If I were to run for President
Would you vote for me? As another election season for president is upon us, and I have no candidate that represents me in the way I would wish to be represented, I give thought to what my platform would be and how I would represent myself and my fellow Americans if I were to run for the highest office in our nation. I thought about such things on a long hike in the Colorado mountains recently, where I had the chance to breathe in some mountain air and "cleanse" my mind a bit. I've been so frustrated for so long, and I've tried to resign myself from our national politics because of the torment and disappointment of it all and the limited choices we have. I thought about the waste. The senselessness of the billions of dollars flushed away in political ads. Mostly, I thought about what really divides us as a country, versus what unites us. So, if I were to run for President, what would my platform be? Is this perfect? Absolutely not. But merely a head start from ...