confused, like, politically-wise

Dear Readers,

Sometimes I get so confused, like, politically-wise. You know?

Like, all of the politics get mixed up together and then I don't know what the truth is and sometimes I just don't know how to feel about particular politicians.

Like, just when I thought Obama was the AntiChrist for sure, he goes and does something I completely agree with. To wit: It looks like Obama's opening up the way to produce more domestic oil!

I never thought I would say this non-sarcastically, but... WAY TO GO, PRESIDENT OBAMA!

Drill baby drill!

But there could be something fishy about the whole thing... it could all be part of a dastardly Communist/Radical Muslim plot.

And I just want to say to you, Mr. Obama, that letting us do off-shore drilling is nice, but it doesn't make up for the health care tragedy, and it doesn't make up for the sneaky way you used a recess technique to appoint Craig Becker, and it doesn't make up for palling around with terrorists!

Back to my confusion, like, politically-wise... how is a little guy like me supposed to really find out about the inner workings of politics, anyway? I wish I could peer into the hearts of politicians and figure out if they were really truly conservative or not. I wish I had a Liahona that would lead me to the offices of the good politicians. Or I wish I had a Magic 8 Ball that really worked. If I had one of those things, I would use the Liahona/Magic 8 Ball on Mitt Romney.

Because, I hate to admit this, but sometimes I have doubts about Mitt Romney's true-blue conservativeness.

Well, Romney's conservative and fiscally responsible and right about everything, as far as I can tell, except for when it comes to one pesky little issue. And in fact it's not really a pesky little issue... it's more like a life-and-death, gigantic issue.

I'm talking about health care.

As many of you know, Mitt Romney helped implement a state-wide health care system when he was Governer of the hardest-to-spell state in the Union, Massachusetts.

Now, Mitt Romney says that his version of health care in Massachusetts and Obamacare are as different as night and day... to defend RomneyCare, Mitt is basically saying that

1) The people after Romney left office messed up his original plans.

2) The health care system in Massachusetts had to be fixed. It's not fiscally responsible to let people get a free ride at the hospital, so something had to be done. Mandating that everyone get health insurance actually lowered premiums for everyone, because it made sure that everybody was actually paying their bills.

3) RomneyCare was done in a transparent, bipartisan way.

4) RomneyCare focused on health care only- it didn't take over the student loan industry or do anything else crazy like Obamacare does.

5) RomneyCare worked well in the labratory of the particular state he was in- the system is not suitable for an entire country to adopt.

6) RomneyCare was not a government takeover, nor did it lead to a government takeover, but rather it supported competition among private companies offering health insurance.

Of course I'm probably misrepresenting his message, but you can read his official stuff in other official places.

I mostly buy Mitt's arguments, but still, I'm skeptical. I think RomneyCare was a step in the wrong direction... I feel like it was like a foot in the door to bigger government, which isn't always a bad thing, but still, um... if you can believe what you read in the paper, according to some people, RomneyCare is now another big government beauracracy doing bad things to the economy in Massachusetts.

Another bad thing about Mitt Romney is he endorsed John McCain instead of JD Hayworth. That really bugs me. But it is important to point out that Mitt Romney is not actively campaigning for John McCain, he's not doing fundraisers for him or anything, but rather, Mitt just casually endorses McCain, in passing. (That's what I tell myself so I can sleep better, anyway.)

Still, even though Mitt Romney endorses John McCain, and even though he did some messed-up health care stuff in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney still has my support.

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa