Blog #1

Rick Perry for President

    Promises, promises, promises.... This is what we hear during the election time from the candidate elects, and looking at what they have to say, we don’t really know what to believe.  I want to believe that “Rick Perry will get government out of the way so we can get America working again” (Rick Perry, 2012).  Health care is very near and dear to my heart, because I am going to be attending nursing school.  Perry’s view on health care is that we must stimulate the job field so more companies can provide health benefits for their employees (Rick Perry, 2012).  I think this is a brilliant idea, because if people are receiving health benefits through their employers, then maybe there would be a decrease in the amount of people receiving aid from the state and the federal agencies.  Rick Perry stands firmly on the idea of pro-life (Rick Perry, 2012).  It is my opinion that the mother should have the right to choose.  So it would be on this issue that I would be at odds with Mr. Perry.  I think it should be up to the woman to choose.  I know a friend who was faced with the issue of a lifetime, knowing that her baby would die shortly after birth.  She didn’t have an abortion because she didn’t believe it was the right thing to do, but I think it is so IMPORTANT that she have a CHOICE in the matter.  Her daughter died immediately after birth, which was very sad, but the situation was her choice.  I think as we look at the presidential candidates, we need to carefully look at their stands on social issues, and see what we believe in, and what the candidates believe in as well.

Works Cited 

"Rick Perry for President 2012." Rick Perry for President 2012. 16 Jan. 2012. Web. 04 Feb. 2012. <http://www.rickperry.org/issues/>.