I Love My Country, and I Fear For It.

In response to a series of comments made by my peers, high school students in Boone County, Indiana:
     

     Ms. Bray, I agree with you on the issue of Romney's disparagement of gay and lesbian Americans, but your view on our current President may be a bit skewed. President Obama has done more for this country than any President since the Reagan administration. Wait, Reagan? Wasn't he a republican? He sure was.

      

     There is tragedy afoot in this nation my friend. Why? Because we've become so caught up in fighting with and for the Republican or the Democrat that we've forgotten to adjust our eyes so that we might to see what truly matters, the American. I know its an unfamiliar notion, but we have to start focusing on the candidate that will do the most good for this nation's people. Republican or Democrat is a secondary issue. Now, Mr. Keller, I'm really not sure what is the best response to your disrespect towards our President, so I'll just proceed using the best logic I can. Our "S*** President," as you called him, is a great man that has done far more for you as an individual than Governor Romney ever could. Let's look at this hypothetically. Why don't we say that you're on a hunting trip the day after your private health insurance has expired? Now, late in the afternoon a beautiful 10-point buck walks through one of your shooting lanes. You take aim, pull the trigger, and the barrel splits, leaving you severely maimed. How will you pay for this? Your private insurance has just run out and your family’s money situation is a little rocky right now. Thanks to President Obama your are fully covered for the visit and all treatments that will follow. What do you think Governor Romney would say? I’m not much of a gambler, but if I were, I’d put my money on, “Get a job.”

    

      Ms. Bray, Mr. Keller, we are the youth, and therefore the future, of this nation. We must hold firm in the belief that knowledge is power and educate ourselves accordingly on matters like politics and other worldly affairs. In just a few years this place will be all ours. Don’t you think it might be smart to fight with each other, rather than against?