Brent's artical in BTN

THIS WAS BRENT'S ARTICAL THAT WAS PRINTED IN BEECHTREE NEWS




Brent Young: …indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all

Americans need to come together without political party divisions. While we as individuals may have different political ideals, we as Americans all agree that the citizens of this country should have a voice in the policy debates that directly affect our lives.The two Parties hold us hostage by dividing the people with a Left/Right ideology. By letting the two-party system keep us at odds with one another, they know that “divided we fall”.The 2000 Presidential elections brought this into sharp focus for me. I looked at the two candidates that were selected and thought – Are these two men really the best choices to lead our country that we can produce from more than 300 million people? They seemed like two complete yahoos! I became very disenchanted with politics.
I thought about it for a long time, and did a lot of reading and studying. Finally I realized that each party saw them as the “most electable” that they had to offer.There were most certainly better choices on both sides, but they had not proved themselves to be dependable party robots.Anyone who continually and constantly toes the party line just accepts what they are told to think. Most people vote for the candidate that is the “least of 2 evils,” this is not the process that our founding fathers envisioned for us to choose a leader for our country.Many times people agree more with a 3rd party candidate but they don’t want to “throw their vote away” on a candidate that has no chance of winning. The only way someone has no chance is when the two main parties convince or coerce the voter into thinking that you should hate the other guy enough to vote for their guy. As long as they can keep us divided they will always pass control back and forth, while each party wants the power they also understand that they have more control over the voters while they remain only two parties. Three or four strong political parties would divide the votes too much for consistent control.I don’t think that anyone can agree with either party 100% of the time. If they do they cannot be thinking for themselves but just adopting the party line, which is exactly what they need to maintain the status quo. This is how they create “voter sheep” who just vote for the party without thought or reasoning.If a significant number of voters could come together and support a 3rd party “We the People” would regain control of our country. Then the political parties whether it is 2, 3 or 4 parties in the end would have to offer a candidate that people really want to vote for instead of the “least of 2 evils”.In the 2004 Presidential elections almost everyone that I know who voted for George W. Bush really only voted against John Kerry. In the 2008 Presidential election the Barrack Obama camp along with the media and did such a good job connecting John McCain to Bush that many voters only voted for Obama because they didn’t want “4 more years of Bush.”The Tea Party Movement is the perfect opportunity for us to come together as citizens. It is not a Democrat or Republican event. The Tea Party is a very large tent and all are welcome! The proof is the fact that with all the rallies all across the nation there has not been any violence at any of the events. I have attended several rallies and no one has ever asked me with which party I am registered to vote.The Tea Party issues are very general, such as out of control spending, respect for the Constitution, free speech and the citizen having a voice in the policy debates being the predominate issues.My hope is “We the People” can come together and tell D.C. that we are tired of politics as usual. We are not red states or blue states, we are Americans, and this is our country. Please consider joining the other Patriots at a Tea Party in your area.
God Bless America!
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Contributor Bio: Brent Young lives in Sugar Grove with wife Lisa. They own Sugar Grove Photography. They have never been politically active but always interested. The Tea Party Movement gave them the opportunity to do more than just sit on the couch and yell at the TV.

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