The Laughing Wolf

To Those Candidates Who Believe The End

Justifies the means:

I am a voter who believes in the Republic and in fulfilling my civic responsibility to same. While you have abrogated all ethical, moral, and legal responsibilities to the same, I chose not to. I will vote, I will encourage others to vote, and I will cheerfully point out people like you so that you can be held up for ridicule and rejection.

To Those Who Do Get It:

If you want my vote, focus on the issues. Tell me where you stand on the War, you know, the war against fantasy ideology and those who would impose a stone age culture on the world. Those who would destroy our way of life, and cheerfully kill every male, female, or child that disagrees with them. Those who can brook no doubt, dissension, or any example that life could be better.

Tell me where you stand on the economy. What are your plans for taxation, tax breaks, encouraging economic growth, in fostering small to medium businesses. Do you feel government spending is the answer? Do you feel that reducing governmental burden on businesses and individuals is the answer? Where do you stand on the seemingly exponential growth of regulation?

Where do you stand on crime? Do you believe in justice, or the law? What criminal issues do you feel are the most important ones we face today? Where do you stand on prison overcrowding? Do you think that it could be caused by new or existing idiotic laws making people felons for going down on their wife or committing other similar grave crimes against society? Where do you stand on violent crime?

Where do you stand on the right to self-defense? On the right to own guns? On what type of guns a Citizen should be able to own?

Where do you stand on Social Security? How will you fix it, because it is broken and since I will be part of the reckoning generation, I am very interested in what you plan to do? Will you do away with it? Increase funding? Allow portions or all deductions to go into privately managed accounts? If so, what will you do about the shortfall?

Where do you stand on Freedom of Speech? Where do you stand on Freedom of Religion? Where do you stand on rights of privacy?

In short, discuss the issues. I don’t really give a flip about what you did 30 years ago, unless it has bearing on your character and abilities today. I don’t care if you have slept with every person of the opposite (or same, for that matter) sex you have ever met, provided you did not use lies or violate sworn oaths in so doing. Discuss the issues.

Violate every tenet of modern politics and give me straightforward, simple, honest answers. I may not like all of them, and they may not play well with everyone. Deal with it. The job you want is to lead, not win a beauty contest. So show me you can do the job, and lead from the start. You may not win my vote, but you will win my respect.

Respect for the two major parties is something in very short supply at the lair these days. I would love to find a reason to respect either again, or a third, fourth, of even fifth party. Yet, it is not the party that matters: It is you. Discuss the issues in a mature and forthright manner and you will have my respect. Develop intelligent positions with which I agree, and you will have my vote.

Think about it. You say America wants a change? Well, I sure do. And it should start with you.

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