One day, more than a decade ago, I awoke in agony. My guts were cramped and twisted up--not in the "I gotta go" kind of way, but like being impaled on a bunch of knives over and over again. I called in sick to work, hoping it would go away. When my wife got home and saw that I was still white-knuckled with suffering, she took me to the hospital. They pumped me full of insane amounts of morphine, which--thanks to my whacked-out, super-drug-tolerant system--did just about nothing.
By about the 14th hour of pain, I broke. I honestly, dispassionately, clinically, wanted to die. It wasn't depression, it wasn't me getting all emo.
I just simply wanted the pain to stop.
And now, a segue(how much does a seg weigh?):
For most of my 42 years on this Earth, I've been watching America destroy herself. From both the left and the right, those who wish to control others have been chipping away at our liberties for years and years. Every four years, we've been promised that this is the year we change course and get back to the founding principles of America.
Outside of Ronald Reagan, no one has even attempted to deliver on this promise. Once the votes are counted, it's back to business as usual, namely setting fire to the Constitution and voraciously gobbling up more and more power. Reagan was never supposed to win, and the Cocktail Party is determined that that kind of thing will never happen again. Throws all their plans out of kilter, ya know. So, they're determined to stick us with Barack the Communist or Mittens the Socialist. Those are going to be our only choices.
Except they're not, as far as I'm concerned. I won't abstain from voting, like Mark America plans on doing. I may write in Sarah Palin. I may vote third party, if a reasonably viable candidate(NOT Ron Paul)shows up. But if Governor Palin makes it clear that she won't accept a write-in campaign, and there's no one to vote for but Romney or Obama...
...I will vote for Barack Obama. Yes, you read that right. I can't stand this slow-motion suicide any more. If we're going to kill this country, then let's just get it the hell over with. Sorry, Lord--Your children created their greatest-ever achievement, and we managed to FUBAR the whole deal.
I do not, have not, and never shall harbor any ill will towards America, her people or her principles.
I just want the pain to stop.
UPDATE: I've made up my mind...if Romney's the nominee, I WILL write in Sarah Palin. No matter what.
Governor, you wanted an 'earthquake' to change your mind about running? I intend to shake my little piece of ground until it screams for mercy. It likely won't work, but if it does, I'm sorry for what you and your family will endure. If I were eligible to be President(and if anyone knew or cared who I was), I'd gladly take that cup from you.
Think there's no decent alternative for POTUS?
Ten letters: S-A-R-A-H P-A-L-I-N. So easy, even I can do it.
And I will.
Sorry, Wraith, but I'm with Levin here.
ReplyDeleteHe says it took 80 years for us to get here and it will take at least 80 to get it back. We landed on the beachhead in 2010. And we're taking heavy fire.
We may storm the beach and rout the enemy (a Rick Santorum) or we may have to fight street by street (Romney with a much more conservative House and Senate).
Throwing away your vote, much as I love Sarah, makes no sense to me.
Make your vote count and continue our job of crushing the old Republican establishment, replacing ever larger pieces of it with Constitutional conservatism.
It's our only hope of saving this Republic for our descendants. I can't see waving the white flag yet.
So, in your opinion, the way to 'crush the Cocktail Party' is to vote for Romney? THAT, my friend, is waving the white flag from a pole stuck right up our ass so the statists have an easier and more convenient time violating us.
ReplyDeleteIf you're taking heavy fire, you don't solve that problem by cowering under cover and hoping the enemy runs out of ammo eventually. You shoot back, and when your rifle runs out, you pull your pistol, and when that runs out, you go for your knife, and when you lose that, you reach down the enemy's throat and pull out their heart.
A vote for Romney is the ultimate throw-away vote--it's voting for Lenin over Stalin and thereby allowing everyone to entertain the illusion that somehow it's not all going to end in tyranny and bloodshed.
You advocate half-measures yet again, sir; and I ask you to elaborate on how well that's been working for us so far. The time for half-measures is long past. Upon this spot, we stand and fight with all our heart and soul...or we say goodbye to America.
If Santorum prevails, I'll back him. He's not perfect, but he's a damn sight better than most in the race. If Newt or Perry make a comeback, possibly. But Romney is simply Obama in moderate's clothing, and if you think there's any substantial difference between the two, then you are a fool. Sorry, but that's the way I see it. If Mitt Romney is our only hope, then we're done--last one out, grab the flag.
JMNSHO.