It's About the Character Stupid or Boot Them ALL Out

This is the time to take stock of those “On the Hill” and to determine – do we want a federal government for the people, of the people and by the people? Or do we want a federal government ruling the people?

This November may be one of the THE most important votes in our American history, and if you’re not a part of it, and you are reading this, old enough to vote, shame on you.

Before you vote though, instead of electing “pretty” or nicely packaged slick politicians (Mr. Obama immediately comes to mind...). Research the man or woman you’re voting for. Instead of listening to others, spouting the same old talking points you hear like-minded people spouting, educate yourself about just who it is you are pulling the lever for. Don’t vote straight down ANY party line any more. Take personal responsibility for the right that you possess when you go to the voting polls. Don’t elect an “American Idol” like the man we have in the office of the President of the United States. Vote as an educated, informed citizen.

It’s all about character.

The Crists, the Romney’s, the Spectors and the Blumenthals (to name just a few) should have been weeded out long before they made it as far as they have. There are always signs, and in this electronic age, it’s not difficult to dig up information about your chosen candidate.

If you think, for example that just because Florida’s Charlie Crist is a handsome guy, well-spoken, has done good things for Florida he still deserves your vote. Think again.

The biggest red flag should be what this man did recently in the Republican primary. Any candidate who says publicly to Chris Matthews (I watched him say this) that he will remain Republican and had no intention of changing parties – any candidate who sees defeat looming takes all that money given to him by people who wished to elect a Republican, then switches to Independent has a character problem. RED CHARACTER FLAG. In addition, they have that “me, me, me” problem as well. We already have a boat-load of lawmakers who are only out for themselves, do not add another to the list. Not one more soul! Vote the ones out who are there and put people in office who are PUBLIC SERVANTS. Not after political careers, power, money and ways to fill their coffers for reelection.

Arlen Specter is a good example of ridding ourselves of lawmakers who are only in office for their own personal desires. When he switched parties because he knew he couldn’t win on the Republican ticket – RED CHARACTER FLAG. As a commercial said during the primary for PA, Arlen Specter ran to save jobs, not the people of PA, his own.

Why the Republican party shouldn’t even CONSIDER Mitt Romney for a Presidential nominee is again – all about character. Aside from the fact he is a Mormon, and no matter how you feel about that, a Republican can not win without the majority of the Evangelical votes (he will never get that majority from Evangelicals no matter how many groups he purports to have given him support, it’s all smoke and mirrors), let’s look strictly at the character of the man.

When he ran for governor of Massachusetts, he ran on a pro-choice, pro-homosexual marriage ticket probably fully aware no conservative Republican could get elected governor (at that time) in Massachusetts. When he got into office he promptly signed bills that were strictly pro-life and pro-traditional marriage.

Now, I’m staunchly pro-life, totally utterly. I’m very much pro-traditional marriage. However, lying, is lying. I dare say Mr. Romney knew full well he was going to vote opposite of what he promised to do while stumping for the job of Massachusetts governor. This is the man’s record, which man would we as voters get in the White House? The man who lied to all the voters who voted him in trusting he would be pro-choice and pro-gay marriage? Or the guy who once he got into office played the old “find the ball under the cup” switcheroo? Who cares? What difference does it make? We don’t want “it’s all about me” people in office representing us. We don’t want liars in public office, we have enough of them there now! The Republican Party should at this point know better!

He’s a handsome guy, his wife and family look like a Norman Rockwell painting. So what? He signed into law for Massachusetts a health care bill that is almost identical to the Obamacare bill we just had rammed down our collective American throats. Now he’s going around trying to distance himself from that bill as if he had little to do with it. Or worse, as if it’s SO different than the federal bill. Liar, liar pants on fire!

What about Blumenthal? Why do these people get so far before we “discover” unsavory and sleazy things about their character? Let’s set aside – for now – the fact that this man repeatedly lied about his seeing action as a Marine in Vietnam. He claims he “misspoke” a few times. Yeah, if you believe that one I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d love to sell ya…

Today in the Wall Street Journal “The Other Blumenthal Scandal” there is a clear pattern of this man’s shady character and his obsession about “me, me, me.” Not only did he strong arm a woman and her business – attempting to make an example of her for what seems to be strictly personal political gain, but he also betrayed his constituents in another terrible way. Senator Dodd is in large part a party to this betrayal.

The over reach of his office was so glaring in the story about his pursuit against Computer’s Plus. But as the Cato Institute claims, by using “bullying, legally ill-founded ventures into litigation”, he also last year conveniently refused to investigate Countrywide Financial’s sweetheart loans to Senator Dodd. “He declared without any probe that ‘there’s no evidence of wrongdoing on [Mr. Dodd’s] part.’”

Without any probe he came to these conclusions? Oh really? Smacks of the Obama administration in their denunciation of the Arizona boarder control bill - even though they never read the bill!

But I digress...

Who do you think this so-call “tough prosecutor” had in mind when he made this announcement? His own future political aspirations or his constituents? The lawsuit he dogged Computer’s Plus into? The owner, Gina Kolb wasn’t just found “not guilty”, her record was wiped clean. But not before being dragged out of her own home in handcuffs, losing her home, her business and her life. She was awarded $18 million in a civil suit to boot. Read the editorial by WSJ, you simply won't believe what raw power unhindered can do to a private citizen.

Mr. Blumenthal’s Vietnam lies are only the tip of the iceberg and we all need to be much, much better about who we vote for ANY OFFICE even if it means not voting according to party line. Even if it means DON'T VOTE AT ALL. I no longer believe everyone of age MUST vote - if you're not going to do your research using PRIMARY sources as well and make a conscious, EDUCATED decision - I implore you - STAY THE HECK HOME and let the "adults" vote!

This November and the next Presidential election, become educated. Stop spouting the same old tired sound bites you’ve heard on T.V.. Trust NO ONE. Do your research. Educate yourselves. Just because you agree with someone, doesn’t mean they’re right.

I publicly vow today, if the Republican Party picks Mitt Romney as THE only other viable Presidential Candidate – in conscience, I cannot and will not vote for him. I cannot in conscience vote for Mr. Obama either. No one who loves this country should vote for either of them each with their own serious character problems.

I will either go to the polls and vote a write-in or I will not vote at all.

Start thinking now what you will do. Don’t wait until it’s too late and you have only two options. Let’s all vow to put a stop to the degradation we have voted into our federal government, here – now – starting with this coming November!