Yes, that's right. It's the announcement you've all been waiting for after we heard that Dwight K. Shrute was endorsing his cousin Mose for President. I am endorsing Mitt Romney. And yeah, it matters about as much as the Governator endorsing John McCain. But hey, faithful readers of this blog (like Teri) might be swayed by my likeminded views on politics.
Mitt Romney has sound strategies for addressing the shortcomings of our nation. His economic stimulus plan doesn't amount to writing checks and hoping for the best. It actually would provide businesses with an incentive to stay in business and continue to purchase the assets they need to modernize and be competitive. The end result is that more people stay working to produce the things that the end user will buy. But it's not just the economic intuition that gets my vote.
I like the fact that Romney has been in situations where he has made difficult decisions about a company's vitality. Sure he has laid some people off, but who doesn't think that there are plenty of government funded entities that could stand some layoffs (besides HRC and Obama)? We need someone who can take a hard look at our fiscal position and pare things down. (For a rundown of why Ron Paul isn't my guy on this issue, see the forthcoming Super Tuesday candidate primer.)
Romney, like virtually everyone in this Presidential race, could be fairly labeled a political opportunist. It's true that Romney's position on abortion has changed. He cites it as a mistake, but it would probably more accurately be described as a calculated mistake. You can't win the Governor's race in Massachussets as a staunch pro-life candidate. And yet, I'm ok with that. The fact is that every candidate is going to say or do something that may not be a consistent position during the timeframe of their lives. I don't have a problem with changing views until it becomes clear that the candidate truly has no position and will change as the wind does, ala "I voted for the war before I voted against the war."
Mitt Romney has sound strategies for addressing the shortcomings of our nation. His economic stimulus plan doesn't amount to writing checks and hoping for the best. It actually would provide businesses with an incentive to stay in business and continue to purchase the assets they need to modernize and be competitive. The end result is that more people stay working to produce the things that the end user will buy. But it's not just the economic intuition that gets my vote.
I like the fact that Romney has been in situations where he has made difficult decisions about a company's vitality. Sure he has laid some people off, but who doesn't think that there are plenty of government funded entities that could stand some layoffs (besides HRC and Obama)? We need someone who can take a hard look at our fiscal position and pare things down. (For a rundown of why Ron Paul isn't my guy on this issue, see the forthcoming Super Tuesday candidate primer.)
Romney, like virtually everyone in this Presidential race, could be fairly labeled a political opportunist. It's true that Romney's position on abortion has changed. He cites it as a mistake, but it would probably more accurately be described as a calculated mistake. You can't win the Governor's race in Massachussets as a staunch pro-life candidate. And yet, I'm ok with that. The fact is that every candidate is going to say or do something that may not be a consistent position during the timeframe of their lives. I don't have a problem with changing views until it becomes clear that the candidate truly has no position and will change as the wind does, ala "I voted for the war before I voted against the war."
The fact is that most politicians tailor their message to a particular crowd. When these tailored messages get spread out nationwide via the internet sometimes a tightly woven statement to a particular group gets presented as a "one size fits all" political theory. I don't mind more detailed discussions of what can be done for a particular area or industry just so long as a candidate is not for raising taxes in one state and then decides to abolish the IRS in another. Those people who can't stand tailoring neeed to vote for a candidate like my personal favorite Michael P. Shaw who is running to represent two key constituencies - "the hood" and "the God of Israel." Sure he's only on the ballot in Arizona, but if you're going to be that picky you might as well make your vote count.
The fact of the matter is that in this imperfect field of Republicans, we need to pick the best candidate available. We need someone who believes that a strong economy is good for America. We need someone who believes that America should be secure. We need someone who will ask the pampered citizens of our country to join together to make America great, rather than waiting for "the government" to go out and do it for us. I believe that this person is Mitt Romney and that's why I will be voting for him on Tuesday, February 5.
The fact of the matter is that in this imperfect field of Republicans, we need to pick the best candidate available. We need someone who believes that a strong economy is good for America. We need someone who believes that America should be secure. We need someone who will ask the pampered citizens of our country to join together to make America great, rather than waiting for "the government" to go out and do it for us. I believe that this person is Mitt Romney and that's why I will be voting for him on Tuesday, February 5.
2 comments:
Mikey Shaw...I love his work. He sure stands for truf and freedum.
Mikey Shaw got 57 votes...if it weren't for you and me he'd be at 55.
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