I am one of the least political people. I mostly choose to be blissfully ignorant. I hate talking politics, but anymore, with every little thing that happens between the two presidential candidates being shoved in your face 24/7, at some point even the opinion-less start forming opinions. Here's where I am at right now....
As a woman, I am beginning to feel like women's rights are going back in time. WTF?!?! Seriously....WHY? I just don't get it. I was really thinking long and hard about this topic this morning while getting ready for work....here are a few things I don't understand/ enrage me.... So, if insurance companies shouldn't cover birth control and the Republicans take office and poo poo Obama's health care plan, who will actually be able afford birth control? Do these men actually believe we should be having sex ONLY to procreate? As my cousin says...."Yeah, while out pursuing their usual embodiment of 'family values'". Couldn't have said it better! So if women have to pay full price for birth control (or better yet, let's just outlaw birth control....why not right?), abortions are banned and planned parenthood is closed (because of lack of funding)....how will we control population? I asked myself this morning, "why is this all coming to head seemingly all of a sudden?" I realize that these ideas have been around forever, but why are they pushing this agenda now, when women are finally becoming more powerful? Sadly, I think I may have just answered my own question. It's just all so disturbing. In my gut, I want to say that people as a collective whole will fight this tooth and nail before any of these situations would come into play, but I keep having this nagging little feeling that there are plenty of people out there who agree or choose to be naive about it. That is just plain scary. Probably, more disturbing than anything, is the women who choose to stand behind these politicians. Honestly, it's just all so bizarre and inconceivable to me. I'm at a complete loss.
I will openly admit that I am not completely satisfied with Obama's presidency so far. Like I previously said, I mostly shy away from thinking about this stuff, but I am smart enough to know that our country isn't in much better of a situation than we were four years ago. I am sure there are about a million people to blame for this, but being the president, you take on the majority of the blame whether it's your fault or you are still busy cleaning up someone else's mess. I realize that the economy and state of the US is not something that is easily fixed and there probably isn't a right answer. I will also say that there isn't going to be a president that will make everyone happy. There are tough decisions to be made and there will always be people who disagree. Last election, I voted for Obama and I will vote for him again, mostly because his competition scares the bejeezus out of me! Seems that being a voting American, you are always forced with the decision to vote for the lesser of two evils.
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