Some thoughts on Elections

 I'm a very political  animal, I absorb Politics and this has been true since I was six years old. I'm a Republican and I'm far too often guilty of voting the party line. On this Saturday Night, October 9th, 2010, I feel that I very much need to apologize for this!

  There are FAR too many people who campaign every 2 or 6 years to purely and simply KEEP getting Elected,. That seems to be all their lives and careers are about!!!! Men and women who simply want to live their lives as Senators and Congressmen are not good for the United States of America. Too often, These individuals wind up serving 20 to 25 terms in the House of Representatives or 5 or 6 terms in the United States Senate. They do that by offering the "narcotic" of Government money to those who keep voting for them. " I will fight to gain more benefits for anything you need and I urge you to create new needs" is what some of these candidates FOR Re- Election would say were they FORCED to be candid and fully and honorably disclosive.

 Some will, with a big smile on their face, discuss how much more  TAXPAYER money they will bring home, how many more Federal projects and programs they will bring home to their district/ their state if they are returned to Congress.If we stop to think about it, someone running for a Senate seat in say, Wisconsin,  is actually telling people in Green Bay, " If you vote for me, I will make sure that taxes paid by hard working people in Delaware will be used to build a new Community Center here on Bart Starr Avenue!"

 I know that people speak about how Billions of Dollars of Federal Monies were offered to members of Congress to get them to vote for President Obama's health care program. Yet, Will we admit that you and I are often guilty of permitting ourselves to be bribed when we go to vote in past Novembers!!!!???

 The Founders set up a Constitution that asked the Government to do just a small handful of things. These were the matters that they believed just were not within the ability for one person or small groups of people. They viewed the people as being quite capable of being inspired by their own hopes and dreams and visions to do what they, on their own and through their own initiative were quite capable of doing.

 Yes, Life happens and things go awry. Yes, Some people need public support and would be hard pressed to keep getting from day to day without it I, myself, am currently in THAT position. Yet, Even those of us who find ourselves there, We should be encouraged to " relentlessly seek a way of escape", to refuse to accept that our lives will always be this way. When people lose hope, and are denied a chance to dream of something that is personally suited better for them, they start to shrivel and die spiritually!

 In the speech he gave after securing the 1976 Republican Party Nomination in Kansas City , Missouri , President Ford said the following in acceptance speech, " Any Government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have!" President George W. Bush often reminded us that the Government TRULY does not have their own money, " It's the PEOPLE'S Money!"

 I think we do best when our politics  are best shaped by our consciences and a true desire to see each person do as well as they possibly can by the best of their own PERSONAL efforts. These are just some thoughts that have been rumbling around in my brain as we approach next month's elections! - Johnny-