Obama brings hope

Obama - Better than Romney

I've been giving the results of last week's election some thought, and this one dawned on me. I think it is better for America that Obama won instead of Romney. Here are a few reasons:

1. Gun Rights
Everyone knows Obama would like to get our guns. But a lot of folks were pretending that Romney wouldn't. Romney even said in the debate that if bipartisan legislation came to his desk, he would sign it. Romney didn't care about our rights any more than Obama does.

(This is why I am a two-topic voter - if a politician doesn't care about infant rights or gun rights, then they will eventually not care about any rights)

With the clear threat, and a divided government, Republicans will have their arms collectively twisted into preventing any such legislation from getting through the Congress. This is not as important with the true conservatives, but it is critical with the 30% or so of the "moderate" (read: liberal) Republicans will be afraid of getting voted out, and will not touch any such legislation.

Romney, meanwhile, would have allowed such moderate (read: liberal) Republicans to let their guard down. The anti-gun legislation would have been wrapped in something else... and we would lose our freedoms.


2. Obamacare
This one is simple. Romney would never have had the votes in the Senate to overturn Obamacare, and would have used that as his excuse as to why he could not get it undone. Romney never had any intention of removing the socialized healthcare.

Same result, but all the excuses would make Romney weak when it came time for reelection in 2016.


3. Supreme Court Picks
This is another simple one. Obama will nominate flat-out liberal picks. Romney would nominate picks like George Bush the Elder did - liberal, but in "sheep's" clothing. At the end of the day, the results would be the same, but Romney would have to deal with a disenfranchised base in 2016 for it.


4. Taxes
This one is just a tad less decisive, but follow me. Like with, and because of Obamacare, Romney would not have the votes in the Senate, and would blame that for the lack of action. In the end, he might cut a small, meaningless amount. Still, the same result.


I could go on, but these are some of the main things that caused me to say that a vote for Romney was a vote for Obama. In the end, we would have had our socialism, and to the same degree.

The difference is now, we can select someone totally new in 2016 - and for that reason alone, there is hope!


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