VOTE FOR ME!

Today I watched as one of the greatest men ever to run for President in recent times stepped down from his campaign. My disappointment is deep and emotional. A lump rose in my throat and I felt like crying. Some men might not cry. I do.

For many years I’ve watched the country I’ve cared for very deeply since I was a very young boy continue to fall apart. The truth is that the best man has never won the presidency.  Most have had at least a few redeeming values but not since the era of reconstruction has the country suffered as much as it has under the current administration. I doubt anyone now running on either side, Democrat or Republican, will have the resolve, the wherewithal, or the determination to turn this nation around. Certainly nobody has the qualifications nor the platform of Bill Richardson.  There’s nobody I trust.

Mr. Richardson faced a media jugernaut that truly overwhelmed his every effort. Never forget, people, that the media is a consolidated voice for the corporate elite. They did not want Richardson to win. What did they do? They ignored him completely and pushed him out of the race.

Here are some very important words: “…when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce [mankind] …under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security.” Those words, from the Declaration of Independence, are as valid today as they were July 4, 1776.

I read these words to my children today as we began learning the history of this nation. Despots across a distant sea trampled on the liberties of colonists. Today despots in glass towers supported by despots in Washington, D.C. are once again trampling on the rights of the people, people who are the descendants in blood and spirit of those who faced death when they signed and supported the Declaration of Independence.

The Truths declared upon that day remain self-evident. We have the rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness–the ability to live a quality life and insure our families live healthy and in peace. It is not necessary that our government be replaced. What is necessary is that the individuals controling our government be replaced. We must throw out the scoundrels. The poor have suffered too long. The elderly have been abused and ignored too often. Children have been neglected too much. Nations around the world have suffered the wrath of an out-of-control military for too many years.  Our grievances are many.  We’ve been longsuffering.  It’s now time to bring it to an end.

When today’s candidates say they want change they mean the jingle in their pocket and nothing more. It is time for a revolution. I don’t mean a revolution of arms but a revolution of ideals. We don’t need a revolution of violence but a revolution of peace. I speak not of a revolution of division but a revolution of unity. It’s time Americans reclaimed America. It’s time to put a little man in the big job. It’s time time for this nation to stand up and live out the full meaning of its creed.

I am announcing my candidacy for President of the United States.  Vote for me.  Join with me.  Send a clear message that you’re fed up with the way things are.

In the days to come I shall publish my platform in detail. My administration will be an admistration of inclusion. My administration will be an administration of fairness and equal treatment under the law. My administration will be an administration of peace. My administration will be a triumph of good. Vote for me! It’s time the little guy had a true voice. It’s time we reclaim America for Americans!

It’s time friend!  Make the impossible possible.

Thank you and God Bless America!

H.J. Ted Gresham

January 10, 2008

Vote for Me!

It was very disappointing to see the best candidate step out of the race.  I’m quite sure Mr. Richardson had his reasons and was given plenty of political advice.  I still believe, though, that he had a much better chance, or could have, if his campaign had been handled differently.

But who am I to second guess?  I’m just a nobody living in a tin can in the East Texas woods.

Except, I’m not a nobody.  The Declaration of Independence says we’re all created equal.  It also says we have a right to affect our government.  It says if we can’t, if the government is no longer responsive to the people we have a right to change our government.  I ask you, do we as ordinary citizens have the ability to affect how our government does things?  The answer is no, we don’t.  For all  the wonderful talk about our freedom and how our vote counts we still keep listening to media bull and electing self-serving and/or incompetent people to national offices.  I, for one, am tired of the rhetoric.

There is no other candidate in either party I am prepared to support.  There’s nobody I trust to speak the truth, nobody I believe cares about the issues that are most important, nobody who understands what life is like down here on the bottom.

I have decided that there’s only one candidate I can trust.  That candidate is me.  The only “change” candidates in the race want is the kind that jingles in their pockets.  They are all part of the status quo and they will do nothing to rattle it.  I will.  I will stand up for the poor man, for children, for the elderly, for the uninsured and the unwanted.

Vote for me, H.J. Ted Gresham, independent candidate for President of the United States.  Join me.  Make your voice heard.  It’s time, friend, for this country to live up to its potential.  It’s time for a peaceful revolution at the balot box.  It’s time to toss out the regime and put in common men with common sense.  It’s time to Reclaim America!

Vote your conscience.  Vote for me.  Make the impossible possible!

Thank you very much!

H.J. Ted Gresham – January 10, 2008