The stage is set for President Obama and former Governor Romney to lip sync
for their electoral lives this week in the 2012 General Election. Even
though former Governor Romney may be very hostile to LGBT Americans there
are good omens why perhaps President Obama needs to leave the stage of the
presidency.

For the next two years we will have a Democratic Party US Senate so
whatever Romney wants, Romney will not get. If you like the obstructionism
the Republicans gave to President Obama, expect more obstructionism by the
Democrats. Perhaps Harry Reid will tell Romney, you want some of those tax
cuts, perhaps the servers and waiters deserve their tipped minimum wage
increase to $4.00 an hour instead of the measly $2.65, and you want some of
that war in Iran? Perhaps we can offer employment nondiscrimination for
LGBT Americans in exchange for that President Romney.

Mitt Romney may change his image more than David Bowie and reinvent himself
more than Madonna, but its hard for most Americans to know what political
team he plays for which makes it hard for liberals and conservatives to
trust him. Romney once invested in a firm that dealt with medical waste
that processed the aborted unborn, and once endorsed Planned Parenthood
when he ran for US Senate, but now he flipped 180 supporting candidates
that believe that if you get raped you MUST carry that child to term.

I may not be a fan of either major political partys nominees in 2012, but
perhaps we will get change when the Democratic Party stops sending lip
service to marijuana activists or even peace activists where even Cindy
Sheehan questioned the lack of people protesting against war since Obama
has been elected for his first term. Its ironic that President Obama won
the Nobel Peace prize for a presidency that barely got off the ground, and
then executed more warfare like his predecessor. Or the empty promises
President Obama and his attorney general Eric Holder made to medical
marijuana activists stating that he would hold off on the raids, but
instead decided to out drug warrior George W Bush.

Perhaps for progressives maybe the best thing to do is not vote for Obama,
in safe states obviously. If you live in Utah or Alabama feel free to vote
for Jill or Rocky or even Roseanne. We should have candidates to stand on
principle in future elections so we can support candidates that we can
truly believe in. Why vote for a candidate that you will regret voting for?

Unfortunately this is not United States Election All Stars where both Obama
and Romney can both sashay away like a losing statist team that they are,
but maybe we will find the real change that we can believe in someday.

Matt


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