©2011 drkate
In the rush to find a suitable constitutional candidate for the President of the United States, far too much emphasis is placed on the individual candidate(s) who are usually full of empty promises and old ideas cast as new ones. They all have different records, strengths, weaknesses, speaking abilities, ‘charisma’ to excite or bore the electorate, and punchlines to attack their opponents.
They also all have the lines to attack Obama, but the truth is that all of them have failed to mention Obama’s lack of eligibility, preferring instead to fight him on policy, or ‘his own merits’… Romney refuses to fight Obama’s ineligibility because he won’t fight him on what Romney considers ‘innuendo’. None have presented a complete picture of the failure to enforce the constitution and its impact on our nation.
There are plenty of excuses we offer them…’its not the right time’, or ‘its a question of strategy’, or ‘they’ll be attacked as being a racist’, or ‘other things are more important’. We hope they are constitutionalists, but are they? Do we trust them to do what they say?
Who Surrounds You?
Everyone understands that the people one associates with, and puts around them, “all the President’s men’, are more important than the President himself….for these are the people who do the work and implement the policies. Obama’s choices include criminals, pedophiles, racists, communists, liars, cronies, foreign agents, suspected murderers, terrorists, bankers, fear mongers, incompetents, and stooges with no brains in their heads at all.
How has that worked out for us?
Is it time for a different starting point? With a hat tip to Papoose, I say yes. For me, it is about the constitution, restoring the balance of power between the states and the federal government. The starting point for this voter consists of the following basic questions, and demands:
The point here is that we must determine the direction we want to go in, the kind of people we want to see in an administration, and the focus we want our government to have. Such a perspective forces us to think beyond a single person and his/her rhetoric and promises to see what the shape of the future is.
So, candidates, tell me who is in your cabinet, why, and what your practical goals are. Don’t tell me what you think I want to hear, or nice sound bites, tell the truth about how you will contribute to our Constitutional Republic.
You want my vote? Tell me who your people are going to be.
What are your questions? Who are your ideal people for the Cabinet and why? Can we leverage these ideas into an effective vetting tool?
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