For far too long, the United States of America has been enduring an era of gross bipartisanship that does not show any signs of stopping anytime soon. The line has been drawn and far be it from either side to make an attempt, let alone have a desire, to cross it. This was and continues to be the country that most are familiar with. You are either a Democrat or a Republican and there is no gray area. The days of patriotism are in the past. Politicians today slander the good name of this country in order to gain popularity and respect amongst their party and with the hopes of drawing a few voters from the other side.
When Jon Huntsman nobly bowed out of the race for the White House this morning, the hope and chance of a candidate willing to put party allegiance aside for the betterment of the country went with it. The more I read about Governor Huntsman, the more I was excited that for the first time that I was going to vote for a candidate who had what it was going to take to restore the trust of the American people. Having the opportunity to meet him and hear him speak to the voters was something special. Being able to volunteer in New Hampshire and spreading the word and awareness amongst my friends on Facebook and Twitter has been an honor. It is one I continue to look forward to doing in the future should he decide to run again.
With the candidate I was going to vote for out of the race, I am now where I started after the 2008 election. I do not know who I am going to vote for in November. I know that I do not like either of the candidates that the media is forcing us to choose from. I understand that there is a focus and an agenda of the Republican party to want to vote for anyone as long as they are not Barack Obama. That sentiment is why I feel that the political process has lost its mind and is no longer valid. Americans on both sides are content to vote for someone because they have a letter next to their name, whether it be a “D” or “R”. Americans are lazy and want things in the simplest form and for most, there is nothing more simple than the choice between Democrat and Republican.
Wake up America because this is how we ended up in the situation we are in now. For too long the country idly voted based along party lines without doing any real homework into who the candidates were and what they actually stood for. This happens every election and it is going to take a movement, a revolution of thinking, in order to change the ways of the past. Before I strongly endorsed Jon Huntsman, I made sure I read everything I could about him. Then I wanted to see him in person and judge for myself whether or not he was being a politician or if he was being himself. From what I gathered and one of the reasons I liked him so much was because he was as real as one could hope for.
I know, unfortunately more than most, that this country is not functioning properly. I am a recent college graduate who is now unemployed thanks to a system that rewards tenure. The education system in this country is broken and needs to be fixed. Not only are the lives of hardworking Americans being effected, the future of this country is in jeopardy when tenured teachers, who are only still teaching in order to make it to their retirement, are being favored over someone who could be more qualified to inspire the kids to want to make their lives better than what they see. The United States is raising a generation based on an either/or system and they will see it at its worst over the next eleven months.
Between now and November I will do the responsible thing and listen, research, and make an informed decision on my own. I am not going to bow to a will of a political party just because they do not like the other guy. That being said, everyone in Washington needs to go. Nothing is being accomplished for the American people anymore and we need leaders willing to do what is necessary to bring this country back to the level of greatness that the founders had in mind when they decided the status quo way of doing things had run its course.
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