1/2//2010 - Why run as a 3rd party candidate for U. S. Senate ( Reform Party)

I have been asked recently why I am running for the United States Senate as an independent third party candidate. Many have said that I am a great alternative to the typical big government career politicians running in the GOP primary now.  Other say that my campaign will lead to a Democrat victory in November.

We hear every time the Republicans or Democrats lose the White House, that they need to “rebuild” the party, or that they “need to take the party back.” If the parties were doing the right thing to begin with, there would be no need to rebuild them. Over the last 100 plus years, regardless of the rhetoric, the parties have never been rebuilt into something that resembles a government that the Founding Fathers would feel comfortable with. Each election cycle, regardless of which party is in the White House, brings our Republic further and further away from the Constitution, and closer to some sort of statist or fascist government.

Both of the GOP candidates are part of the problem. They are Washington insiders. They are supported by Washington insiders and their money. One will get the nomination and the other will support him. Why should he even bother in the first place.

I am running for the Senate as an Independent because liberty and freedom are precious commodities, and we are losing them very quickly.

I am running for the Senate as an Independent because I feel that neither political party best represents and will further the cause of liberty and freedom.

I am running for the Senate as an Independent because I no longer believe the solutions to saving our country lie anywhere within the two party system.

I understand the challenges I face running as a third party. There are false stereotypes, the myth of the “wasted vote” and simply having to break old habits of pulling the lever (or pushing the button) for anyone with an R or D after their name, regardless of their ethics or principles.  The future depends on it.

I am running for the Senate as an Independent because you deserve the choice. Our future depends on it.