Buenos tardes todos! Well my day at work is finally coming to an end and I'm SO thankful for it. I was up early this morning running errands and have more things to do once I am done working. The only thing I am looking forward to is laying in my wonderful teeny bed when I go home. Needless to say, it has been and will continue to be a productive day. My co-worker, Peter, and I were chitchatting about the presidential debate coming up this next Monday (June 13th). He was very excited as he is quite the political enthusiast and I believe he is a very avid democrat just as the larger majority of the state of MinneSNOWta. (And by the way, it feel like we're living up to our true name today... it's barely 60 degrees- the complaints were a kickin' all this morning at the office. Joy.) Anyways, as we were discussing the debate with another staff member (I honestly don't know anyone's names. Sad, I've worked here since September), I began to realize I have literally NO clue who is running for president in the 2012 elections. Nor did I realize that it's nearly been four years since Obama has been in office. In the last elections, I did jump on the bandwagon (along with obviously the majority of our country) and voted for Obama. I will honestly say I am proud to say I did so. Not only did I support the fact that he was the first African-American to become president (I am half-black myself) but I believed our country was ready for a change. This step we took as a country was something so profound and guaranteed will change the rest of our elections for the future. I still do support Obama, although now the majority of his supporters do not, but I do think it's time for another round of change. As a country, we are sitting in a period of little change. We have HUGE issues here, people and they're not being taken seriously because our republican and democratic counterparts can never compromise with one another. I have strong views as a voter myself and I hope these presidential candidates have something actually legitimate and worthy to bring to the table. After chatting it up with my co-workers, I decided to do a little research myself. From what I found, there are quite a few republican candidates and that is what the debate will consist of on June 13th. To my surprise I actually found some candidates that may be worth keeping my eye on. Of all the Republicans, I agree with many of the viewpoints coming from Gary Johnson who is the former governor New Mexico. Some of his core political values consist of: pro-choice, pro-immigration, and pro-free trade. To top it off, he holds very oppositional views in comparison to his conservative Republican counterparts on topics such as drug legalization (ie, marijuana), foreign policy and civil liberties. Wow, so this guy... I definitely think is my kind of guy. I love that he has this pseudo-liberal mentality but he's a republican; pure genius. AMURican needs to take a better look at this guy, that's for sure. He's definitely one for change out of all the candidates I have researched. Sadly, he will not be involved with Monday's debate. According to Fox News (I was going to comment something here, but I decided to play it cool): "CNN said they would be applying ‘objective criteria'" within this debate so Johnson was not invited. Though he was a good sport about it. To Fox News, Johnson said: "What will be missing is the voice of those who hold an undiluted view of individual liberty... I sympathize with the millions of Americans whose beliefs will not be on display in Manchester on June 13." True that homeboy. To check out the news article for yourself I've attached the links below. Also, I'm attaching the official 2012 Presidential Candidate Web page as well. Hope y'all enjoy. Who do you think will be the best candidate? Of course, being so early in the elections I am not going to narrow down to just one candidate, I will definitely tune into the debate to see what the candidates do have to offer. It will be interesting to see two MinneSNOWtans on the podium as well: former governor Tim Pawlenty and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachman. Well that's all I have for now kiddos, sorry to get all political on you but it's something we all need to consider more often. After all, we are the PEOPLE!
Until next time....
---Alyce
Gary Johnson Excluded from June 13th Debate:
http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/06/03/gary-johnson-excluded-june-13-cnn-debate
2012 Presidential Candidates:
http://2012.presidential-candidates.org/
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