I'm sure you've all heard Republican candidate Mitt Romney's remarks
that "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president
no
matter what. There are 47 percent who
are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they
are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care
for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to
housing, to you name it."
More shocking than the fact that he apparently doesn't believe that all people are entitled to food and housing,
is the fact that he thinks his remarks are offensive simply because he
didn't phrase it well. He actually said, "It's not elegantly stated,
let me put it that way. I was speaking off
the cuff in response to a question."
I pay income taxes, unlike the people Mr. Romney disdains, but I still think everyone is entitled to food and housing. Our Lord commanded us to care for the poor, the sick, those in prisons. The Lord cares for all
Americans. Mr. Romney professes to, but he clearly doesn't. The rich
man in the Bible was unwilling to give up his possessions to help those
less fortunate and follow the Lord, and it seems Mr. Romney is the same
type of rich man. If those who have more are not going to help those
less fortunate as the Lord commanded, then government has to fill that
need. Should 47% of Americans live on the streets? Starve?
I can't even begin to express how disgusted I am with this man, and how scared I am that he just may get elected.
I'm not voting. I won't have it on my conscience that I voted for/endorsed either one of them. Things are only going to get worse.
ReplyDeleteI feel a duty to vote for the one I hope will do the least amount of damage, and pray for the moral issues that may still loom. I understand not wanting to participate, though, too. And it's too bad the third party candidates seem to have questionable views on moral issues, too...
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