Speedmusings: How do you vote?

Friday, April 24, 2009

How do you vote?

How do you vote? No, I'm not asking what sort of machine or paper is used in the process of voting, but rather what guides to your vote?

Personally, my beliefs guide me. I'm a Christian, pure and simple. I use the base of morals that have been instilled in me by the Almighty and His book, the Bible. There's a very short list of validation criteria for my vote regarding candidates:

Does the party this person support issues that I don't support?
Does this individual support issues that I don't support?

If the individual "survives" this extremely short list of questions ,then do they pass the following tests:

Do they have a political history that I can review and deduce their stance on issues not addressed in the campaign?
Do they have a political history that I can review and deduce their stance on issues addressed in the campaign?
Do I feel they're trustworthy?
Are they fiscally responsible?
Do they have a realistic understanding of the real world, or are they ivory tower types?

I simply find it amazing and completely mystifying that folks voted as they did in the last election. I just cannot understand it. Granted, Senator McCain was not the optimal choice. I feel like Mitt Romney would have been a far better choice. Instead, the Republican party decided that the Senator from Arizona with a distinct center-left stance was best.

In talking with folks that voted for President Obama I find that they wanted a change. Or, perhaps that they'd get free college. Or perhaps they'd get something for "free." When pressed on the serious issues of the campaign (war, terrorists, financial issues, etc.), most if not all of these folks give me the deer in the headlights stare. They don't have an answer.

I'm a firm believer in the fact that most Americans base their votes on not much more than the color of the persons clothes and how well they speak. I'd much rather have a strong candidate that believes in "small voice/big stick," than one that can give great speeches to folks and then fall apart under pressure.

On another note, I don't in any way hope that President Obama fails. For him to fail could lead the country to fail. I do pray for him, daily. I pray that he will use wisdom in decision making, and that he will choose the proper course for this country.

Oh for this country to judge folks based upon the content of their character and not the color of their skin. What bliss that would be.

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A Public Faith 978-1-58743-298-9
A Spirituality of the Road 1-57910-795-8
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Adam 978-1-59554-611-1
American Lion 978-1-4000-6325-3
Anthropological Insights for Missionaries 801042917
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Decision Points 978-0-307-59061-9
Deuternomy 978-0-8308-4281-0
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Erasing Hell 978-0-7814-0725-0
Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God 978-0-8308-3412-9
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Foundational Issues in Christian Education 978-0-8010-3593-7
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Jesus Calling 978-1-5914-5188-4
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Judges and Ruth 978-0-8308-4207-0
Leading Across Cultures 978-0-8308-2578-3
Leading Change 978-0-87584-747-4
Leading Cross-Culturally 978-0-8010-3605-7
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach 978-0-7879-5967-8
Leviticus 978-0-8308-4203-2
Liberty Defined 978-1-4555-0144-1
Many Colors 978-0-8024-5048-7
Micro 978-0-06-087302-8
New Birth or Rebirth 978-1-60142-319-1
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Numbers 978-0-8308-4204-9
Obsessed 978-1-59554-078-2
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Organizational Culture and Leadership
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Rise to Rebellion 0-345-42753-X
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Taking Learning to Task 978-0-7879-5227-3
The Brief Against Obama 978-1-4555-1630-8
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Against All Gods 978-0-8308-3738-0
American Assassin 978-1-4165-9518-2
April 1865 978-0-06-089968-4
Be The People 978-0-8499-4828-2
Bonhoeffer 978-1-5955-5138-2
Christ and Culture 970-0-06-130003-5
Church History in Plain Language 978-0-7180-2553-3
Concise History of the Crusades 978-0-7425-3823-8
Damned Women – Puritan New 978-0-8014-8611-1
God Wins 978-1-4143-6666-1
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Has Christianity Failed You? 978-0-310-36955-7
Hearing God 978-0-8308-2226-3
Heaven's Wager 849942411
Hungry for God 978-0-310-33207-7
Invitation to World Missions 978-0-8254-3883-7
John Calvin and Evangelical Theology 978-0-664-23346-4
King Leopold's Ghost 978-0-618-00190-3
Knowing God 978-0-8308-1650-7
Love Wins 978-0-06-204964-3
Love Your God with all Your Heart 1-57683-016-0
Luther the Reformer 978-0-8006-3597-8
Mastermind 978-1-59523-072-0
Nearing Home 978-0-8499-4832-9
New Testament Textual Criticism 0-8010-1074-8
No Less than Victory 978-0-345-49793-2
Origins of Life 1-57683-344-5
Perspectives on the Doctrine of God 978-080543060-8
Poems - A. M. Klein
Poems with a Purpose C. H. Lightbourn
Practicing His Presence 978-0940232013
Prophetic Untimeliness 0-8010-1260-0
Rare Earth 0-387-98701-0
Revolutions in Generosity 978-0-8024-6753-9
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger 0-8499-4530-5
Sabbath 978-0-8499-4604-2
Sailing the Wine Dark Sea 0-385-49554-4
Saint Thomas Aquinas 978-1450516358
Salem Possessed 978-0-674-78526-7
Scouting the Divine 978-0-310-29122-0
The Final Storm 978-0-345-49794-9
The Global God 0-8010-2163-4
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