in·de·pend·ent
[in-di-pen-duh
nt]
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Adjective
1. Not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
2.
Not subject to another's authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free: an independent businessman.
3.
Not influenced by the thought or action of others: independent research.
4.
Not dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc.
5.
Not relying on another or others for aid or support.
I love this word for so many reasons. It defines how I have lived my life and
conducted my businesses. You notice in
the definitions the word “not” used quite often. That explains why so many people have trouble
adapting to this principle. Right or wrong,
people in general want to belong to a group, any group. Feeing wanted and needed is part of every
persons DNA makeup.
This word contradicts all those years of trying to fit in and be
accepted in our society. When it comes
to politics, the time is now more than ever to learn to adapt to the word
independent. We have had a two party system in politics for many years. The independence of breaking outside those
two parties has had people being made to believe they don’t fit in. Nothing could be further from the truth. The time is now to consider a strong
independent candidate to break the two party systems that has been in all
honesty failing us as a country.
The gridlock that is occurring in Washington is nothing
new. It is being magnified due to the fact
that we have a black president and a republican party with exceptionally weak
leadership. The head of the national Republican
Party and the party itself should be grooming a strong candidate to face the
democrats in 2016. The democrats are in
control of the next general election due to many factors, such as 1) they are
the incumbent party, 2) have a vice president who may run, 3) have a former
secretary of state and a woman who may or may not run. The point I’m making is they are grooming
their possible candidates as we speak.
You hear nothing from the republican side of the aisle except for a lot
of “I may” or “may not” run from some of the hopefuls. The hopefuls by the way will be made up of
retread candidates as well as politicians who have changed their course as the
wind blows.
The people of this country want and need a third party or
Independent party that can produce a strong candidate. The system is broken and at this point almost
beyond repair. The founders of this country never had any intention of seeing
lifelong or career politicians. We can be
sure of that. They saw the need for and
wanted it structured as such that it was indeed a government “for the people
and by the people”. That is hardly the
case any longer. A strong independent party
would put both the democrats and republicans on notice that we can no longer
tolerate the lack of productivity coming out of Washington.
An independent candidate essentially would have nothing to lose
and everything to gain. They can believe
in principles from both parties and actually fit more into the mainstream of
this country. They days of voting along
party lines have created such apathy for the process that many people are not
exercising one of the most basic and free rights in this country. If they are lifelong republicans and that
party does not have a viable candidate why should they vote in the first place?
The future of politics in this country lies in creating a
strong, essential third party. Call it
whatever you like but please make room for the millions of people that want in.
That’s all I have to say about that.
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