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| A Caring America Requires Caring Americans! Jan. 25, 2008 It is not “caring” to vote for someone because of their gender, race or religion - and that was never more certain than it is with this 2008 race for the Presidency of these United States of America. The Democrats are trying to choose the best of four candidates to be their nominee: An Anglo-American woman; A man of African-American descent; An Anglo-American male who has run for vice-president in the past; An Anglo-American male, former mayor, who has previously run for President. Note: Three are lawyers; and U.S. Senators (or former) - one is not a lawyer and is a Congressman. All claim to be Christians. None have served in the military. The Republicans have a field consisting of: A businessman and former state governor who is a Mormon; A career public servant (U.S. Senator) and former POW circa Viet Nam - a Christian; A professional Baptist minister and former state governor; A medical doctor who is a U.S. Congressman and was once a candidate for President for the Libertarian Party - a Christian. A life-long public servant and former mayor who is an ex-communicated Catholic; Note - in the GOP field there is only one lawyer - and Rudy Giuliani. Only two candidates served in the military - Captain John McCain (Navy pilot) and Captain Ron Paul (flight surgeon). In the Democrat field, each candidate is attempting to outdo the other with the adopted keyword “change” as they compete for votes - with the possible exception of candidate Dennis Kucinich. All claim that they want to get our troops out of Iraq immediately, although some qualify their withdrawal pledges, leaving them a loophole to use with which they can leave the troops in Iraq indefinitely. In the Republican field, all candidates except one wants to spend your money to encourage you to spend more money - the exception is Congressman Ron Paul. All candidates seem to be in favor of withdrawing our troops from Iraq, but only one actually commits himself to start withdrawal immediately and get them all back home within a year - again, Ron Paul. Beyond the surface commitments, there are numerous considerations and each candidate has to be scrutinized individually to determine what they would really do to effect a real change on matters of concern to most caring Americans: Stop jobs and industry from being shipped out of the country. Stop and/or resolve the illegal immigration problems. Encourage businesses to rejoin the “America First” attitude when it comes to merchandising and manufacturing. Amend all Free Trade Agreements so that they are either “Fair Trade” or cancelled (only the President can do this). Bolster the U.S. economic structure and stop inflation by returning to a valid monetary system and the U.S. Constitutional form of government. Effect a real Energy Plan and policy that results in Caring Americans being energy independent of foreign corporations and potentates. Restore individual rights of Caring Americans that have been severely restricted as a result of the terrorist acts against a Caring America! - By Jay Evenson NOTE: If you are making your decision regarding a candidate based on gender, religion or race, no amount of logic could possibly change your mind. If those are not your deciding considerations, this article is not sufficient for you to make an informed decision. This newspaper suggests that you use the Internet and go to a website - and invest just 3 minutes of your time to see where you stand as related to each of the candidates. Just go to electoralcompass.com. You will be provided with questions regarding specific issues facing the nation - issues on which the candidates have all stated a position - when you finish, the computer will generate a graph indicating the candidate(s) that stand closest to your opinions. You can also go to TheBeatAz.com and click on the link to this Electoral Compass website. |