Hit the ground running

Before this election is over there will be millions of words scattered out over this Internet about the candidates..... Let me join the crowd.

Before we break each President wannabe down, lets take a look at problem number one.

Senator McCain, Senator Obama, and Senator Clinton what have you been doing for 2 years? I'll tell ya. You've been running around the country campaigning while your Senate seat is cold... That's right, the three Senators hit the campaign trail telling us what they are going to do for our country, instead of being in Washington doing what they were elected to do.

Think about this... Say you work for Big X Widget Company. You're a mid-level manager who represents employees that don't have a seat at the table. You go to board meetings on behalf of the group and vote for things that's in their best interest.

One day you get the urge to run Big X Widget Company.... Be the President. So you quit going to meaningless meetings, your vote really didn't count anyway. And you start telling everybody how you're going to change the Big Widget Company... You use your frequent flier miles to visit Big X Widget Companies all over the country. (All the while still being paid) Then you get a few weasels from the mail room to contribute to your effort.... After all you can't stay at a motel 6, you need to look Presidential.... But back at corporate your chair is empty.... Votes are being cast, decisions are being made on behalf of people who thought they had a voice...

Oh I know, this is a higher calling. A mid-level guy can only do so much.... You need to be President.

Now let me ask the sane people out there how long would this guy be employed at the Big X Widget Company?... He'd be out on his keister faster than he could say, "We need hope and change."

What am I missing? Why do we have Senators anyway? Let um' all run for President, maybe we'd be better off. Lately, it seems, all they want to do is find out if Roger Clemens took steroids or if the New England Patriots cheated on football games... Forget gas prices, and out of control spending. What did Bill Belichick know and when did he know it?

The only Senator who got this right was Bob Dole. He resigned his seat to run for President. He lost the election and went home...

Next year one of the three running will be President.... (I'll give you a moment to let that sink in)
And the other two will return to their seats in the senate, no harm, no foul.

This may not seem like a big deal, but I just find it tasteless to seek another job when you're being paid to be accountable for the one you have.

Bob Dole we hardly knew ye.

That's the way Ron sees it.