Anyone who knows me, knows that I have been a staunch Republican since I was born. I’ve always been political. I have a MA in Political Science. I love to watch CNN and I’ve always had strong political opinions (well, actually opinions in general…). Until this year I’ve taught high school history and government too. So needless to say, elections are one of my favorite times and I always vote.
I still remember my first Republican fundraiser – it was at the local community building and I was given a button with Ronald Reagan wearing a cowboy hat on it. I still have that button…
Many of my political beliefs stem from my Grandpa. He was very involved with the Republican Party locally in the 50′s and 60′s and conveyed some of these values to me.
I still remember how mad I was at Grandpa when he wanted to put a sign for one of his friends that was a Democrat…
And my old boss still says one of his proudest moments was when I was speaking at a Republican meeting at the state fair grounds and said “and I’m a Republican.” He said that he was getting out of the car as he heard he say it and that it was priceless. haha!!
I even served as my counties Republican Party Chairlady for a short amount of time a few years ago.
But as I’ve aged, and as I’ve gained more education I am starting to see that the world isn’t as black and white as I once thought.
Yes, many of my values are Republican values. I don’t believe in abortion. I believe in a trickle down economy. I am for the death penalty. I believe that in a lot of ways the government should back off. I don’t think that the government needs to help absolutely everyone (especially the lazy people who really could work but instead are on welfare and eat better than I do because they have food stamps that my tax dollars pay for…).
And while I did pull a Republican ballot today, I hate to admit that if I have my druthers I will be voting for Obama in November. I honestly can’t say that I am a big fan of any of the Republican presidential candidates and I don’t see that any of them has a snowballs chance in hell of winning the general election.
Obama isn’t perfect. I disagree with him on many issues – healthcare and mortgages are two of the hot topics right now that I totally disagree with him on. But I think he does have the best interest of the country at heart and given a choice between Clinton and Obama… (which is really where I think we are) well, I have to say that I hope hands down that Obama walks away with the prize.
And if Hilary Clinton wins the Democractic nomination, and later the Presidency, I will have to move to Canada. I can not stand that woman. But that is a source for a whole other post…
I’m a Republican for Obama this year.
