Why I Voted for Mitt Romney

As this election finally is here and I have cast my vote for the Republican candidate, I will try to communicate the reason that I voted the way I did.

Let’s look at the incumbent:

In foreign policy, the last four years have been disastrous, embarrassing and deadly.  President Obama has bowed before foreign leaders, apologized for the things that make this country great, and alienated our allies.  The Fast and Furious scandal which cost at least one border patrol agent his life would have sunk any other president who did not have the cooperation of the main stream media.  The stonewalling and covering up has been shameful.  The fact that we are now closer allies with the Muslim Brotherhood than we are with the nation of Israel is dangerous to the stability of the Middle East and the peace of the world.  The Benghazi incident, where four Americans (including our Ambassador) were killed in cold blood, would be laughable if it wasn’t so tragic.  The fact that our President, Secretary of State, and other Administration Officials fabricated a story about a spontaneous protest over an anti-Muslim movie and then used it as an excuse for the reprehensible murder of American citizens, is beyond the pale of acceptable conduct.  Criminal charges should be brought against those who knew what was happening and refused to help.  Those, including the President, who perpetuated this cover up should be fired or impeached.

Our domestic policy is even more of a concern.  The economy has fallen off the edge of a cliff and I am not sure we can get it back.  It’s not just about gas prices or the unemployment rate.  Those are bad enough.  It is about this idea that we can just print more money (QE infinity) and somehow that will get us out of the current recession that we are in.  That has never worked in history.  It didn’t work in prewar Germany or in South America, and it won’t work now.  We may have already gone too far to ever get it back.  I know.  It’s all George Bush’s fault.  Silly me!  There comes a time when the President has to take responsibility for what he has done.  Blaming someone else is not leadership.

All of these combined would be reason enough to vote against the incumbent.  Four more years of his type of leadership may lead to the downfall of the country we know and love.  I do not believe that is an alarmist or extreme prediction.  It is just the simple truth.  But the title of this article is “Why I Voted for Mitt Romney” not “Why I Voted against President Obama.”  The reason that I voted for Romney is summed up in the number 55,000,000.  55 million babies killed due to abortion since the inception of Roe vs Wade.  This holocaust is going to be judged by history as something that will define our culture.  I am a pro-life voter.  What a candidate believes about the value and source of human life, tells me a lot about what he/she believes about a lot of other issues.  Some would say, “You can’t be a one issue voter!”  I can and I am.  To me this issue far overshadows every other issue.  I cannot and will not vote for a candidate who refuses to protect the life of the most innocent and helpless in our culture.  God is the Author of life and only He has the right to end it.  Therefore, I did cast my vote for Mitt Romney. 

To my pro-abortion friends, I want to say that you are my friend and I care for you.  As far as I am concerned we will continue to be friends.  I will never change my mind on this issue, so it will do us no good to argue about it.  I have heard all of the defenses and I reject them all.  I understand that you may as feel strongly on the other side of this issue as I do on this side.  I will pray that God changes your mind because I cannot.

Tomorrow it will all be over and decided (Thank God!).  My prayer is that God will turn this country back to Himself, whoever wins.