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Why
should you vote for me? …Because
the pen really is mightier than the sword; because love really
is more powerful than fear; and because the truth will protect
our freedoms while lies will continue to steal them away.
…Because our national penchant for war will rob us of
our wealth and humanity, whereas a legitimate commitment to
justice and peace will enrich our lives and restore our faith
in ourselves as freedom loving people.
…Because democracy requires all of us to have
courage and integrity, especially those we elect to high
office. Without a
commitment to simple honesty and integrity, there will be no
peace, no prosperity, no justice, and no real freedom in the
land.
I understand
that many Americans are ignorant with respect to the many ways
we have been betrayed by our own government and other
institutions… including both political parties and much of
our media. And by
our complacency we have betrayed one another.
Moral courage in public life has been diminished,
particularly in Congress.
At the
inception of our republic, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
worried that one of the great dangers we faced — a danger
that could above all else destroy our new republic — were
‘factions.’ Today
we refer to them as political parties.
You might remember Ben Franklin’s admonition when
asked what kind of government he had helped create.
“A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it,” was his
reply. What Jefferson, Adams and Franklin feared most is the
question that is immediately before us… “Well… can we
keep it?”
The culture
in Congress now is that members give allegiance to their party
above their country… above their oath of office.
They follow their party’s leadership above their own
good sense. Almost
all do. And money corrupts the process at its core.
Even as the Commander-in-Chief engages in war crimes
and other High Crimes and Misdemeanors, they keep silent,
betraying their oath and our trust… so as not to risk the
possibility of reprisals from their own party, the opposition
party, or who knows what.
While our
young soldiers face the heat of battle risking their lives and
limbs, which many tragically lose, those in Congress shrink
from battle, selling out untold numbers of human beings
including their own constituents, rather than risk losing
their seniority, their source of funding, or their jobs.
We must
retire them even if we refuse to judge them.
If you don’t want to vote for me, at least have the
decency to vote for someone you believe in your heart will
keep their oath of office once they get elected.
For if we cannot restore the rule of law and keep faith
with our Founding Fathers, then as far as our republic is
concerned, we will have lost it.
Now is the
time to experience that it’s possible for one person to make
a difference. Who
is that person? You.
Vote on the 19th.
Vote with integrity.
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