Originally Posted By: JetStar
You may think I am stupid, but it is the second four years where a president has nothing to lose where they have the most influence and will go with their gut and real core values.

My personal political views are much more liberal (Duh!), and in line with Obama's. The social issues, human rights, and the infiltration of the religious right into our laws are just plain scary to me.

Watching the Koch brothers funding Citizens United and buying Clarence Thomas right in front of our faces is a prime example of what I personally want to fight against.

Justices Thomas and Scalia have both been frequent guests of the Kochs. Between 2003 and 2007, Virginia Thomas, wife of Justice Thomas, was paid $686,589 by the Heritage Foundation, which was funded by David and Charles Koch.

These are the same guys planning on spending $400,000,000 on electing the Romney team.

To me, the choice is totally clear.


Honestly, after finding out that Obama is a pathological liar and an extremist at heart... the thought of 4 more years of Omaba "following his gut" genuinely terrifies me.

Plus I am not sure its true... yeah its "conventional wisdom" because it "sounds logical"... but looking back on the second terms of recent Presidents, I cannot say that you could actually make much of a case from empirical evidence.

Rather, the influence of corruption at the top has time to penetrate even further.. and entrenched folks who are temped to follow the dark path are emboldened to try.

In Obamas case, I think that Valerie Jarret and Eric Holder are genuinely terrifying people who need to be removed from the nexus of power ASAP lest they leave a legacy more damaging than Rove and Cheney.

Maybe the next guy will be as bad.... but I figure its better to find out sooner rather than later. Giving corrupt POS only 4 years at a turn instead of 8 might be small solace, but its probably the best that can be accomplished right now.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)