Wow! I love people with opinions!!!! Thank you for sharing! Don't worry K about the anonymous person, I know who it is and I respect this person's opinions and he always makes me think and see the other side of the coin. I completely respect what everyone has shared. I'm glad I have friends and family who have opinions and share them and think about the world around them. I think that is great!!!!:) Out of all of the comments I have to say that my good friend Mike's comment summarizes what I think a lot of us have expressed. (Mike, I hope you don't' mind me putting your comment in this post--I just think it is sooo good!)
" I was excited to read your comments and the comments of others on your blog. It was nice to hear someone who has such excitement regarding the election and voting. I wish that I could share such excitement. It is like watching a young child who still believes in Christmas. Politicians from both parties attempt to establish a persona that will appeal to the most voters. They read talks that are written by professional writers, and tell the public what they want to hear. They take polls through companies like Western Watts and then repeat what we want to hear as often as they can. The democratic convention and both conventions, for that matter, were like watching or listening to the Miss America contest—with less cleavage. Both parties are going to fix the energy crisis, cure cancer, cure AIDS, or end world hunger. Both parties claim to understand the common man, both parties are supposedly going to lower taxis and both parties claim that the other party is only catering to special interest groups. In truth both parties are pandering to special interest groups. I am from Idaho, the land of Larry Craig. Larry is the senator who stood up to the big politicians for Idaho’s interests, the man who fought for small town values. He is also the man who was arrested for soliciting sex in an airport bathroom stall. I wish I was more optimistic in our future. I wish that good honest people who actually wanted to create positive change where running for office—and I wish that I still believed in Santa Clause."
If only there was a person who would lead us righteously in every way and we knew for a fact that they were not misleading us in any way. But there isn't and we just have to work with what we have and go with what we think is right for each of us. By the way, I saw Sara Palin give her speech last night and I thought she is a very capable woman. I never really questioned whether she was capable or not, it just didn't seem to me like I could identify with her (I may have judged her too harshly before actually getting to know her, I tend to do that sometimes in my life!!!:):) But after listening to her speech I thought her stance on a lot of issues was right on and I liked what she said about the elite in Washington, she's not there to make friends with lobbyist and special interest groups, etc, but to really do what's right for the people of this country. I like her and may be what we need is a woman like her in Washington to straighten all of those men up!!!!:):) ha ha ha!!!!! :):):):):) (I love what she said about selling the jet plane on ebay!!! That's great!)
This is going to be a hard decision my friends!!!! I hope we can all be happy with our decision!!! I guess that is all that really matters, as long as we think that we are voting for the "better" person, I think we can call it good!!! And just pray to Heavenly Father that they will make righteous and intelligent decisions for this country!!!:) I guess if we do our part with our own selves and our families and try to make good citizens out of our children, we can hope for a better day! I have to say though that I was impressed with everyone's ideas and opinions. Thanks for sharing with me what you think and not be afraid to speak up your opinions. We don't all have to agree with one another, that is one of the wonderful rights that we have in this country. We can speak what we think and don't get in trouble!!! I also think that an intelligent, respectful conversation, where we can exchange ideas helps us shape our own ideas and not be so closed minded. Thanks for the AWESOME conversation!!!!:)
COMMENTS HAVE BEEN CLOSED ON BOTH OF THESE SECTIONS :):):):) THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR OPINIONS!!! I read every single one of them!!!
