Well, it goes without saying that I’m disappointed in the turnout of the Presidential election. When I was growing up I was raised in a house that always voted democrat. My granddaddy was raised thru the depression and saw the democrats bring the country out of that, or at least that was his perception. He had great respect for Truman as a president for doing the things he did and making the tuff decisions he did. My mom was a single mother in the 70’s raising me and was also a democrat. Growing up I always listened to the adult conversations around the dinner table; politics, current events, etc. and took it all in. Not until I became an adult did my thoughts start to gel and did I become aware that I, and my family, have always been conservative. If granddaddy were alive today I dont think he would like what the democrat party has become. I consider granddaddy to have been an old southern democrat and we now know how they vote, Republican.

 

My granddaddy was my primary male roll model as a child and always has and always will mean the world to me. He was incredibly independent and always helped others. Our house and I call it ours even though it was actually his house but I stayed there, would go without repair so that he/we could help others that he deemed needed it more. That was fine with me. I never once thought that we were suffering. He made it clear that we should help others who needed help. Not those that were too lazy to do it for themselves or that took advantage but those that just weren’t able and needed an extra hand. One of the worst people in the world to him if not the worst was a thief. I guess that came from growing up in the depression and not having anything and having to work for everything he had. It certainly taught me the lesson that the things you have you have to earn. If you want more that’s great just work harder. Obama has made it clear that he thinks that a politician has the right to take your money and allocate to those that HE feels need it more. For all of you that agree with him in those regards I would like to ask you why haven’t YOU already done that? Why haven’t YOU gone out and taken YOUR money and given it to those that don’t want to have to worry about filling their gas tanks and don’t want to have to worry about paying the mortgage? Now, explain to me how its okay for a politician to take money from one citizen and “redistribute” it to another and that not be stealing?

 

I’ll finish this with a quote:

 

“You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”