Suffragium mortis or voting death. It is almost what one feels about this morbidly long campaign season. Surely it has nearly bored us to death. Yet….
We are now in the final 48 hours of the longest, most infuriating election in human history. I have witnessed even those who are enthusiastic about either candidate become so fed up with the length of this campaign that they only want it over no matter who wins. Perhaps it is time to visit the idea of limiting by law the length of the campaign season as some countries do. At least give it a look.
Still despite the widespread disgust with the whole thing it does matter who wins. It matters because should Barack Hussein Obama win we wind up with virtual one party rule in this republic. That cannot be good for any of us who love or respect liberty.
The dominance at the federal level of government of a single party is inherently bad. It does not matter which party that might be. The extremists which propel parties to such victories demand their reward in radical legislation that damages any country in which this takes place.
Yet I fear that is where we are headed. The incompetence of the half liberal Bush administration has lead to the rise of the Marxist wing of the democrats. The irony is that the conservatives are held to blame by the left when there is virtually nothing actually conservative about the Bush bunch.
It is my fervent hope that I am wrong. I pray this country is not about to elect a charlatan snake oil salesman who promises the moon but delivers rotten government cheese. Yet we may get just that, and it may take generations to undo the damage if in fact it ever is undone. The foolish decisions and economic hard times of the 1930’s lead to the rise of fringe groups to serious national power. Are we witnessing a repeat of those events? I do not know but I am concerned.
von Rum is no great fan of universal voting. A five minute conversation with the average voter will dispel the myth that there is wisdom in “the will of the people”. Yet this time I urge any and all who can to vote for the candidate that brings not the most “change” but rather does the least damage. We cannot afford less.
von Rum
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