At this stage in the game, and I speak in the 21st century, records are ultimately meaningless. No matter how the congressman or senator votes, it will in some way help AND hinder his cause. The other side will bash the voter and the same side will praise the voter. That's basic party politics.
Regarding P.E.'s last comment, by voting yes, a voter is basically saying he is in complete support of whatever he is voting for and later by refuting it in part or in whole completely destroys the voter's credibility. You can recant a statement as much as you like, but the fact of the matter is, by retracting support of something, it is now your primary job to rebuild your credibility.
As a voter voting no to this legislation, you have opened yourself up to attack from the other side. They will hit every single point and you will have to defend yourself on every point. You just need to be prepared for that. Simple as that.
Now I don't classify myself with either party, because I feel that in doing so, you have in some way negated your ability to actually choose for yourself. I choose my candidates based off of the largest problems we have at the time as a country. Historically, when the economy was terrible (as it is now) the republicans were primarily the ones who were able to bring us out of economic crisis. Most liberals would comment on that and say "well they just make the rich richer and the poor poorer!!!" That's not entirely accurate. Yes, the wealthy somehow manage to gain more wealth, usually by not having to pay nearly as much in taxes as they should, but the poor (and middle class) ultimately stay the same. But in relative terms, it appears as though the poor are getting poorer, but its simply not the case.
Now I am going to briefly comment on the debate tonight.
Biden: I have a lot of respect for Biden, mainly because last election, he did his best to not just tear the shit out of Sarah Palin. But in the end, she did it to herself. This time around, however, Biden actually had to step up to the plate and take a few swings. There wasn't a whole lot that I liked about what Biden said this time around, mainly because he was too busy trying to smear Romney that, in my humble opinion, he forgot to talk about Obama and the Democrat plan for things. He spent a lot of time trying to get a word in edgewise and to a degree, I actually think he chickened out to the much younger Paul Ryan. Was it a good day for him? Not especially. Would I listen to him again in the future when there is no election going on? Sure.
Ryan: I liked his charisma. I liked his youthfulness. My main problem was that when he was asked a question, he simply would never divulge the specifics of any of their plans. He would be asked, "What do you plan to do with such and such problem?" and he would reply, "Well, we have a 5 point plan in place, that will get the job done."
........."what is the plan?"......."well, I think the bigger issue is what we are going to do about taking care of the problem, which we have a great 5 point plan for."
So far, most people that I've talked to say that he just doesn't have a clue what's going on. I actually disagree. He's playing a game, a very Republican game, that hides every part of their plan like its a corporate secret. He knows exactly what's going on, but he doesn't want to let it out for fear that the Democrats will usurp it and win the election, ultimately putting the Republican plans into place.
Simply put, its just a big game.
In my opinion, Obama is a fucking idiot. Romney is a wealthier fucking idiot (if you will pardon the language).
Now I need to head for bed, but if any of you comment on this that might require a response from me, just shoot me a pm so I can look back on it and respond.
Public press only game, anyone?
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