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| May We Suggest? Nov. 3, 2006 Some people vote for the individual who is running for a public office, but not always for the right reason. Often their justification is that they have met the candidate personally or they really like the way he or she shakes hands, tells a joke or they make the voter feel relaxed or they agree with the candidate on one hot issue - none of which is cause to put that person in public office. Some vote for the political party - right, left, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or whatever - but not for the right reasons. Some voters, as may be the case in this election on November 7th, will vote for the challengers to the incumbents because they don’t like what the party in power has been doing, and while that is a valid reason - “Send them a message” - it isn’t really the correct way to choose a candidate. Please allow us to suggest that you go to a new website - IntelligentVote.com - and see how often you really agree with the incumbent candidates before you cast your precious vote! This website will, in just a few minutes, enable you to determine if the Congressman or Senator who has claimed to represent you is actually doing so. It isn’t complicated and the only info you provide is your zip-code. The site gives you several issues that have already been voted on by your elected officials in Congress and asks how you would have voted. If you are not familiar with the bills or issues, you can click and get a brief summary or double-click and see the entire bill. After you determine how you think the Congressman or Senator should have voted, the website will calculate how often you really agree with your elected representatives based on how they actually voted. We suggest that if you don’t agree with the candidate more than 50 percent of the time, vote for the other candidate. Eventually, the website, IntelligentVote.com, may be expanded to include each of the 50 states and the statewide offices, representatives in the legislature and even county and city elections. |