batonrougesooner
11/8/2008, 01:17 AM
Well, maybe not the bandwagon, but I'm going to go ahead and support him in a general sense.
I've been pretty staunchly against him during the election season because from what I heard from him makes me think he is a closet socialist.
However, I have the integrity to admit that if it wasn't for his tax plans, I wouldn't be so strongly opposed to him as I have been during the election season. I admit, I'm one of the "lucky" (their words) ones who earns well over 250k per year and I don't think it is fair that I should give up an extra 3k or more per month (including removing the cap on social secruity) to the government just to literally give it away to someone else. I know it's fashionable to hate the so called "rich" (which I'm not...believe me...student loans). I'm not bragging, I'm just stating where I'm coming from. I've been an enlisted military guy, I've been a waiter, I've been a TA in college. I know what it is like to make barely enough to get by. I get it. That's why I've worked to achieve what I have.
Anyway, I've come to the realization that I have no choice but to support him. He may have campaigned on my back and may have promised to sink me while lifting others, but I also understand that he is going to be my President.
I think he is an incredibly intelligent man who has genuinely galvanized a majority of the electorate behind him.
Therefore, I can only wait and see. I can only trust that he is going to put the country first and govern in a sense of goodfaith. I trust that he is going to put real solutions forward that lift all boats (to borrow a phrase) and not just "spread the wealth" to such an extent that we all end up sinking.
I could go on, but my point is that I'm going to support him and remain cautiously optimistic. I'm also going to remain optimistic that the Republican party pulls their collective head out of their ***.
There, I said it. It was hard.
I've been pretty staunchly against him during the election season because from what I heard from him makes me think he is a closet socialist.
However, I have the integrity to admit that if it wasn't for his tax plans, I wouldn't be so strongly opposed to him as I have been during the election season. I admit, I'm one of the "lucky" (their words) ones who earns well over 250k per year and I don't think it is fair that I should give up an extra 3k or more per month (including removing the cap on social secruity) to the government just to literally give it away to someone else. I know it's fashionable to hate the so called "rich" (which I'm not...believe me...student loans). I'm not bragging, I'm just stating where I'm coming from. I've been an enlisted military guy, I've been a waiter, I've been a TA in college. I know what it is like to make barely enough to get by. I get it. That's why I've worked to achieve what I have.
Anyway, I've come to the realization that I have no choice but to support him. He may have campaigned on my back and may have promised to sink me while lifting others, but I also understand that he is going to be my President.
I think he is an incredibly intelligent man who has genuinely galvanized a majority of the electorate behind him.
Therefore, I can only wait and see. I can only trust that he is going to put the country first and govern in a sense of goodfaith. I trust that he is going to put real solutions forward that lift all boats (to borrow a phrase) and not just "spread the wealth" to such an extent that we all end up sinking.
I could go on, but my point is that I'm going to support him and remain cautiously optimistic. I'm also going to remain optimistic that the Republican party pulls their collective head out of their ***.
There, I said it. It was hard.