Elementary School Politics?

Remember that campaign for student council president back in fifth grade? A handful of your peers would give a speech in front of the entire school about what they can do to make your school experience better if you vote for them? I specifically remember the promises of our student council president in fifth grade. You know why? He promised us a pool. A SWIMMING POOL! How can you not vote for the kid that is going to pull the strings necessary so that we can all go swimming at recess. Needless to say, there was no pool.

The reason for that reference is because there always has to be one person in a presidential race that has to be 'that guy'. Who is it this year? None other than former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. While John McCain was acknowledging that the Michigan economy is in bad shape and needs to evolve and find new ways to survive given the current state of the auto industry, Mitt Romney promises that he will revive the auto industry and bring back the glory days. The suckers in Michigan apparently ate it all up. Romney won the primary. Never mind that he was once a vocal proponent of aggressive fuel efficiency standards, which is against the interest of the auto industry. Given how often Romney changes his mind, who knows what he really thinks.

Of course, Romney is now in South Carolina promising to enact policies to revive their struggling textile industry. Here we go again.

I am disappointed that the citizens in the great state of Michigan fell for Romney's bullshit. He may be the son of a former Michigan governor, but he cannot be trusted to act in the best interest of Michiganders or Americans. I know that I usually don't vote Republican, but I really hope that the Republican nominee is at least someone I can respect, even if I don't agree with their presidential platform.