BABY BOOMERS AND OLD FARTS: It’s Up To Us To Fix Our Country PART IV

HOW DO WE GET QUALIFIED LEADERS TO RUN FOR OFFICE?

The framers of our Constitution did not envision that Members of Congress would have a full-time job making big bucks with endless benefits; rather, they anticipated that Congress would be a part-time commitment with the positions filled by grassroots Americans who wanted to give to their country. And, patriots clamored for the Congressional seats.

We have now gravitated to the situation where big bucks are paid and those who would make good leaders for our country don't want the job. Maybe the problem goes back to the old adage, "If you get into bed with snakes, you're likely to get bit."

In the old days, candidates expected to be elected by the popular vote based upon their track records and qualifications for office. The press was not in the business of politics and ACORN had not yet been born. Today, any legitimate candidate is going to get boiled in oil by the press and the media and he's going to have to find a way to overcome the ACORNs of the world and the millions of crooked dollars that are being raised to operate campaigns.

However, when it comes to taking our country back, all is not doom and gloom. Throwing all of the incumbents out in the 2010 elections will totally upset the corruption applecart and, at the same time, those elected will be able to enact and implement much needed campaign reform that will, in turn, make it more attractive for good candidates to seek office. This can be accomplished by banding together as Americans and setting party politics aside. The common goal in 2010 will be to remove all incumbents running for office. We can, and we must, do that.

If we can make our intentions known, we can advance the stated intent to throw the bums out to the point that it becomes a subject for the polls; when the polls show that 85% of Americans are ready to throw the bums out and renew our government, it is my belief that those capable patriots who feel the same way we do will step up to the plate and run for office.

But, they're not going to do it until they know that they will have our undying support, not as Democrats, Independents or Republicans, but as Americans and that, with our support, they and we can together overcome the media, the press, the money and the corruption.

Let's start on this path today. Let's pledge together to throw the bums out.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, Respectfully submitted.