Conscientious Objector?

Does the term apply here? Oh well, I'm using it anyway. 

Due to a combination of procrastination and indignation, I'm not voting this year. Obama's platforms sound a whole lot like socialism to me. And socialism, people, is what began World War II and the Holocaust. Hitler's socialistic ideals were what drove him to determine that humanity was not prepared for equality. This did not stop him, however, from using his natural charisma and talent of speaking to gain the trust and control of an entire nation, and claiming power over all of Nazi Germany. And, as we all know, brought on the destruction of a myriad of nations, and the near genocide that followed. My first point.

My second point is Canada. Now, Canada sucks. You're not allowed to smoke in your own home, as you cannot truly own your home. You are limited to a certain amount of money you can make per year. And the Federal government issues free drugs to rehabs, to keep addicts off the streets. 

What?

And don't get me started about the health care. You'll be lucky if the doctors are more qualified than your mother. Just ask Ian Mofo Kelly. He'll tell you: "Don't fuck up. Ever." The sight of his horribly stitched thumb has scarred me from ever wanting to live too far north, with the goal of being as far away from Canada as is possible. And Obama wants to make healthcare free. To what end? To cause the deterioration of our entire medical nation? Competition breeds skill and diligence. To eliminate competition is to eliminate what makes our healthcare so great. This nonsensical anti-logic is becoming more and more like communism. So close in likeness, in fact, that the phrase uttered during the cold war, "Fear the red death!" should be updated to a more appropriate phrase for this nation's circumstances. "Fear the Blue Death!", our nation shall cry, and in a small and insignificant voice, I shall whisper. 

"I told you so."

McCain is better, but why should we trust him? He is a chameleon, ever shaped by those around him, adapting himself to fit whatever guise is necessary to gain office. McCain has voted with some very liberal-oriented bills and policies, and it has become clear to me what most republicans will deny, deny, deny until they are blue in the face (no pun intended): McCain is not a conservative. No, in fact, McCain has previously (and recently) supported abortion, and only until he had decided to run on the republican ticket did he declare otherwise. This is not McCain's plan, to instill in the executive branch of the government the morals and the stances I know to be right as a conservative. His goal is to appease whoever necessary to gain the approval of the majority of the country. I cannot trust McCain, and so I will not vote for him.

So who, you ask, am I voting for? Nobody. I refuse. Bitter arguments between brothers and sisters are not what's best for this country. They are, in fact, what the great George Washington, the first and greatest president of the United States, warned us about. "Stay away from political parties," he warned, and we did not listen, to my eternal shame and embarrassment as an American. What place does our current national struggle have for love? 

Love is the answer. My friend Landon has been proclaiming it for weeks, and I agree with him. The national problems would be nothing, nonexistent, if feelings of bitterness and resentment were replaced with love. So I challenge you, as a man, as a Christian, as an American: love your brother. Don't hold grudges. Forgive and forget. Listen. Understand. Your eyes will be opened. Don't let this presidency destroy our nation.

P.S. I voted for Mitt Romney.