October 4, 2012

• My Decision 2012

  In 2008, I registered as a Democrat. I hated how the GOP hijacked Christianity, even though they seemed to care very little about those in poverty. I voted in the primaries for Barack Obama. He had the charisma that I wanted to see in a president. He was exciting, new, and different from all the other presidential candidates in that time. I was overjoyed when he actually got the nomination, though I definitely saw it coming.
  As the election got closer, my grandpa continued to warn me about voting for him. My grandpa voted for a Democrat once- he believed Jimmy Carter was a more “Christian” candidate than Gerald Ford. Later, he figured it was one of the worst decisions he’d ever made. Of course I don’t know if that story is true. I remember when he told me, my grandma looked at him and said “You voted for him!?” My grandpa looked at her and just gave a quick nod and looked back at me.

  I then began to think more about what it was that I believed. I knew that I didn’t want to vote for the Republican candidate… simply for how they typically use their supposed “Christian” belief for show. Christianity makes people look good in the public eye. I was also upset at how those in the conservative media used Barack Obama’s name to scare voters. “Barack HUSSEIN Obama”… as if he’s a Muslim terrorist. It was ridiculous. To this day, I’ve not heard anyone use president Bush’s name in such a way… George WALKER Bush… The Republican party was filled with fear mongers. Plain and simple.

  I listened to Obama talk about hope and change. When he started talking about it, I immediately began to back away from the Democratic party. When politicians start making promises, I know better than to fall into their illusions. Sure enough, four years later, the hope and change that was promised was not delivered. As a typical politician, President Obama began blaming everyone else for his thoroughly partisan moves as president saying that he regrets not being able to change Washington. Of course, he had enough power and support to completely change politics as we know it. He just didn’t want to be the one to start it. That would mean he would have to give up parts of his own agenda. Of course, this all should have been expected. When a politician makes promises, they are normally saying the things that the public wants to hear. They don’t really mean what they say. I’m happy that I saw through it from the beginning.

  At that time, I was growing stronger in my Christian faith. I was looking at both John McCain and Barack Obama and trying to figure out how either of them would be a good “Christian” candidate. Honestly, I couldn’t see it. And then I figured, Well, we aren’t a Christian nation. Why should I expect my president to be a Christian too? It was then that I realized that all along, I was focusing on the wrong thing. I should care about what Jesus thinks… and no candidate will ever offer it because it would mean open borders, no military, no taking sides, and a total devotion to helping one another out. This is what the church is for- and the government can never adequately do the work of God. There are too many people to please.

  I didn’t vote in the 2008 election

  This election, faith doesn’t play much of a role. Mitt Romney is a Mormon and most Christians consider the religion to be a cult. When asked about how his candidacy would effect the Christian vote, Romney said, (paraphrased) “I don’t think people are looking for their specific religion. They just want to see a candidate who believes in God.” That’s what I’ve really expected all along. This of course isn’t the God of the Bible that Mitt Romney speaks of. This is the idolatrous God that America wants to see on money and in the Pledge of Allegiance. This God is more of an idea- A banner for people to wave to make them feel good about themselves. Unfortunately, it is also the God that most Americans follow.

  This year, out of my devotion to Jesus Christ, I will not be voting again. I always want to remember Christ as King and over all Ruler of the nations. I anticipate His kingdom that is already here, but still yet to come. I’m going to stick with the promises that he continues to deliver and stay away from the lies that our politicians offer. I wish people would remember that when they vote they aren’t really voting for a politician, but rather, groups of lobbyists. These lobbyists give the illusion that certain asinine topics are what Americans care about. And people buy into it. This is too ingrained in our politics for anything to change (the very reason President Obama was unable to change Washington- Also the very reason Ron Paul is never taken seriously).

  Many people disagree with my position, and I am ok with that. They feel it’s disrespectful to refuse to vote after so many people have died defending my right to choose who I want as leader of this country. I feel it’s even more disrespectful to vote against my conscience and convictions after so many have died defending my right to choose to vote or not. And of course there are those that simply tell me that it’s my civic duty to vote. If voting is my only civic duty, this country is in trouble anyway.

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