Yankee Doodle Went to Town Riding on a $20

So last night I attended the Tea Party Boise's Candidate Forum. All Congressional candidates from both districts attended. Our incumbents did not. It was an interesting evening, not full of anger or arguments, just Idahoans listening to their fellow Idahoans running for office.
It was fun and informative. Well, maybe not informative for everyone, some people just could not hear the voice of the non-funded candidates, the corporate free candidates.

There were in total 10 candidates on the stage, and each candidate answered each question within the given time frame. We all spoke, but this morning in our illustrious and oh so unbiased(?) Idaho Statesman, there were only two candidates on stage last night, (and no one from district 2). Here are the words of Dan Popkey, " "The forum included eight other candidates who have yet to mount serious challenges in organization and money."And that was his total report for the rest of us, for all of us in Idaho.

Again I say, we now live in a Financial Monarchy -- do we need yet more proof. The very much electable candidates on that stage last night were not reported on because we did not have enough money to be reported on. Just how bad can this get! Following Mr Popkey's standards, in order to be a 'serious' candidate for office in our nation we must first be corportate harlots or just well heeled.

Campaign Finance Reform - it's a no brainer, but we cannot get it if our general population and our media believe that only though money can an American get elected to office. This is our Financial Monarchy, this is the place where our corruption begins, this is the starting point of all of our nations problems. Money in the donation jar does not make a better candidate, just a wealthier one, and who ends up getting represented, us or the money. Campaign Finance is the most significant underlying cause of dysfunction in our government today.

As for organizations - Some candidates were Republican - isn't the GOP a big enough organization? Some candidates were Democrats - not large enough to be called an organization? Libertarians - still too small? Independents - The citizens of the State of Idaho not a big enough organization? Facebook, BlogSpot, Twitter, Mozilla, Sea Monkey and a plethura of other electronic media that is networked and organized within our state and our nation. How big does it need to get? What standards are we campaigning up to?

Enough! We do not need money and a mob to be a serious candidate for office. Maybe in the past but look where that has gotten us. We do not need to continue believing that this is the only way for us, this was never meant for us. We are so much better than this. We as a people choose how we elect, we as a people choose how we campaign, we as a people choose what is best for our nation.