“My fellow Americans” Ronald Reagan

When I was younger and I heard that statement I felt that Ronald Reagan was talking to people like you and me. I believed that this was one country and we were one people. Sure, we have our differences some cultural, economic, political, and religious but we were still all Americans.

Today when I hear those words I feel that there is something missing. The politicians of today are not “fellow Americans”. Most of them are professional politicians and know nothing about what it is like to be a fellow American.

It is my opinion they are out of touch and that their one focus is how to keep themselves in power. They play politics with our troops, our security, and our energy dependence. They play partisan politics on the most basic of issues. They are so busy fighting each other that while the ship is sinking they are busy blaming the cook for burning the chicken. I would bet money that one party could introduce a bill that would save the world and the other party would vote against it just because they didn’t introduce it first and the only way to get it passed is to a about a bazillion dollars in personal earmarks to buy their vote. Why else do they have to tack on billions of dollars to virtually every bill they pass now?

The best way I can describe them is a bunch of kindergarten children fighting over who gets to play with what toys and staking out territory in the sandbox.

I believe that many Americans feel the same way I do. I believe the ’06 election was NOT a mandate for the democrats but was a mandate for the GOP to get off their butt and to start taking care of the nation. I, we, are fed up with politics and having our future sold out from under us. They have destroyed our manufacturing, they have made us dependent on foreign sources of energy, and both parties just blame the other. I believe it is time for a change, it is time for a revolution in our government. This is not a revolution with guns and bullets but a revolution by the voter. We have the power to make change. We outnumber them over 240,000:1

It is not our politicians fault, it is OUR fault for allowing them, NO, for REWARDING them for the way they are acting. We need people in office who are there to do a job and not there to consolidate their own power.

I have filed with the FEC and it is my intention to be the GOP nominee for vice-president of the US. Yes, the vice-president. I am not qualified to be the President. I am qualified to be his assistant. For one I believe it would send a clear message that we are fed up. I have researched this, I am constitutionally and professionally qualified, and I am willing to do the job for the American people. Was Dan Quayle a rocket scientist, was Al Gore an Astrophysicist, was Mondale an Electrical Engineer, no, but they were able to run NASA. You don’t need to be a legal expert, your not writing or passing any laws. You don’t need to be a foreign policy expert. First off, who do we have that is a foreign policy expert because our foreign policy hasn’t been working that well lately. If I need legal advice, I have access to hundreds of the brightest lawyers in the country. Lawyers that are so bright they can’t even agree on a law, and when they do pass a law, another group of lawyers declares their law unconstitutional.

The point of being the Vice President is to be a manager not a subject matter expert. His job is to pool the experts together, listen to what they have to say, and then formulate the plan. For that I am qualified.

Just imagine the signal this will send to Washington. Every day I will be there to remind those in power that they are NOT untouchable and that the American people are watching them. Every day I will be there to remind them that THEY WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

People, politicians make up less than .2% of our population. In sports there are recruiters scouring high schools, colleges, and play grounds looking for the “best”. Every day, businesses recruit from colleges or competitors to find the “best”. Just imagine how inefficient a sports team would be that if the only way you could qualify was that you were a son or daughter of a former player? It is time that we realize that politics is NOT for a specific group of people. They are politically inbred, they are stagnant, they are out of touch and we need to make some MAJOR changes.

This is your chance to really vote for NONE OF THE ABOVE. This is your chance to put one of us into real power. This is a chance for all of you who are sick and tired of the same old choices. This is our chance to speak up or forever hold our peace.

Help me send a message to Washington, a message they do NOT have to interpret. A message that is loud and clear. Yes, this is possible. It is legal. It can work. There are over 120 MILLION registered voters and guess what. Over 119 MILLION of you are my “fellow Americans”.

For more information about me and how you can make a difference go to my website www.ray4vp.com and join my team.

Thank you for your time.

Respectfully,

Raymond McKinney