[Rhodes22-list] Captain Haslett

[Brad Haslett]

Ed,

During my last two and a half years of college I paid my way by flying
charter.  The Democratic party was about the only political party in
Arkansas at the time, and I eventually got to fly just about everyone who
was anyone in Arkansas politics .  Senator Dale Bumpers was my favorite and
me his. Wilbur Mills and I developed a bond as well but he was already out
of power by then. I've eaten a gazillion free chicken dinners courtesy of
the Democrats. A client of mine made his airplane available to the
Republican party and I did some volunteer work for them.  Given that I
needed to eat, the Dems would win out in a scheduling conflict.    I learned
early on that I don't have the patience for the day-to-day humdrum of grass
roots politics and don't like being tied down to one party. I was mostly
disgusted by the Clinton's (er, Clinton and Ms. Rodham) Arkansas years and
thought the national media would have him for lunch when he went big time.
Did I ever mis-guess that one!  He became their darling. Yes, I vote, even
in most of the local elections. I sent a significant amount of  money in the
04' election to the Swift Boat Veterans because they were sincere and
passionately believed what they were doing was apolitical - their message
needed to be heard.  I'll send a donation to Fred Thompson encouraging him
to run.  That doesn't mean I'll necessarily vote for him, he just needs to
run to open up the field.  I can't stand John McCain and know very little
about Romney.  Rudy and Newt won't make it in the long run.  If Hillary
keeps her pace, I may have to throw some money at Obama as counterweight to
the great evil. I did send a donation to Alan Keyes to oppose Obama because
I like Keyes, and Obama needed some opposition.  He truly is an unknown
lightweight with little experience. I'd love to see Richardson get some
traction but that isn't happening.  There isn't a soul in the race right now
that I'm particularly excited about but it's still early.  How's that for a
non-commitment?

Brad

On 4/7/07, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>
>
> Brad:
>
> All your talk about politics raises a question.  Are you registered to
> vote?
> And where are you registered?  If you want a candidate for President of
> USA
> that you like, you are as an American are obligated to get involved.
>
> That means starting at the precinct level, which means the place where you
> vote.  You find a political party that generally says what you want and
> get
> involved with the activities to support a candidate.  If that means
> knocking
> on doors, then so be it.  It is how politics works in good old USA.  As a
> vocal citizen, it is the way to get things done.  I am sorry, but you will
> have to get off the computer a bit.
>
> What if no party says what you want?  Here in Greenville, we have the two
> biggies and a number of not so well known.  Surely, one is close enough
> for
> you to get involved with.  As you are aware on this forum, there are some
> representing minority parties.  But how many are working to make the
> process
> work?  While they are yelling for financial contributions, votes at the
> precinct and state level will yield the national candidate.
>
> If you have the funds, you might considered paying the filing fee for your
> candidate to force his name on ballot.   In South Carolina the fee is
> $10,000 for the presidential primary.
>
> In some states it can also been done by petition.  So you can write up a
> petition and get voters signatures and get him on a ballot.  It is up to
> you
> to screw up works and get your candidate on a ballot.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> See here:  http://www.mogop.org/
> See here:  http://www.tngop.org/
> See here:  http://www.msgop.org/
>
>
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