A Different Kind of Election Requires a Different Kind of Voter

According to the press, the election is pretty much over.  The Democrats apparently pulled off a "brilliant" convention, Obama got a slight bounce from it and now they are ready to drop the confetti and pull out the Greek columns.

They almost seem bored to have to still talk about Mitt Romney.

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The media's love affair with our president is baffling.  Isn't their role to inform and hold our leaders accountable for their actions?  Accountability? Anyone? Anyone?  

We are less than 2 months from a pivotal election and our president's record remains a disaster.  The media's reaction?  The press is more obsessed with holding Mitt Romney accountable for his "lackluster" campaign than they seem willing to hold the president accountable for 4 years of failures.

Totally irresponsible.

What is his record again?

• This president is credited with the slowest recovery on record.  
• During his presidency, millions of people continue to drop out of the middle class and are now living in poverty.   
• This president failed to keep his promise to reduce the deficit in half in his first term.  He didn't--he doubled it. 
• The president has lead without listening.  (It is important to remember that when the stimulus bill was devised, it did not include one single proposal from the GOP House leadership.  Not one).
• This president leads with a complete lack of bipartisanship.  (His unprecedented overhaul of our health care system passed without one Republican vote).
• This president has demonstrated a blatant willingness to bypass Congress with Executive Orders in order to push his agenda--namely changes to immigration laws.  
• The president pushed an unprecedented $800 billion dollar stimulus bill and it failed to stimulate our economy.  (It is known that Obama's highest campaign donors and worker's unions benefitted tremendously from the stimulus money--our tax dollars).
• Unemployment remains over 8% for an unthinkable 43 months straight.

These are the highlights of Obama's first term.  This record is a disaster.

Obama is now asking for a second term without any specifics as to why it would be any different than the disaster of his first and all the press wants to discuss is Mitt Romney's campaign mistakes?

Where is the demand for accountability?  Where is the outrage?  Where is the disgust?

The headlines?  The press continues to mock Conservatives for being "angry" and ridicules Conservatives for becoming "demoralized."

It is a joke.

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As I have mentioned before, we must never forget that on Obama's third day in office, he met with Congressional leaders to discuss the details of his stimulus bill.  Republican leaders were concerned about the cost of the stimulus bill, the burden on tax payers and skepticism that it would even create jobs.

Obama's response?  He looked right at Eric Cantor, the House Majority leader and brazenly said, "Elections have consequences.  I won."

The president was right about one thing, elections do have consequences.  And the consequences of this election will be even greater than any other in our lifetime.

This election matters.  This election has consequences. And since this election is different, it will a different kind of supporter.

I am convinced that a "Mitt Romney Victory" requires more than just a vote.

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The media would like to silence our outrage and continue to portray us as extreme and out-of-touch and "dangerous" because we want to restore fiscal discipline to Washington.  The press wants us to be demoralized.

We shouldn't stand for it.  So what do we do about it?

We need to become more vocal.  Our presence needs to be stronger.  We need to strengthen the grassroots efforts in our communities.  We need bumper stickers on our cars.  And we need to respectfully remind our neighbors as often as possible that our president has failed us.  He was wrong about being able to help us and we can't risk waiting to find out if he is wrong---again.

(Click here for ways to become this type of presence in your community).

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The press refuses to hold our president accountable---but Mitt Romney will.  The press wants to silence and mock our positions---we shouldn't stand for it.  We need to show that our love of country is stronger and more powerful than the press's love affair with our president.

This election will require more of each of us---will we give it?

I think it is time to ask ourselves, what am I really doing to reclaim my voice in this election?