It has taken me days to get over Barack Obama being elected as the President. Even though he won in a electoral college landside there are still 55+ million people that do not agree with him and what he believes in. I believe that with is election that my voice has just been ignored and I will be ignored totally. I will admit that I probably have a lot of misdirected thoughts regarding his election. I feel that since he is the leader of this movement that this is where I should put my hurt feelings. I am going to give him a chance and see where it goes. This does not mean that if he starts to enact laws that I disagree with that I won’t scream from the rafters that he is wrong. I am willing to do it in a mature fashion.
I’m a conservative which means that I believe in our Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, The Founding Fathers (especially Ben Franklin), the American Flag, and all that makes this country great. This means that if he really wants to bring this country together then he needs to let his supporters know that just because people who do not agree with him they are not EVIL. That is the way a lot of people including this website have made me feel that way. I don’t agree with gay marriage or abortion that does not mean that I’m trying to control your life or I’m a moron for feeling that way. So let’s get into this a little.
Gay marriage – I live in Florida and yes Amendment 2 passed. I don’t agree with the law because I think it is taking someone’s rights away. With that being said I don’t want to be told that if I don’t agree with the gay lifestyle that I’m evil and I’m not forward thinking. I just don’t agree with it. That is ok I don’t hate gay or lesbians. I can like them as a person but not agree with their lifestyle. Just like Barack mya not have like Bill Ayers decisions but liked him enough as a person at one point to sit on a board with him.
Abortion – I understand that it is a woman’s body. Here is my problem with abortion. First I think a middle ground can be reached. If the abortion is conducted in the first trimester whatever fine I don’t like it but fine. After that you are shit out of luck have the child and give it up for adoption there are plenty of people who would like a child. Partial birth abortions are a disgusting practice and should be illegal. Letting botched abortions and leaving the child in a closet to die is disgusting. So Mr. President elect this is not above your pay grade that was just an easy way out of a hard question. If you agree with partial birth abortions go watch one then tell me what you think. Second, I am a father of two beautiful boys that God gave me what a precisous gift. As a father I can’t always be with him because he lives with his mother. Women you want the right to choose while taking that right away from fathers. I know there are a lot of males that don’t stand up for their actions. There are those of us who truly adore our children and our thoughts and feelings are totally disregarded or ignored. Thanks for letting us choose too. Where is the moral outrage against that. When you have moms out there that will not let the fathers that want to be involved be totally taken out of the equation. These are some of the reasons that I don’t agree with abortion give some rights back to fathers then we can start talking about.
I will make this pledge to all of you that I will continue to not rail against the left or Barack Obama. I will thoughfully disagree. The first time that someone decides to tell me I am evil, small minded, a neocon, want to take away someones rights, or I’m a racist that is when thoughful discussion will go out the window and the “pit bull” will come out. I am orginally from Texas I know how to speak bullshit. So don’t mess with me on this. If you pose respectful questions or comments I will do my best to answer them through my eyes. Just so that you know I have a very liberal friend who believes in Barack and socialism as well as I worked in an all black office. I have learned a lot from all that I meet I have never been turned to the left. I think that there is a way that both sides could be happy and have what they want.
Speaking of that. It is us out here not in D.C. that will get things done. We all need a little tolerance on BOTH sides. I just feel that all the compromising has been done by the right and I see the left making no compromises. Please tell me I’m wrong if I’m wrong. To end tonight there are a couple of things that I feel need to be said. First the reason I could never have supported Barack Obama for the presidency is that I feel the government is against me and more government is always a bad idea.
Finally, Hank Williams Jr. has a song call the Coalition to Ban Coalitions in the song there is a line that says Hey you do your thing and I will do my thing too. I think this is exactly where we need to start to heal this country. It isn’t Barack as much as he would like it to be.
Talk to ya soon. Look forward to your comments.