I’ve kept quiet this election cycle much more than I did in 2008. I suspect this is because I have been busy in my personal life, in my blogging life over at GMS, and in my work life. But I have to take a moment to talk about last night’s debate, because these issues affect everyone.<\/p>\n
I am voting for Barack Obama, and I am guessing this is no surprise to any of you. But I am not merely supporting the President for re-election because I support him fiercely (which I do) but because I am afraid of what a world would look like if Romney wins.<\/p>\n
When this election cycle started, no one knew that it was going to be the election that was about not rolling back women’s rights<\/strong>, but that’s what it’s become. Romney and Ryan’s plans to limit my access to contraceptives, abortion (should I God forbid ever need it,) and general family planning is horrifying, and unacceptable.<\/p>\n In addition, I believe that we should take assault weapons off the streets.<\/strong> And the fact that Romney made a question about gun control about making sure that families have two parents (married, off course, a subtle nod that gay parents won’t cut it) was horrific. Or is there a study I missed pointing to single parents as the parents of most murders?<\/p>\n If I hear Romney refer to middle class as “middle-income” one more, I swear, I’m going to lose it. Because, in case you didn’t hear it, Romney defines middle-income<\/a> as people who are making $250,000 a year<\/strong> – not actually the middle class OR middle-income in this country (which is, in fact, $50,000.)<\/p>\n And, by the way, they are illegal immigrants, not “illegals.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n My sorella wrote a lot about this today, so I’ll let her post speak<\/a> to more points that asserted my belief in Barack. I believe in everything she said, luckily, and she beat me to the punch today, plus you guys probably read her blog, too, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve kept quiet this election cycle much more than I did in 2008. I suspect this is because I have been busy in my personal life, in my blogging life over at GMS, and in my work life. But I … Continue reading