Monday, November 3, 2008

THE DAY HAS COME

Hello friends.

Tomorrow we all go to the polls and exercise our right (as citizens) to cast our ballots in an election. It is perhaps the most important election in the past 100 years.

Congress has an approval rating of 9 % . YES 9 % . This includes both candidates running for President and one for Vice President.

We had fun at Stearnsmustgo.com educating the fine folks in the 6th Congressional district why it is time for our congressman to be retired from office.

The point I want to raise is this. We live in a country where we can agree to disagree. I have a right to try to point out our history with Cliff Stearns, and what his record is.

We must remember, there are many countries in the world where this would NOT be allowed. In those countries, your right to know is suppressed.

Thank God we live , where we live. Yes we have problems and issues, but tomorrow the citizens of our country will be heard.

SO, tomorrow get off your butts and go vote. No matter what your political affiliation is, make your voice heard. If you want to go vote for Stearns, go. Lets make this election the "will" of the people. If you don't vote, then you do not have the right to complain.

NO matter what happens tomorrow, our site will remain and we will blog on a regular basis. We have not mentioned the Presidential race and won't until after it is decided.

Our goal here is to retire Congressman Cliff Stearns. If we are successful in this quest, we can rename our site "STEARNS IS GONE.COM". If not, we shall remain, watching his record and his planted letters to the editor.

I have been voting since 1972. I have voted for both winners and losers. I have voted for many that later I regretted that vote. But I always tried to learn the issues, study the history of the candidates, AND CAST MY VOTES ACCORDINGLY.

One way I have done that was to READ the paper, EVERYDAY. I watch various news programs. Not a fan of mainstream media, I still have faith in Meet the Press. It's all part of a "continuing education" that all adults must go through. Unfortunately many adults do not continue their education

So I have wondered why we keep returning these clowns to office every election? It is because many people who vote, HAVE NOT educated themselves on the issues.

A poll was taken recently and we discovered that 50 % of the people we asked did NOT KNOW who their Congressman was. They didn't know what district they lived in, or how to find out.

These are the voters that are too busy watching "Biggest Loser" , "Desperate Housewives", or "Deal or No Deal" to learn the issues. These same people do not take the time to read the local paper, or watch the News.

We have taken a few shots at the Star Banner over at Stearns Must Go . com . They did publish the last letter that my wife submitted. For the most part, I think they have been fair and balanced. We have seen a pretty good balance of pro and con Cliff Stearns.

They did completely drop the ball in one area.
It was discovered in print that Stearns was in favor of term limits, and vowed to leave after 6 terms. The Star Banner (and others) completely ignored it. I doubt if Woodward and Bernstein would have thrown away a great story. (for those of you that were educated in a Government schools, try Google search)

It has been fun, now let's go VOTE !!!!

all the best

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