It may not seem like it, but I try to keep the politics to a minimum. I have very strong opinions and a propensity to curse like a sailor when riled, so you know . . .
My brunch yesterday included some very strong Republicans, one Republican for Obama, and a bunch of like-minded Democrats. Politics was brought up once (by the Republican for Obama) and I steered the conversation elsewhere. Had that party happened after the secret video release from Romney's fundraiser, I could not have kept my mouth shut.
Are you f**cking kidding me, Mitt Romney? To hear a man who has never even walked in the shadow of being hungry speak so disdainfully and be so begrudging towards a young mother who needs help feeding her children. I found it disgusting.
I am a woman who has never, in my adult life, collected unemployment, used food stamps or required housing assistance. I don't think the government OWES me anything. I pay my fair share and then some. Willingly.
How did I become the woman in the paragaph above?
My single mother got welfare--food stamps, housing assistance, job training and Head Start for her kids. She went on to become a taxpayer who contributed quite a bit to the government. Look, she didn't KNOW she was marrying a loser baby-daddy until she already had two kids. It happens.
I don't think Obama is perfect; not by a longshot. I do believe he is trying and I also KNOW that I do not want to live in Romney's America.
As long as I'm ranting (it's my blog and I can rant if I want to, right?), I have to share a link to this video that I think women of any political party will enjoy.*
I will be back tomorrow, not as angry. Probably.
*I cannot get the link to work. This is the website, Full Frontal Freedom (totally worth checking out) It's the video on the home page with the hot guys in swimsuits.