I'm exhausted.
I haven't slept for the past few nights due to major anxiety surrounding the Presidential Election.
Last night, after watching the results, I tossed and turned all night. I am in serious need of a nap right now. I'm so very, very tired.
AND I'm in such a funk.
I attribute the funk to the fact that I was completely invested in this election.
I have been reading everything I could set my eyes on for the past 6 months.
I have talked to everyone I know about the issues I felt the strongest about.
I "tweeted" and "facebooked" oodles and oodles of information I found.
There wasn't any more I could have done.
But I still feel completely let down, and quite frankly, a bit in shock.
As Kevin and I were talking this morning, we both agreed that it's not necessarily the fact that Obama won a second term that upsets us most, (although it does upset us!) but the steep decline in moral and ethical attitudes of the American people.
Washington, Maryland, and Maine legalized same-sex marriage. As of November 2012, six states— Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont—as well as the District of Columbia and two Native American tribes, have legalized same-sex marriage. In the November 2012 general election, voters approved ballot measures in Maine, Maryland and Washington to permit same-sex marriage in those states, but same-sex marriage will not be official until state election officials have certified the results.
Maryland and Rhode Island recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
Colorado and Washington legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Really? Recreational use of marijuana?? I am curious if Obamacare (i.e. ME being taxed within an inch of my life) will pay for drug rehab for all the pot heads this will create?
Massachusetts actually voted on whether doctor assisted suicide should be legal. Did you know it's already legal in Montana, Oregon, and Washington?
Even though the Catholic church claims it is against abortion, over 50% of Catholics voted for Obama, and by voting for Obama they basically voted for Obamacare which includes funding abortions.
On another note, New York has banned the sale of SODA over 16 oz. in their restaurants, street carts, and MOVIE THEATERS. Excuse me?
Did you know that in 2008, President Obama assigned a "Technology Czar" whose main function was to make sure that regulations were put in place to LIMIT THE VOLUME OF YOUR PERSONAL STEREOS, CAR SPEAKERS, IPODS, ETC????
Excuse me again??
(for a complete list you can find it
here)
Did you know that President Obama has used his "Executive Order" 130 times during his first 4 years in office? President George W. Bush used his 140 times in 8 years.
Factcheck.org says this:
Obama has been sidestepping Congress through his “We Can’t Wait” initiative, a series of executive actions that he claims benefit the middle class through infrastructure projects and economic policy changes.
He also skirted Senate approval in January when he appointed nominees to the National Labor Relations Board and to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The appointments were unprecedented because he made them when the Senate was technically not in recess, prompting legal challenges from conservative groups.
In June, the president halted deportations of illegal immigrants who entered the United States when they were children and met certain requirements, such as the lack of a criminal record. The change mirrored provisions of the DREAM Act — failed legislation that Obama supported and Senate Republicans blocked in 2010.
And in July, Obama changed welfare policy to allow states to modify work requirements if they test new approaches to increasing employment. Obama did not submit the policy change to Congress for review, which the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office concluded he should have done.
I have many friends (who happen to be teachers) who voted for Obama because they claimed that Romney didn't care about class sizes and would cut education budgets down to the quick.
From factcheck.org:
Obama also claimed that Romney “cut education spending when you came into office.” That’s true, though it’s worth pointing out that the state faced a budget gap and the Democratic Legislature proposed cuts, too. Our colleagues at Politifact documented a similar Obama claim on this point.
Romney actually proposed a modest increase in state (Massachusetts) K-12 spending categories and larger cuts elsewhere. The $248.7 million in education-specific cuts reflected primarily the work of the Democratic Legislature in a time of serious financial crisis that predated the governor.
He did not want to cut education spending...just wasteful education spending.
It concerns me, beyond measure, that the unemployment in our country is hovering around 9%...although depending on where you look, some numbers are as high as 19%. Any way you look at it, however, it is too high.
I can't understand why people can't grasp the fact that if we don't MAKE anything in this country, we can't CREATE jobs. Everything in our country revolves around the ECONOMY. If the economy is healthy, then everything else follows.
President Obama claims that manufacturing jobs have doubled since he took office. That is not true.
Obama correctly states that manufacturing jobs have increased by more than half a million since hitting bottom, but he fails to mention that the number regained is less than half the total lost since he took office. (factcheck.org)
The auto industry and failed bail out is also a travesty. There are substantiated rumors that Chrysler/Jeep and looking to move their production to China. C.H.I.N.A.
Obama claimed that he was "going to war" on coal energy and oil. He is more interested in developing "clean energy" than to use the resources we have HERE IN OUR COUNTRY. Pennsylvania's main job provider is coal mining...
explain to me, then, why they would vote, overwhelmingly, for Obama?
Here's what I have finally come to:
I did what I could. I exercised my right to vote. I love to be able to cast my ballot. What an amazing freedom.
And through these past few days my testimony of my loving Heavenly Father has been strengthened. My resolve to "prepare every needful thing" has been strengthened. I know that when I live as I should, when I obey the commandments, and when I put all of my trust and faith in God I will be okay. My family will be okay. And God knows exactly what He's doing.
I love this quote:
"It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. … If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers." - Gordon B. Hinckley
