Pulling for Obama

First, let me say that I would sooner eat my own hand than cast a vote for Obama.

That being said, I do think it would be more beneficial for this country and the small government movement in the long run if Obama is reelected tomorrow.

"They" tell us that this is the most important election of our lives; the country is doomed if Obama is reelected.  I'm even told by one person that this will be the last election in American history we allow Obama to win.  Really?  Am I the only one who is getting really sick of the apocalyptic scare tactics being used to convince me to vote one way or the other?

Maybe the country is doomed and there will never be another election.  But it's not going to be because of what happened on one day in November of 2012.  It will be because we are a country full of idiots who care more about free birth control than the drone war, among other things.

Unfortunately, the public seems to view Romney and the Republican Party as the party of limited government and Obama and the Democrats as the reverse.  Their policies may be quite similar, but these are the perceptions.  Of course, regardless of some usual campaign rhetoric, I don't believe Romney represents limited government.  But when he fails to change the direction the country is going, his limited government philosophy will be blamed.  On the other hand, when Obama fails to change the direction the country is going after eight years in office, I believe that many people will reject his socialist philosophy, which will then open the door for a true conservative candidate to come along and be successful.

Romney and Obama don't seem too different on foreign policy, but I do give a slight edge to Obama as being less war-mongering.  The Republican Party is still not willing to admit their mistakes from the Bush years, so I also believe that another four years of Democrat-led war will hopefully cause the Republicans to begin rejecting war, even if only for partisan purposes.

If Romney does win and is not a conservative president, it will be very hard for a Republican to mount a successful challenge against him in 2016.  We will, once again, not have a chance at a conservative option from the two major parties until 2020.  If in 2020 we have just had eight years of Romney, I suspect that the country will swing back toward the Democrats just to change it up and see if it works.

I also think that the Republicans will take the Senate and keep the House, so a Democrat in the White House is going to create more deadlock.  We know what happened last time the Republicans were in complete control; it wasn't good.  A government efficient in getting things done is usually a government totally screwing us.

Who knows what will happen in the coming years?  Romney may be better than Obama in the long run, but I don't think that will be the case.  Based on both of these candidates' records and plans, I'm fairly certain that either one will be a complete disaster for the next four years.

As for me, tomorrow I will be writing in Ron Swanson.



(Just kidding...but seriously, that would be awesome.)