Scrutinizing the GOP breaks the enchantment

The latest three days I have had the opportunity to watch and listen to the Republican National Convention. In front of the huge patriotic crowds filled with cowboy hats and American flags have the well-prepared and carefully elected speakers presented their view on the world and the present president.

The praise was not overwhelming, as expected. All Republicans argued that the President Obama had failed brutally. What the country needed was, in their perspective, someone who understood business. Someone who valued the American culture and had a clearer foreign policy in accordance with the American standpoints. Someone who, instead of raising taxes, would spur the economic growth in the country and create jobs. Someone like Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney held during the convent’s final evening his speech, accepting the nomination. The speech was in no manners bad. Romney gave a pragmatic impression and emphasized his experience in business. He presented his life story in a humble way to strengthen the recognition factor, and he turned to the women to win their support. Even I, in the heat of the moment, couldn’t disagree with the fact that many of his arguments seemed fair.

However, as one scrutinizes the true political standpoints behind Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the enchantment is broken.   

First, the social issues. The GOP opposes government-funded health care. Also the Democrats see the importance of competition in health care for development and concurrence. This has historically provided America with great front-edge competence when it comes to advanced surgery and medical knowledge. However, what America lacks today, is a well-functioning health care system for all citizens. This is necessary for a modern country - it is everyone’s right to receive the health care they need now and the preventing health care that will stop the deceases even before they become the case for an elite doctor. Romney and Ryan are against gay marriage, as well as abortion. Enforcing these policies would be a step backwards, instead of forward.

Second, the environmental aspects. In contrast with President Obama, Mitt Romney does not see the environmental issues ad a top priority. Saying that America will be energy independent in 2020 means continuing drilling oil and gas and not taking sufficient long-term environmental decisions.

Third, the foreign policy. In his speech, Romney praised Obama for him ending the life of Osama bin Laden; however, he accused him for being too nice to China and Russia, for not handling the tensions with Iran and for not interfering in Syria. The Syria part I might agree on, the world should interfere. However, it is not America’s responsible only. Saying that “the world should be more like America” is not always the right approach. The patriots of the country needs to realize that different countries have different paths toward liberal democracy and freedom, overthrowing dictators and enforcing elections is not always the right way to go. Obama is more humble in his international relations, necessary today in the more and more globalized world where countries will have to cooperate. America acting as the world police belong to the past, America being an important part of the modern world is what belongs to today.

I could come up with many more arguments, and that is what I will do in this blog the following months before the Presidential Election in the United States of America.  I will not show my support to President Obama by donating money, I will show my support by arguing for the politics of the Democratic Party.