Really?

To say it mildly, I am disgusted with our choice for the next president. Not shocked. Not surprised. Just so very disappointed, and a bit sad... and I am certain that in 4 very short years I will not be the only one who feels this way.

Let me preface what I am about to say.
I have absolutely no problem with the president being of a different race
I have absolutely no problem with the president being a democratic candidate.
I have absolutely no problem with the president being young, or desiring "CHANGE"


I do however have a problem with this person's politics, with his track record, with his willingness and remarkable ability to evade answering questions, while fooling the listener into thinking he answered, and answered eloquently at that. And I have a problem with how quickly we fell for his fancy words. I almost feel as if all it took was someone who could deliver speeches.... We didn't hear the message, the substance of what he said, just the charisma...

He said all the right things, so why should we care if he believes a lick of what he says.
It doesn't matter that his time already spent in government has in no way reflected one iota of what he says he stands on.


My generation has been BEGGING for someone to empower them to take the reigns... to take control... to stand up to fight injustice, inequality, and the status quo. That desperate desire to hear from someone that the world can change, the world can be better, has been taken and twisted to thrust this inconsistent man into power. I only see a sham, a facade, an empty promise. And I feel it may potentially cripple those who were so passionate for change, bringing a wave of jaded disappointment, perhaps even apathy, to this passionate young generation that just wants what is just to prevail.

Sometimes it hurts to see how much we have forgotten about what it was about America that made it so great. That breaks my heart.

To think of what the founders would say if they saw us now, all the lives that were lost, all the blood shed fighting to attain freedom and self government, and all the lives that have been lost since then just trying to defend it.


Did we really choose a president that believes in MORE GOVERNMENT interference?
More taxes? It isn't bad enough, all these overrated government programs, that take our money and leave us empty handed... leave us with so little. It doesn't matter to me that it "will only be 5% of the population..." it is unfair to tax someone just because they have more. It is unfair to expect the few to tighten their belts, so that the other 95% of us can do nothing. Sacrifice nothing. It is in the strength of many that brings change. More taxes to fund more government programs.... and the track record there?
Welfare- a government run, tax funded program, has failed.
Social Security- a government run, tax funded program, has failed
Public School systems- a government run, tax funded program, has failed.
FEMA- a government run, tax funded program, has failed.
Must I go on???

And what does our new president want us to do?
Give the government more.
They have our retirement. They have our education. They have our safety, and even though they haven't proven themselves good stewards of these, let's give them our health. Where do I sign up? No thanks.

America has one of the strongest, longest lasting constitutions...
A constitution that puts the power of government in the hands of the people... By the people, for the people... a government set up with checks and balances, so that no one man or women can take away our freedoms...
and we voted for a president that feels this constitution, this lasting promise of freedom, promise of majority rule, is to him "fundamentally flawed?"

Not all change is good.


These past months I have heard this man compared to so many great people.
"He is our Martin Luther King Jr."
"He is our JFK"
"He is our messiah"
"He is our Hero"


He is just a man.
I am sad to see that so many have put their hopes and dreams on the shoulders of someone, without ever having any real reason to believe he can, or will, do what he says.

This disillusion is going to hurt.

I hope I am wrong... but I have a sickening feeling that I am not.
More coming...