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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Debate

Well, I hope you all watched the first in the U.S. Presidential Debate Series…it’s sort of politics’ version of the World Series in baseball.  Hopefully, one person hits it out of the park and wins, and the other loses.

As these candidates and the political action committees put out advertisements that are often filled with exaggeration, innuendo, and even outright falsehoods, remember, in a war of words it is the one whose actions have matched his words that should be chosen the winner.

In Romans, we are told by Paul that it is our duty to obey our government (except where it violates our Christian faith.)  I think it is also our duty as citizens to watch these debates and be informed.  It is the only opportunity to see the candidates discuss the issues of importance and challenge each other’s approaches and falsehoods directly.  It is a sad fact that almost 30% or more of the country’s citizen’s who can mail in ballots early, will have voted before these debates occur.  In a country where money usually makes the difference in election outcomes, we cannot overlook the only opportunity we have to level the playing field and have an honest debate by the candidates.  Frankly, I wish we could remove all the advertising and bar all spending except that provided by our taxes and by public service programming all divided equally between the candidates.

I believe our country is at a critical juncture, and the very survival of the United States as we know it is at stake.  This election will forever affect our economy, businesses, health care, education and likely our sovereignty and the very basic freedoms of speech and religion we cherish in ways we cannot even predict at this point.

Make your voice heard…but be informed before you do it!  

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