My name is Mark A. Goldman and I am announcing my candidacy for
US Congress. This seat is currently held by Jim McDermott, a Democrat, representing citizens of the 7th Congressional District in the State of
Washington. I am an independent candidate and have no party affiliation.
My purpose in running for office is to offer the citizens in my district the opportunity to be represented by someone who will faithfully preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
I am making this announcement too late for my name to be included on the ballot, but not too late to be
elected as a write-in candidate.
If you want to vote for me, here's exactly what you should write on your ballot:
Mark Goldman, US Congress 7th Dist, Independent
If you would like to learn more about me and what I stand for, you can visit my web site at
www.gpln.com.
I believe George W. Bush should be impeached and I have written about this extensively. I have
requested that Congressman McDermott and other members of Congress file Articles of Impeachment to remove Bush and other members of his administration from office. Every member of Congress that I asked has refused. I believe this is negligence or cowardice on their part.
If elected, I will not hesitate to file such articles
if I come to believe, as I do now, that a sitting President or anyone in
high office has betrayed his or her oath of office.
My writings reference sample Articles of Impeachment with respect to members of this administration...
one was prepared by a former Attorney General of the United States,
another
by an internationally respected attorney, legal scholar, and authority on Constitutional and International law. And in layman's terms, I prepared
a list of articles of my
own. These references and my writings provide an excellent outline
as to why the current President and members of his administration should
have been removed from office a long time ago... not by election, but by
impeachment as provided under the legal framework of our Constitution.
I believe it is a disgrace that Bush is still in office and
that he is still considered eligible to run for the office he
now holds. If elected, I will do what I can to see to it that anyone who has committed
serious crimes as I believe he has, is not only removed from
that office, but is also prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and brought to justice. I believe representatives in Congress have an obligation to tell the truth even when it isn't politically convenient to do so. Jim
McDermott is currently negligent in this respect along with
the others. I hope they are all replaced.
If you want to know where I stand on other specific
issues, please feel free to write to me and/or visit my web site.
Just about all you need to know is already there. I will post my answers to
any new questions that arise, along with other relevant information so that you can make an informed decision
as to whether or not you might want me to represent you in Congress.
Let me say that I did not ask myself whether or not I have a good chance of winning this election.
That question is irrelevant. I am offering to do a job
that no one else in Congress has the courage to do. There are many fine and capable people serving in Congress, I am sure, but no one
who is there right now is willing to tell the
simple truth and act accordingly... i.e., to defend the rule of law as it should be defended. I
am willing to give you a choice and if elected to office I
believe I can do the job honorably.
For me to be elected will require that citizens
do more than just check a box on a ballot. If you want to live if a free and just society, you will have to stand up and say so and take action that indicates that
justice and the rule of law is important to you. The opportunity is there if you are willing to
take the chance and make the choice.
If you are afraid that voting for me will support someone who you would not like to see get elected, let me say this:
if an election system guarantees that by voting for someone you really believe in will result in the election of someone you most certainly do not believe
in--then that system is seriously flawed and needs to be changed. Neither Jim McDermott, nor the party he belongs to, is dedicated to making
such changes even though they know it would support our Democracy. If elected to office, I will work for
Instant Runoff Voting... but this cannot happen unless you are able to muster enough courage and heart to
want it, work for it, and vote for it. I am not asking how many people will vote for me... I am only asking if you will.
If you've ever asked, "...but what can I do?" I'm offering you
a chance to do something. I'm giving you a choice.
Mark A. Goldman
P.O. Box 1865
Vashon, WA 98070
206 463-2019
mark@gpln.com
www.gpln.com
Ask not what your country can do for
you,
ask what you can do for your country.
— John F. Kennedy,
Thirty-Fifth President of the United States
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