One Canadian's Unsolicited Opinion

The US election tomorrow will decide the fate of more than the US in terms of economy and international affairs. In many respects, the rest of us, especially those of us here in Canada, are hostage to a process we cannot influence because when the US economy tanks, so does ours. So, on the off-chance my views will influence still undecided voters or even Republicans who are heartily sick of being dictated to by the very far right Tea Party, here's how I see it:

I think it would be utterly ridiculous to choose Romney over Obama. The Republican policies CAUSED the problems we're barely crawling out of economically and Romney wants to reinstitute them, including deregulating the banking industry which terrifies me. Romney has no clue about international affairs and in terms of taxes, he clearly cares only about the rich. He did NOT deliver on his promises of jobs or lowering taxes, etc when Governor of Mass., he backs idiots who deny evolution, climate change and think rape is somehow in God's plan, and he's reversed his position/lied too many times to count -- not to mention that he'll cut programs which support middle class and the poor, sick, unemployed etc etc in favour of supporting his rich cronies.

Obama, on the other hand, has made great progress in turning the economy around after the worst economic crash since the Great Depression. He has created a ton of jobs, saved the auto industry, saved a lot of people from losing their homes, has a solid plan for medicare, has introduced health care policies that will actually benefit people and protect them from ruthless insurance companies only interested in profit. Plus, Obama is extremely effective and respected internationally and, oh, yeah, he also ended Bin Laden's reign of terror.

How ANYONE could vote for Romney is a total mystery to me. How women could vote Republican this year in particular, given their evident contempt for women's rights, is totally beyond my understanding.