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gaylel1 -> RE: A vote for Pailn is a vote for Jesus! (9/4/2008 2:14:15 PM)
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ORIGINAL: PaleHawkWoman
I think people need to examine the platforms of both parites before making blanket statements that a party is all about one thing or another. Both major parties have things that most of us can agree upon in their platforms, in fact far more in common than they do in difference. There are variying differences in how to attain those common goals, of course.
There are things in each party platform I agree with and things I disagree with, which is why I don't belong to either. When I vote I vote for the person running for the office, not for the political party.
I want someone who is honest and upright, educated and articulate, having intelligence and common sense, someone who knows how to work with folks and who does not engage in histrionics or vendettas. I want a leader who is first and foremost a public servant and never forgets that.
I want someone who will work for the common good, not for Big Oil or giving more money to Big Business to move overseas and leave Americans without jobs. Corporate welfare should be the first kind of welfare cut from the budget.
I want someone who will not tolerate partisanship in any branch of the government but will see to it that each agency operates efficiently, hiring and maintaining the best applicants to serve the public. Toeing the party line has no place in the Oval Office- the President is the President for the entire United States, not just the Red States or the Blue ones, and this philosophy should be applied right on down the line.
I want someone who can take into account the homeless guy under the bridge as well as the millionaire, the struggling single parent right along with the intact family.
I want someone who thinks that a woman deserves to be paid the same wage or salary as a man when both are doing the same job and have the same experience.
I want someone who can truly endeavor to protect our natural resources and wilderness areas while at the same time holding industry to the letter of the law when contracting to allow them to extract needed resources, and ensure that said industries pay the US taxpayer the fair market rate for those resources and that they clean up after themselves during and after said extraction.
I want someone who is progressive, who thinks ahead and puts resources into place for future growth and needs, and who shows me why this is needed and how it can be done in plain terms. I can stomach an increase in my taxes if I can see that it is needed and that my money will be spent wisely.
I want someone who understands that justice isn't just about convictions and punishment but about rehabilitating felons so that they don't go back to criminal lives but can become productive, law-abiding citizens. This means counseling, education, and vocational training as well as spiritual growth and mentoring. Churches who want to partner with Corrections to provide this should be allowed to do so, and the taxpayers need to know the benefits of such programs in the prison system.
Justice is also about making sure that all proper procedures are followed by law enforcement, attornies, and the judiciary so that the innocent are exonerated, and the guilty are found and tried fairly and competantly for a just conviction. If evidence proves that someone has been wrongfully convicted, then that person should be exonerated and released immediately.
Do I want to see human life protected from conception? I sure do, but even I know that there are circumstances, such as ectopic (tubal)pregnancies, when the mother's life is truly in danger and the pregnancy must be terminated or both mother and child will die. For actual medical reasons where it is proven that the mother will die without intervention and the child cannot be saved and for those reasons alone-not mental health or lifestyle- should there be provisions for an abortion, and it must be performed in a hospital with full medical staff in attendance.
We need a strong military, but we also need to stop defense contractors who are ripping us off. An accounting must be required and any irregularities nipped in the bud. Our men and women in uniform should be paid better and our veterans and wounded given the best medical care this nation has to offer... as promised.
We need a better health care system than the one we've got, one where the poor among us have access to needed medical, dental, and vision services so that they can go to work or keep a job. If we can get pharmaceuticals cheaper from Canadian companies, then by all means lets do so. The competition will cause American pharmaceutical companies to have to adjust their prices and the consumers will benefit. Also, any company that refuses to produce and market a cheaper medication, like one to treat macular degeneration for $60/month as opposed to the one currently available for $2000/month, should have all federal funding for that company terminated immediately. And medicaid should be fixed so that NO illegal alien gets free medical anything- not even for childbirth. Like American citizens, they should pay up front or have to do without.
And I want someone who will promote and encourage civil discourse as I am so tired of all of the sniping and knee-jerking and bickering, all of the vendettas and feuding and backstabbing, and other such behaviors ill-fitting in a supposedly civilized society.
You know, I was listening to Palin's talk yesterday, and yes, it was well crafted, but she gave all of us people who are outhere working in the community a very very bad name and as a Christian woman, I'm very, very offended in what she said.
There are community organizers who work tiressly to make things better. I know of a lady named "Sweet Alice Harris" in Watts, who for many years tries to make her community better, in spite the conditions there. She organizes toy drives and food drives in the community. Steve Harvey, the talk show host is a community orgainzer too, reconzing those who work to make their communties better. She needs to go to places like Watts, Brooklyn, Chicago, and other urban communities which have small town values.
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