How has society fallen so far from what it is supposed to be? How have we failed in such an abject manner? What I mean by this is that we seem to encourage people to be judgmental now. It seems to be OK to automatically put people in sections or categories as soon as you meet them: “He’s thick”, “he’s shy”, “he’s this” and so on. Why do we always have to define people and make them conform to what society says they must be, in order to be happy? Everyone is different in character, and everyone has different difficulties in life, which may make them not exactly like you. Stop judging those who are different and get to know them. We need to learn that this world is not a one size fits all place. Different people have different problems that they are trying to overcome, and it’s only when we come together and start trying to help each other with a hug and a smile, that we’ll really start to see a better world. So forget all your pet causes, all your donating 2 pounds a month to this or that charity. Give someone a hug or a pat on the back, and listen to his or her problems and give advice. Don’t drag people down with hurtful comments, pick them up with friendship and try to understand them. Being misunderstood is probably the biggest problem in the world at the moment.

This election should not be about partisanship. It should be about freedom and the belief that we the people know better how to run our own lives, not Washington bureaucrats. Over the past 4 years of a democratic controlled congress, we have seen the deficit spiral out of control. We have seen the government take control of 1/6^th of the economy with their Healthcare reform bill that mandates you to have government approved insurance policies – whether you want it, need it, or not. We have seen a stimulus bill that was supposed to stop unemployment from going above 8%. It now stands at 9.6%. This is not the America that the founding fathers intended to see. After all, it is not an American value for a political party to put off a vote on the tax code till after the mid-term elections – causing incredible uncertainty for American businesses and American families.

Some say that it is too soon to ‘throw out’ the democrats, that it’s still “all the fault of President Bush”. While one must agree that former President Bush must take some of the blame for the economic climate, it is naïve to suggest that the Democrats haven’t played a large part in the downturn as well. It is true that he lead the Republican Party down the wrong path of high government spending. However, as aforementioned, the Democratic Party has had the majority in both houses for the past 4 years and have an abundant amount of time to pass legislation they want. And what have we got since the democrats got power? Higher unemployment, bigger government and higher taxes if the Bush tax cuts aren’t renewed. In the end, what I’m trying to say here is that the honeymoon period for the democrats is over. It’s time for them to start taking responsibility for their actions and realise that big government policies don’t work and are not something that the vast majority of Americans support.

It is true that Republicans quite simply blew it when they last had a majority in congress, with big spending legislation such as No Child Left Behind and other such bills. But a new, strong sense of true conservatism has emerged. Republicans have realised that they won’t get any votes by embracing the failed big spending economic policies of the democrats and that only true small government conservatism of low taxes, low spending and a strong national defence will get them the vote and support of the American people. It is for this reason that I urge everyone who reads this and can vote, to vote Republican in tomorrow. Freedom is what America needs to get itself back on track, not more government and more bureaucracy