This post has been about four years in the writing, since one of the Tea Party rallies when Uncle Jimbo and I were bemoaning the trials and tribulations of trying to blog about the Left vs. Right politics and we both said that we’d rather blog about the military without involving politics for a change. <\/p>\n
Today, I looked through my inbox today which has 6,514 “important” emails in it. Going through it, I see campaign crap from people I’ve never heard of – no offense to the folks who live in Utah, but I really don’t think I’ll be supporting a candidate whose name I’ve never heard or read a word about their position just because they think I’m a Republican. <\/p>\n
And I really don’t care that Obama rewrote all of the presidential biographies on the White House website – yeah, OK, I care, but I expected it from him. But, I didn’t elect him. And do you really think that Romney wouldn’t do the same thing? In fact, looking at the two presidential candidates, are they really all that different? <\/p>\n
For the first time in my lifetime, neither candidate has military service. So who do I support – neither are going give a tiny rat’s ass about veterans. Do you think Romney has the guts to roll back veteran health care cuts? <\/p>\n
In that interview I did last week, they had to go back to 2008 to find a quote on this blog about Romney – and the quote wasn’t even mine. Because I never thought about him, good, bad or indifferent. I had an inkling years ago that he’d be the Republican candidate this year. I’m not happy about it and I won’t vote for him. <\/p>\n
If you come right down to it, voting for Obama is the same as voting for Romney. There’s not a bit of difference between the two of them. Not. A. Bit. Either one of them would take my guns without thinking twice about it. They both want an expansive government that sticks it’s nose in my business. Both would raise my taxes on a whim. Both want to balance the Defense budget on the lives of the next generation of trigger pullers.<\/p>\n
And don’t get me started on Congress….<\/p>\n
From this point forward, this blog is about nothing but the troops, national defense and veterans. Yes, I’ll still criticize the candidates…but only as far as it effects those issues. Screw politics…no one is listening to me anyway, because I said I was going to do this when Gingrich got into the race.<\/p>\n
So if you work on a campaign and you’re currently sending me press releases about your idiot candidate, please STOP! I haven’t endorsed him in the last three years you’ve been sending your crap, so why would you continue? If you belong to a think tank and you think I’m interested in your crack pot theories about taxation and social engineering, please STOP! If it doesn’t have to do with the troops or veterans, stuff it. I don’t fricken care.<\/p>\n
I’m partisan in that I think all of you politically-connected geeks are in this for yourselves and don’t care about anyone who doesn’t work at your bank. <\/p>\n
I’m not giving any money to any political party – my money is going to the VSOs who have proven in the past to be concerned about my issues. But the Republicans in Congress act like Democrats, so why would I give either of them any money?<\/p>\n
Will I still blast VoteVets and IAVA when they act like partisan hacks? Yes, most definitely. I hate blatant hypocrisy.<\/p>\n
I can already feel the burdens lifting from my aging shoulders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"