This is a dangerous proposition, but it is the truth. We have to find better candidates and elect them. The key is the primary. So whom is to run?
That is the million dollar question: whom is to run?
My daughters like my political views (they love arguing with their teachers - with facts & winning), and my thirteen year old asked why I don’t run for elected office. And I have talked to my wife about that very idea.
Mine is a hard-working, lower middle class (sometimes poor) family. I have family members that have spent time in prison. I had to file bankruptcy (for two failed businesses). We live paycheck to paycheck sometimes - depending on what goes wrong on my vehicles or if the refrigerator goes out, etc...
And although I KNOW my conservative views are what have gotten me through my life thus far, the media and rats (and even repugs) would excoriate me and my family! We would be dragged through the mud till it was coming out my ears! So, who is willing to go through this, even if it is for the betterment?
I am still considering running for local office (especially the local school board - we are going round and round), but really, who is willing to run? I don’t know, but we had better find them!