This sense of disappointment in the man who promised change is not just limited to the Tampa Bay residents, it is felt all across this country. I am sure that the sentiments expressed by my neighbors around the bay are the same as those of many around the nation, but before we jump on the anyone-but-Obama bandwagon let's take a look at some of those comments.
One person claimed that Obama has too much baggage and that if he gets reelected this country will have four more years of gridlock. I have to ask, what baggage? The only baggage I can imagine is that Obama had the gall to be born black and offend this country's lily white sensitivities by getting elected President of the United States. As far as gridlock is concerned, there is a fix for that and I'll get to that in a minute or two.
A couple of other Independents chimed in with comments like he's intelligent, but can't get anything done. Another person echoed those feelings by stating that if someone else came along who could get the job done then that person would get the vote.
In other words, many in this country are upset because Obama can't seem to get much accomplished for the betterment of the country and its people. And, whose fault is that? We could look toward the Independent voters themselves who gave the Republicans control of the House of Representatives in 2010. We can also point to the special interest groups who control the Republican party. We can place blame on the Christian conservatives and the Tea Baggers who could care less if the country goes down in flames just as long as they get their way.
Democrats as well as Republicans who put their own personal interests ahead of what is best for the country have contributed much to the mess we are in. To paraphrase a pithy Will Rogers observation , "Government [Republican] is the problem - elect me and I will prove it to you."
What can we do to fix the problem? The short answer is: vote in 2012! Get rid of the self-serving and the obstructionists on both sides of the aisle. That would be a start, but in addition we need to neuter the totalitarian ideologues who would turn this country into a single party state - a Republican president (envision Bachmann or Perry), with a Republican controlled House and a Republican controlled Senate. Just as we don't need a totalitarian government, we do not need a theocracy either.
We, the American people, can make a difference. We can break the gridlock that threatens to destroy the country by voting in the 2012 United States elections:
President Barack Obama will run for a second and final term during this election. He needs to win. The alternatives representing the GOP have only one plan for the country, as announced by Gingrich the Newt, and that is to destroy Obama. That is not a plan; that is revenge.
Elections will be held for all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives. Elections will also held for the delegates from the District of Columbia and five major U.S. territories. The winners of this election cycle will serve in the 113th United States Congress. The obstructionists need to be voted out!
The 33 seats of Class I of the United States Senate will be up for election. Currently, Democrats are expected to have 23 seats up for election, including 2 independents who caucus with the Democrats, while Republicans are only expected to have 10 seats up for election. Additionally, special elections may be held to fill any vacancies that occur. Again, obstructionists be gone!
We need to elect intelligent public servants, and not the idiots, lunatics, and self-serving professional politicians who keep trying to resurrect the failed policies of the past instead of moving the country forward into a bright and promising future.
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