Jason Lamberton’s Manifesto

Why am I a Republican?

I grew up Democrat, typical for someone who grew up in a predominantly Democratic demographical area – the Bay Area in California. One example of how liberal that area is, that region was one of the only areas in the entire state that voted to keep Gov. Gray Davis in lieu of Arnold Schwarzenegger, our beloved Governator.

I actually voted for Al Gore in 2000! Sometimes my friends chide me for the fact that I used to bash Bush, but to be frank, September 11 woke me up. I started asking myself why certain people hate us so much to do what they did. I started embracing and devouring history. I could not get my hands on enough books. History Channel became one of my favorite channels, and instead of ESPN, I started watching the various news programs. I learned a lot and had a good feel of the pulse of the world’s happenings… I found myself supporting our President. I realized that is a patriotic thing to do, to support our President, and of course to dissent when you honestly disagree on some issues. I forgot all about Democrats and Republicans.

Then, the primaries began. The various Democratic candidates quickly jockeyed for position, with Howard Dean commanding an early lead as a zealously vocal anti-war candidate. That is exactly what propelled him to his quick lead, because the sizable number of anti-war and pacifist citizens’ voices finally found a home. I also kept my eye on John Kerry, as I have known about him for quite a while, since the days of Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole. He always had this condescending, vain attitude, and I always had this whiff of him being an opportunist. He had this “droopy” look whenever he was interviewed on various news shows, with this monotonous attitude. The John Kerry I see today is completely different, a completely energized, electrified, Botoxed and orange-tinted. With all these years of watching him, I cannot really tell you what that man stands for. For various politicians, such as Gingrich, Dole, etc, I could tell you what I really thought their true stances were. As the campaign fired up, I saw him literally transform. It made me sick. I really hoped that some other candidate would ultimately become the nominee, such as Wesley Clark, John Edwards, or Joe Lieberman, but no, it had to be Kerry! I really believe that these other candidates gave the Americans a real, viable choice in opposition to George Bush. John Kerry is just a great unknown, with serious charges already harming his credibility. When I weigh Bush vs. Kerry, Kerry has no real weight that can really tip the scales away from Bush, with the great weight of incumbency already on Bush’s side. Realistically, Bush’s Big Picture is not so bad, and the Democrats have no credibility when they accuse Bush of being a liar, they need to show that they are more truthful first. .

The Democrats’ collective bloody howls for the skin of President Bush and their baseless accusations, it is a whole mess that the Dean Democrats got the Democratic party into. It became an embarrassment. I started actually learning what Republicans really stood for. It was not hard for me to update my voter registration to a Republican. It just made sense. Republicans are staunchly capitalistic.

Capitalism is what is motivating me to create the technologies that will propel the Deaf onto the next level. I am starting with educational software for the Deaf because that has the most purpose, to nurture our children. The education system is a failed one. It has worked under neither Democrat nor Republican administrations, so fuck the Democrats and Republicans, we have to keep the fate of Deaf Education in our hands. I will not be pompous here, but I do sincerely hope that some significant revenues will eventually be seen, because I assure you, if any financial windfall comes, which is the driving force of capitalism, endowments will be made to ensure the successful development of Deaf children all over, regardless of being born to Deaf or hearing parents. That is probably the only way to fight the proliferation of the forcible cochlear implanting of innocent children. Significant amounts of money have to be put up to create a counterbalance to the Alexander Graham Bell Society, to be able to “purchase” TV commercials showing the pitfalls of CI’s. There can be no more powerful medium to TELL and SHOW every household in America, and ultimately, the world, that the Deaf knows what is the best for their education and the future. The commercial could say “All parents, desperate to find a solution for your hearing-impaired, er, Deaf kid? Call 1 800 ASL-SIGN.” Commercials cost lots of money, and if I happen to make a lot of money as a result of my inventions, I promise you, I will put up the money necessary to do something like that whenever it is possible to do so.
That is the Republican way of thinking. But, I will continue doing this regardless of who wins. It is not that Democrats will prevent me from doing so, but Republicans inspire me to do so.
There are a whole lot of issues that weigh the balances between the Democrats and Republicans, such as the economy, environment, education, jobs, health care, foreign policy, and so on. The pages keep on multiplying when I continue doing my research, getting down to the bottom of things. So, I am going to divide it up to relevant issues and spread it out over several days, so y’all don’t have to read it at all once!

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