I share all the principles, values, and views that you have. I only disagree with your decision to not vote - though I fully acknowledge that it is your right and privilege.
I have friends who voted for Obama for many good reasons. All regret it because they didn’t forsee the consequences. Hindsight is 20/20.
I think the potential consequences of giving Obama another 4 years may bring you - and many others - to the same regret.
As citizens, we cannot ultimately determine who we have to choose from....but once the person is chosen, we have to pick the lesser of two evils. It’s a citizen’s duty. It’s not the church picking a pastor, or some equivalent role. While Romney was politically the lesser of two evils, I believe he is a good man, a wise man, a man of integrity - all things that Obama is not.
I agree it’s the difference between running toward the cliff at 50mph vs. 100mph. But running at 50mph gives more time to possibly later change the direction of the beast.
Obama for 4 more years could just be the end of our nation - in many different ways.....
I did vote. I just didn’t vote for either of the two leading candidates. Unlike you, I never came to the conclusion that Romney was the lesser of the two evils. I think they are equally bad. The concerns I outlined in post 50 about Romney are serious concerns.
His free trade policy could have worse results than Obama’s complete lack of a plan. Romney’s homosexual activism has already done more harm than Obama has on the matter. His Mormonism in the presidential role model is a serious concern. You call him honest, but I see his record as well as his campaign manager openly talking about etch-a-sketching campaign positions. Romney’s credibility is no better than Obama’s in my opinion.
Those aren’t small concerns. I really don’t know which is the lesser evil. If I had voted for either one and they won I would definitely have had buyers remorse in the morning.