Change?

Over the last week, the Republican Party has attempted to assert themselves as the party of change in 2008. Do they really think that America is that stupid? While Congress has been controlled by Democrats for the past two years, the White House and Capitol Hill have been under heavy Republican influence for the majority of the last eight years. But if you listen to Mitt "Mittens" Romney, he would have you believe that we are living under some "liberal" Washington. You know, the "liberal" Supreme Court that gave prisoners in Guantanamo Bay rights? The "liberal" President who got us involved in a war that had absolutely nothing to do with either weapons of mass destruction or 9/11? Man, they really must have fooled us. All along, I thought we were being led by conservatives. Thank goodness we have people like John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani to let us know that they are going to take back Washington from...themselves.

Seriously America. Do you find it funny that the Republicans are suddenly the party of change when they've tried to denigrate a candidate because of his promise of change? Do you really think that the last eight years are the result of liberals controlling our policies? To steal a line from Gob Bluth...COME ON! If you are really happy with the last eight years in terms of politics, then you have no reason to vote for Barack Obama. Then again, you are probably profiting off of some policy that was either established by the Bush administration or expanded by it. However, if you feel like the last eight years were not what you were expecting out of a leader, then I think the choice is pretty clear. The burden of proof is on John McCain and Sarah Palin to explain how they are the party that will change Washington. And up until this point, they have done nothing of the sort.

John McCain used to be the kind of politician that I respected. If I had my choice, he probably would've been the President in 2000. I apologize to my fellow Democrats, but it is the truth. However, in the period of just one year, he has succumbed to the Republican base and essentially lost everything that made me respect him as a politician. What was once a viable alternative to George W. Bush is now his spitting image. And why is that? Because the Republican Party did not like him as a candidate until he started following the party line. This "Maverick" has become nothing but a pawn. Sarah Palin is clearly a brilliant pick for the party, but it is apparent that McCain is now ready to do whatever it takes to become the President and that means selling out at any point necessary. Remember how he pledged to keep this a clean race? Yeah. That's no different than the assertion that Obama promised to take public financing and then decided against that. In both cases, you had politicians who realized that it would not be in their best interests to follow through. Yet somehow Obama's situation is more indicative that he is not fit to lead. If you are going to criticize one for not keeping a promise, you must criticize the other. And that is what is not happening in this country right now. You have a Republicn Party that is crying foul that the media is not giving them a fair shake. And yet somehow, they are allowed to blatantly lie about the positions of their opposition without repercussion. Once again...COME ON!

The Republicans are trying to play us again and this time around, they have even less of a hand than they had in 2000 and 2004. Rudy Giuliani mentioned that he was upset at how infrequently the Democrats mentioned 9/11 during their convention. So what? 9/11 was absolutely tragic. Everyone will agree with that. However, this country has many more pressing issues than a terrorist attack that occured almost 7 years ago. For Rudy "I was the mayor of NYC during 9/11" Giuliani to bring that up shows how desperate the Republicans are this year. They are once again trying to prey on the fears of the American public. Why else would he make that comment about the Democrats? His point is that in not constantly talking about 9/11, the Democrats are somehow less capable of protecting our country.

Let us not allow this sort of politics to continue. We are more intelligent than that and we should not be played. This is way more important than Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative and pro-life or pro-choice. This is about where our country has been and where we must go. I can only hope that when that Tuesday in November comes, this country will decide that enough is enough.