Dear Presidential Candidates (whoever you end up being),
First off, congratulations on getting to this point. It's not easy to get on the ballot for the presidency. It's not the most fair of processes due to the vast sums of money it takes to possibly be considered, but you in all likely hood invested a tremendous amount of your own money into this attempt. You have put in an amazing amount of time and personal sacrifice as well. It takes a "relatively" clean past, the ability to communicate on a variety of levels with all types of people, and the backing of a lot of people in positions of prestige and power and people who will question everything there is to know about you.
I would like to ask that this election year you approach it a little bit different however. Every 4 years since I was of legal age to vote I have heard the same things. Presidential candidates of the past have run on the same basic platforms. Jobs, economy, international affairs, Social Security, taxes, and healthcare are all discussed at great length and
that each candidate will solve the issues facing our nation. Everyone preaches the same word, change. The problem is that nothing really ever changes. This election year, don't preach change.
Stop promising the people things that you think they want to hear you promise and start actually talking about
how its going to get done. Stop telling the people all the things that you will do, even when many of those things aren't within your control to affect. Remember the first George Bush? "Read my lips, no new taxes!" All that became was a bullseye for Democrats to push through any tax they could, virtually ensuring themselves a platform to run on in the next election. Remember our current president? "I will be held accountable.... If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition." He vowed to fix the economy. Problem is, one man cannot fix our economy or decide that there will be no new taxes.
The office of the President of the United States is not the same office it once was. There was a time when there was respect for the office. There was a time when a mere word from the President moved markets and shifted the fortunes of a nation. Now there is no respect and people treat everything that the President says as lip service. So as you run for President this year, tell us how you will bring the respect back to the office and back to our nation. Don't tell us that you will bring the House and the Senate together and get things done, tell us how you are going to do it. Tell us how you will bring accountability back to our government.
When you are elected, do not treat the first 4 years like you are trying to get the next 4. Act as if you know you won't be re-elected and you have only 4 years to get everything done. Forget politics. Call out those who aren't doing their jobs so that we can hold them accountable in the next election. Don't let our government get away with doing whatever it takes to keep their jobs. Instead have them do whatever it takes to get our nation back on track toward being the beacon of hope and freedom we once were. Our nation is failing and we are letting it happen.
Start off by telling us the bad news. Don't sugar coat it. The first step toward recovery is to admit that we have a problem. Without our leader LEADING the way toward a solution, we will never get there. Tell us what the goals for our nation are and how we will achieve them. A great president once said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask only what you can do for your country". Tell us what is necessary for us to do for our country. It's ok to say no too. Tell us that we cannot have national healthcare because we cannot afford it. Tell us that our priorities need to be in line. Tell us what it will take to make Social Security solvent. Or tell us the bad news that its going away, but don't tell us that we will figure it out. Actually figure it out and tell us what to do.
You want to lead the most powerful nation on the planet. You cannot shy away from saying what is unpopular. You need to worry more about getting our house in order before you worry about other nations. Take a look at Greece. We are headed that direction and quickly. You have the right and responsibility to do whatever it takes, popular or not, to fix our country. You cannot fix it alone. You do not have the power or ability. You must tell us what to do and we must do it.
Do not sling mud at your opponents. Past elections have not been about who is best but who sucks the least. Don't tell me why they should not lead us, but tell me why you should.
We are depending on you. We need you, now more than ever. Our nation is spiraling downward and you must pull us out of our tailspin. There are positives that we can build on. Bring in the right people and lets get building. Good luck in November. May the best man win. (not the one who sucks the least)
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