It was a lot less complicated to elect a president back in America’s early days. The idea of political monopoly existed, though they called it something else: monarchy. George Washington put that out of commission.
We had the collective sense to reject that and became a
democratic republic. Then, everyone began to party. And now we're verging on
the very kind of monopoly our ancestors feared.
There are ways around that. But even the easiest is hard,
forming a viable national third party. Yes, it's possible.
No doubt there's power in numbers. But there's even more
power in zero.
Washington was the first and so far, the only president
without a party. What did he know that we don’t? Probably not an
awful lot when it comes to organizing. But there were only 2.5 million American
citizens in his day. Now there are something like 330 million. So there has to
be some kind of organization, right?
Maybe.
Sure, we have to sort these office seekers out somehow.
Here’s how:
Make a checklist of your most important issues. Send
it to the candidate and promise that you’ll vote for him or her if he checks X
percent of the boxes you consider right. But don’t say which are which.
Put the issues in alphabetical order and say so. By all
means do not list them by your own priorities.
Enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. You can’t deduct
that from your taxes. It shows you put you half-buck (Half a buck for a
stamp?!) where you mouth is.
Just add thumbs up and thumbs down icon after each issue and
the simple instruction “Circle Your Thumb,” and Presto! You have
The Wessays (™) SAMPLE CANDIDATE ISSUE CHECK LIST:
Abortion on Demand
Automatic Weapons
Balanced Budget
Border Walls
Church/State Separation, Absolute
Church/State Separation with Wiggle Room
Climate Change
Concealed Carry
Confederate Statues
COVID Vaccination
Death Penalty
Deregulation
Donald trump
Electoral College
Equality of Ethnicities
Equality of Races
Equality of Women
For-profit Colleges
Free Trade
Immigration, illegal
Immigration, legal
Interest Rates
Lobbyists
Math
Medical Ads
Open Carry
Organized Labor
Outsourcing, Domestic
Outsourcing, Overseas
Paid Sex
Pluralizing “anyway”
Podcasts
Political Action Committees
Political Parties
Pot
Pronouncing the “t” in Often
Redistricting
Soaking the Poor
Soaking the Rich
Starbucks
Tax Loopholes
Tax Shelters
Term Limits
Time limits for Political Speeches
Two spaces between sentences
US Supreme Court Membership Limits
Video Games
White Supremacy
Write-in Topic______
Much easier than attending rallies, listening to speeches
and watching and reading all those ads. And much cheaper. Of course,
we’ll have to establish rehab for the lobbyists and maybe a welfare plan, too.
I’m Wes Richards. My opinions are my own but you’re welcome
to them. ®
Any Questions? wesrichards@gmail.com
© WR 2021
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