The Old Jarhead: Here I Stand

Here I Stand

Robert A. Hall

I will not vote for president for a life-long liberal progressive.

I will not vote for a man who said he was completely pro-choice and supported partial birth abortion, and still supports Planned Parenthood.

I will not vote for a man who said the illegal immigrant "Dreamers" had convinced him.

I will not vote for a man who supports big government taking a person's home to benefit another private party.

I will not vote for a man who trashed presidents Reagan and Bush every chance he got.

I will not vote for a man who contributed to the election campaigns of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton and Rahm Emmanuel.

I will not vote for a man who praised Obama and said he would be better than Bush.

I will not vote for a man who supported Obama’s 2009 stimulus, TARP, and the 2008 auto bailout.

I will not vote for a man who supports Socialist single-payer health care.

I will not vote for a man who has praised "his friend" Hillary Clinton on many occasions and said she was doing a great job.

I will not vote for a man who is opposed to free trade. It was Hoover signing the Smoot-Hawley bill that collapsed world trade and locked in the great depression, which was only a recession at that point.

I will not vote for a man who contributed to Ed Koch for mayor of NY, but said he turned against Koch because Koch wouldn't do him a favor.

I will not vote for a man who said he would come down hard on alcohol, limiting individual freedom with the nanny state.

I will not vote for a man who said that the Democrats were better than the Republicans on immigration, because the Republicans were "mean spirited" to immigrants, who supported a path to citizenship for them , and who reported that he employed many illegals.

I will not vote for a man who as a "businessman" has stiffed his creditors through four business bankruptcies and who would have more money today if he had put his inherited wealth into an S&P index fund.

I will not vote for a man who said he will keep the deal with Iran.

I will not vote for a man who claimed Al Sharpton and Don King as friends.

I will not vote for a man who was for pulling out of Iraq before Obama was, which would have created ISIS sooner. A man who embraces the left wing "Bush lied, people died" talking points.

I will not vote for a man who far-left economist Paul Krugman said is right on economic issues.

I will not vote for a man who said military boarding school was tougher than military service.

I will not vote for a man who said sex is "my personal Vietnam - I'm like a great and brave soldier"

I will not vote for a man who was so inconsistent in his beliefs that he changed parties several times.

I will not vote for a man who, after first supporting Israel, now says he'll be "neutral" in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

I will not vote for a man who said he would appoint his sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, to the Supreme Court – even though she has ruled in favor of partial birth abortion.

I will not vote for a man who said Oprah(!) would be a great vice president.

I will not vote for a man who had the Clintons at his last wedding and who was urged to run by Bill Clinton.

I will not vote for a man who has praised EPA Chief Lisa Jackson.

I will not vote for Donald Trump.

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Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming Collapse of the American Republic. http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=booksandie=UTF8andqid=1304815980andsr=1-5 For a free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s eleven books are listed here: http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-book-published.html. His blog of political news and conservative comment is www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com.