The Republican Party let me down. While I support our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, I now feel that going into Iraq was wrong. It disturbed the balance of power in the Middle East and has allowed Iran to become much more powerful, and much more of a threat to the free world. The US is now bogged down in Iraq, without any control over the government of Iraq. That means that, any time we leave, the government of Iraq can fall into the hands of dangerous Islamist radicals. There is no good exit plan. UGH!
The Republican Party refused to compromise on issues like stem-cell research. Most people think that stem cell research will lead to cures for disabling and crippling diseases. I know that good people are pro-life and oppose abortion, but by not being able to compromise, at all, NOT ONE INCH, on the abortion/stem cell/birth control issues, the Republican Party has left the door wide open to a radical Obama Presidency, and abortion mills on every corner. I wouldn't be surprised to see abortion clinics in Junior and Senior High Schools. Pro-lifers..... are you happy now!?
Bush, and company, and the Democrats, allowed the sub-prime mess to happen, allowed our schools to further deteriorate, allowed our criminal justice system to continue to get worse, allowed worker benefits to rot, and allowed executives to bleed companies out of hundreds of millions of dollars, while, at the same time, cutting worker health care and retirement benefits. It's a real mess, isn't it? Neither Republican or Democrat can be totally happy.
The solution to the Iraq mess, and our economic problems, isn't a naive, inexperienced, do-nothing, easily duped by radicals, Obama as President. Obama is the WRONG solution to our mess. |
