Get to work
Next month our beloved country turns 231 years old. I know of a great birthday present that the 2008 Presidential Candidates in both parties can give the citizens of the United States and the world as a whole:
STOP CAMPAIGNING
That’s right. Beginning July 1, until the summer recess, every presidential candidate should cease and desist fund raising, trips to Iowa City and stints on the Daily Show. Instead, what would be great, especially for the candidates currently getting paid by U.S. taxpayers in the legislative branch, is if they would get some work done.
Just showing up to vote is not good enough. Demonstrate your potential as the next possible leader of the free world by building political consensus to pass bills and/or override vetoes. There is a lot of work to do, and the Country needs you to stop eating cat fish in South Carolina and start finding solutions to the following issues:
1. Iraq-what the hell now?
2. Homeland Security
3. Overriding Bush’s Stem Cell Research Veto
4. Immigration Reform
5. Ensuring Educational Reform mandates are funded
6. Bargain with China and Russia to enable progress in the Save Darfur campaign
7. Gun Control
8. Alternative Energy Sources
9. Health Care Reform
10. Afghanistan
These are urgent issues. These are pressing issues. I don’t really care what you are going to do as President. I mean, I do care, but not yet. What the voters want is for you to accomplish something in the job that you have now, instead of promoting what you might do in a job that you may or may not be hired for.
Call your travel agent and postpone your trip to Concord and make a reservation at Mr. Smith’s in Georgetown. I recommend the Original Smith’s Burger. It’s big, but you’re going to need your strength.
You have a lot of work to do.
