At this time, I am very pleased to announce that Bob Hargis (I-OK) has agreed to be my running mate for the 2008 election. Bob is no stranger to those who have followed other independents running for President, and we feel that together we can make a great team.
Bob and I share many values and stances on the issues. Most importantly we know that we can make a positive change in this country by bringing unity and solutions to our government rather than partisan politics.
According to the latest Reuters/Zogby poll, our US Congress now has an approval rating of 11%, barely double digits. While that is in itself a terrible fact, it is worse when you realize that the majority of our ‘mainstream’ presidential candidates are leaders in that not-so-popular group.
Dear America, why would you want a president chosen from a group you already distrust so greatly? Have you not had enough yet? Do you really believe solutions for our problems can come from those who have created and sustained them?
I am happy to announce that I am officially a registered candidate with the Federal Election Commission of the United States Government for President of the United States in 2008. In addition the “Steve Adams for President” committee is now an official entity in the eyes of the FEC. These milestones are important steps on our way to rescue the Presidency from traditional partisan politics.
Our need for registered supporters on PresidentAdams.com is critical to the success of this campaign. Though the official recognition by the FEC is a significant accomplishment, it is again only one of a number of steps along the way. We must keep moving forward together so that our efforts to this point are not rendered in vain. I invite everyone to join this movement by visiting www.PresidentAdams.com and registering your support. To succeed where others have failed, we must spread the word to our friends and families across the nation.
I have never written to the president before, because I never thought I would receive an answer. I do not expect an answer to this e-mail either, but there are times one must try…
Sent 6/6/2007
Obama wants to give it to you. Hillary wants to give it to you. I don’t want it. Universal government healthcare for all. Sure, it sounds good. Take care of everyone. No one should be without health insurance.
Two problems. Who is going to give it to you and who is going to pay for it?
If web site traffic continues as usual, PresidentAdams.com will cross 100,000 visits to the site on July 4th. I think that is rather fitting. So perhaps it is time for a “State of the Campaign” address.
100,000 hits is significant. Add that to 30,000 video views on YouTube and other sites, contacts coming from social networking sites, blog posts, interviews and articles from everywhere – the end result is the campaign is reaching people. And the people are significant. When these people ask how the campaign is going, I always answer “It’s going in the right direction, but not fast enough.”
Friends ask me daily how my campaign for presidency is going. The campaign is going well and in the right direction, but not fast enough. I offer common sense and solutions that people want. Americans are generally disgusted with politics in general and with the two parties, but they feel helplessly trapped to support and vote for them. Many have stopped caring and feel they can never change the system.
Some of my friends and neighbors don’t even know who candidates are. I mention Tom Tancredo or Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich and receive blank stares. Some people can’t tell me one Republican running for office. Clinton, Edwards, and Obama are the only ones in the news.
The odds of my winning the presidency are long, but not impossible. I explain on my site that if each of my registered supporters told one friend who signed up, we would double our supporters. Repeat that for a mere 18… nope, NOW 17 days and I would have over 61 million supporters, enough to have won the popular vote in 2004. Is having your government back worth 17 days to you?
I recently watched the movie Man of the Year where Robin Williams portrays a comedian who runs as an independent against the traditional two party stereotypes. As my family and I watched the movie, we commented that William’s speeches on stage and off could have been mine… although my son was quick to remind me I’m not that funny.
Separation of Church and State. That phrase is used by everyone. Where does it come from? What does it mean? Is it in the Constitution? The Bill of Rights? The Declaration of Independence? No one knows because the answer is none of the above. And no one seems to know it. I even heard a TV anchor call it the “Constitutional Separation of Church and State.” Some editor missed a fact check.
But the phrase is used as fact to address every issue from school prayer to creation vs. evolution to displaying the ten commandments to faith-based groups being approached by the government. I’ll bet it was even used to fight lawmakers trying to tell Georgia teens how sexy they could be when they danced at school.
In 1776, early American patriot Samuel Adams opened a talk to the Massachusetts state assembly with these words, “We are on this continent - to the astonishment of the world – three million souls united in one cause.”
I am sure the founding fathers had their differences, but they had a common goal. And as a result, the world saw this brave new nation united; the United States of America.
The national debt, deficit spending, foreign aid, out of control government spending on “pork”, unemployment, income tax, social security and Medicare… all these together sound complicated and scary. How can one possibly talk about a balanced budget in this day and age?
Same as the age old joke. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
‘Tis the season once again for paintball. It is a sport where teenagers and men who still think they are teenagers run around the woods firing safe, but painful projectiles of paint at each other, achieving victory over their opposing team in a variety of ways. I’m not just a Presidential candidate; I am the keeper of the gear for our church youth group.
Chaos reigns during the battles; and in the haste to exit the battlefield and go home to other fun, I am left with the gear. Over the few years we have engaged in mock battles, our gear has inevitably taken some damage. Some markers (we can’t call them guns) simply don’t work. The “gun-like” part and the CO2 cartridges are the usual casualties while the hoppers (ammo holders), masks, and barrels usually survive.
Sometimes I hear conservatives or the “religious right” described as angry. We’re not peace loving hippies, so perhaps that is part of the issue. Flip on the TV and I see plenty of angry liberals or “left wingers” who seem just as angry, but for some reason, the label sticks to conservatives.
I debate many political issues with others using cold, hard logic which is backed up with facts. I ask those that respond to remove their emotion and name calling - which often leads them astray - and to look solely at the facts. As a result, though my arguments are sound, I have been then accused about not having passion about anything.
We are approaching an election this year, so it is time for things to get ugly. Certainly there are ugly things to report. The war in Iraq is not popular with many. Scandals are rampant at and around Washington. Immigration and NSA/CIA spying are hot topics. Put these together and President Bush is in a “no win” situation.
If President Bush pulls our troops out of Iraq, he will be called a coward and his political foes will lay “another Vietnam-style loss” on his plate. We told you so! We should never have gone in… even though we voted for it. If we stay, they complain about a quagmire. It’s a no win situation.
I held off crying at a friend’s funeral, until the military honors. An American flag was lifted from the casket, folded by two soldiers as taps was played, and handed to my friend’s son.
I have held an American flag with the Patriot Guard Riders, a group of civilians that honor fallen heroes of our military. When preparing the flag to be transported, I explained to my 12 year old son how the flag should never touch the ground out of respect. My son then asked to stand with me, holding a flag of his own. I was a proud American and a proud dad that day.
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