitable. Our country is over run with a debt we simply can't get out of. No amount of soul selling or taxes invoked on the rich and poor will ever be able to pull us out of this mess.
And the worst part? We're the ones to blame.
No, not my generation, not my parents, but everyone. Every.Single.Individual. is the reason we have debt and that it still climbs.
We are a nation of wants that cannot be satisfied. We are a nation of greedy individuals who take until there is nothing left to see and even then, we take more.
We print money so we can spend more.
We eat more so we can justify sending a dollar a month to a country that doesn't even have food.
We spend and slop and repeat that cycle until there's nothing left to see.
We're not perfect and we'll never be a perfect nation, but we owe it to ourselves to find someone who believes in the imperfect probability that we can succeed.
Our issues aren't just historical and they aren't just individual. Our issues are a mindset that has been carefully bred into every American since we were first born.
We ARE the best.
Now do not get me wrong, I fully believe that we are a highly intellectual, capable, deserving country for all that we stand for and work towards. But do I think we're the best we could be, absolutely not.
I believe in the America that was founded over two hundred years ago. I believe in the America we praise in school.
That's where we need to get back to.
And despite our political differences, that is one thing Phil and I could agree on.
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