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WORKING TOMMY C's FIRST OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT:
BILL CONNOR FOR LT. GOVERNOR!
January 8, 2010
I saw Bill Connor last night at his open house and had a great time talking with him and other folks there--great group. Several of us there were veterans and we had some good conversations.
I talked to Bill for a bit before the guests arrived. Bill is really down to earth. He doesn't put on airs like I've seen some of the other politicians do. He is definitely active and engaged. Working class folks like me were welcome there as were others.
Bill Connor comes from a background the far greater majority of us share: he is NOT a career politician. He is making sacrifices and already working hard by stepping up to the plate to take office for a while to truly serve rather than to BE served at the taxpayer trough like so many typical politicians do. His non-political background is one of the best things in his resume.
I do not agree with Bill Connor on absolutely everything--though 95+% is pretty darned good--but I agree with him 100% on the big three defining issues, in my opinion, of the day: I'm against amnesty, against socialized medicine, and against cap and trade. These are three essential issues that have affected, or could profoundly affect, us as individual citizens in our states and yet again work to further corrode what tenuous remains of state sovereignty and consent of the governed that are left to us.
I had a couple of good, fun debates in the corner of the room with one or two other guests. Of course, we all would not have been there if we did not support the far greater number of issues and basic philosophies we all have in common with Bill Connor--whether we support different folks for other offices or not. Good, honorable people can disagree and discuss the issues without being disagreeable, I found out again last night.
The main thing all of us in the corner agreed on was the need to find people running for office who will speak up and speak out as Connor will. Instead we are frequently being given the choice of candidates who habitually stay non-committal and evasive in the hopes that others will project their own beliefs and hopes on a "blank slate" candidate.
We NEED conversations in public going back and forth, up and down and even sideways on basic principles and beliefs on governance. We do NOT want politicians who will sleaze their way in the effort to gain power and money and are only right by coincidence rather than due to their standing on sound principles.
We don't need to hear "both" sides of issues, we need to hear ALL sides. There's no "happy medium" between the big government politicians of both major parties. There is only more sleazy politics. We need to bring the Republican party back to its own platform based on the natural or God-given, unalienable rights of individuals and their rights to govern themselves.
We also don't need people to go into a discussion on an issue ready to compromise in a "one-step forward, two steps back" sort of approach as the Republicans have been doing for far too long. We want them standing on principle, taking pro-active steps in restoring our rights, and making the OTHER side compromise for a change.
The conversation has already shifted towards liberty in this country despite the uptick of corruption and extreme socialism by many in both parties. Our politicians need to catch up and act like they have a backbone for a change. If you don't want divisiveness and arguments and hot tempers and so on, then don't get involved in politics. We want FIGHTERS!
Connor is far above and beyond the other candidates for Lt. Governor. In conversations and emails I've had with him, I'm convinced he has good experience in dealing with difficulties and is, like all good leaders, willing and able to learn and take advice when the situation calls for it.
It is obvious to me that Connor, through his extensive military background in addition to his active involvement in his community and as a family man, can handle the current bad times and potentially worse times ahead. I'm convinced that Connor will proceed with strong, fair leadership that respects the rule of law and looks out for the interests of South Carolina.
I highly recommend Bill Connor for Lt. Governor. I'm hard pressed to find ANYONE as intelligent, energetic, or of equally high character running for ANY office. So far this election cycle, it's just been Bill Connor and a couple of others (whom I will endorse separately).
DISCLAIMER: I am not in any position in Mr. Connor's campaign but have supported his campaign with a donation. Someone of Bill Connor's caliber is a very rare find in my 25 years of (on-and-off) citizen activism. Please find out more about Connor and if you like what you find out from reputable sources, please donate on his site: http://voteconnor.com/ to help support him.
A little or a lot from EACH of us who are concerned about saving our state from the ages old cycle of endless corruption can make a REAL difference in supporting Bill Connor.
wtc
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