Closing in on the election

To be honest, I am tired of this interminable lead up to the presidential election.  While I read that there are still tens of thousands of people who have yet to decide for whom they will vote, those I speak with about the election have long ago decided on their candidate.  I didn't even watch the debates, my level of "let's get to it" having risen so high.

Still, I occasionally see a news item or receive an email from a friend that sparks an idea, and leads me to my computer to post, yet again, another blog about politics.

In this case, it is the belief that we vote for the party which gives, or says they will give, us, individually, the most. 

To be more precise, conventional wisdom says

Those getting a government paycheck will vote for Obama.  These are the alleged 47%  of Americans who are on welfare, unemployment, social security, medicare, medicaid, food stamps, disability or some other form of entitlement program that provides a check or low cost benefit. 

Those involved with earning or running companies making millions of dollars (the 1% that Occupy Wall Street labelled in the past few years) will vote for Romney.

That leaves 52% of the country to decide the outcome.  But since Obama already has 47%, even if he only gets 10% of this group, he wins going away. 

Since most major polls have the election a win by less than 4% one way or the other, it appears that conventional wisdom may be off the mark.

So, for those of you who are still on the fence, here are some reasons to vote for Obama or Romney.

If you are on social security and medicare, vote for Obama because he has not proposed any changes.  On the other hand, vote for Romney because he will change it , after you no longer need it, so that your children and grandchildren will not be beholden to the government for their income or health care.

If you are on welfare or unemployment, vote for Obama because he will make sure you continue to get your checks.  But, if you are on welfare or unemployment, vote for Romney because he has promised to create 12 million new jobs so you won't need welfare or unemployment.

If you are sick and having trouble getting health insurance, vote for Obama as the Affordable Care Act will give you some choices in the near future.  But if you are sick or struggling to find health insurance, vote for Romney and move to Massachusetts because he already created a successful universal health care system.

If you are planning to enter the military, vote for Romney because his foreign policy appears to focus on military action to prove America is always right.  But if you are planning to enter the military, vote for Obama as he has been removing our soldiers from the front lines so you have a better chance of surviving your enlistment.

If you run a business, vote for Romney because he will remove all restrictions on your ability to make money.  But, if you run a business, vote for Obama because he will provide the regulatory staff that you can bribe or take to lunch so you can side step the regulations.

If you run a Wall Street traded business, vote for Romney because he will allow you to create any financial vehicle you can create, give as much money as you want to gain the favor of those in Washington, and pay as little corporate tax as possible.  But, if you run a Wall Street traded company, vote for Obama because your stock has regained virtually all of its value since the beginning of the recession and your company probably has millions of dollars it its coffers (unless you already spent it on a super PAC endorsing Romney).

If you are a woman, vote for Romney because he will decide for you that you should bear a child regardless of your circumstance, will make sure you are encouraged to stay at home with the kids by fighting same pay for same work, will protect you from the stresses of upper management responsibilities by keeping those binders closed, and will even provide more money in your pocketbook by making contraception illegal.  But if you are a woman, vote for Obama because he will not infringe upon your pursuit of happiness via your reproductive rights, your opportunity to earn what you are worth, and your freedom to get in on all those cool Trojan comericals. 

If you are homosexual, vote for Romney because he will save you from the the agony of divorce which afflicts over 50% of the heterosexual community.  But if you are homosexual, vote for Obama because he has already given you the right to defend your country without denying your identity, and believes that two consenting, tax paying adults should marry whomever they choose.

If you believe that God favors America, that all other religions are second to Christianity, that eternal life can only be achieved through the salvation of Jesus Christ, vote for Romney because the evangelical community supports him.  But if you believe that God favors America, that all other religions are second to Christianity, and that eternal life can only be achieved through the salvation of Jesus Christ, vote for Obama because Romney is a Mormon not a Christian.