Turning the Armchair President from a portal concept that would focus on political solutions into a stump for me gauging the publics support level for me running for President of the United States - someone voiced the questions: am I crazy and what is so special about me?
I am not crazy and honestly there is nothing special about me. That's part of the point. Our founding fathers designed our government to be for and by the People.
The system in place has eliminated the People from our government and that is a major part of the problem. Our career politicians are disconnected from Americans, the vital issues facing this country, and solutions for these issues. Career politicians, or at least enough of them, run this country for their special interest(s), not America's interests.
None of this is what our founding fathers meant to happen or designed to happen. My decision to do this was not made lightly, I do not really want to be President. I do not relish the idea of my life being completly public, the inevitable lies that Republican/Republican mouth pieces will outright say about me and truths that may be twisted so much that they might as well be outright lies. I have lived a good and honest life and have nothing to hide, but there is a difference between having nothing to hide a being the target of a smear campaign.
However, I have been in trials by fire before and that does not frighten me. It's just not a desired situation.
So, am I crazy? No. I am fed up. Democrats do not provide solutions and Republicans, if they provide solutions, then they are ill-conceived solutions that tend to make the situation worse. I have put together the most vital issues that America faces and provide common sense solutions. It's not overly challenging if you have time and do some research. Many people agree with my values and solutions, they could be president as well! I just have more time than many others to actually put forth the effort. I do not have a full-time job, I do renovations to our property as a part-time job (just finished a bathroom remodel and tiling job in the kitchen and am now finishing off the garage, so it's drywall heaven right now).
That's what I think is the big difference, I am willing to help make my country better - there are millions of Americans that do this all the time, and I need to sacrifice my private life in order to do that. People sacrifice their lives for our country - I figure that this is something I can live with. So, I do not think I am crazy.
Someone needs to push America on the right path. I have the time and the common sense solutions to do so. I think I also have some reasonable ability in communicating and am reasonably intelligent and prone to making good decisions based on the facts at my disposal. Plus, I have lived a clean life, so there are no skeletons in my closet that will cause my campaign to implode. All of these are beneficial attributes for being President, but they are not special. I am just in the right place at the right time with time.
Finally, it is not just me it is we as in We The People, I am unable to do this without you, so you are as important as I am. We are all ordinary and we are all special and if we want this to be a better country then we need to do that. I am voluteering to be the catalyst that's all.
