January 21, 2004
Wednesday

Politicians and political parties have been influenced by upcoming elections in this Country since George Washington became President.

On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. "As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles."

It is my belief that 215 years ago, (Politicians) would spend a great deal of time getting elected only to realize, once elected, their time would be greatly spent on future elections, good diplomacy for future speeches and the constant debate over who,what and how political (parties) ideas should proceed.

With our electoral process of today, an elected official devotes his/her time in the best interest of three basic areas. 1. To serve the people's interest as they elect to do so. 2. To become familiar with the formalities of the new office. 3. To either become re-elected or to see that someone with his/her ideas are elected.

With these three preoccupation's an elected official must consider his time valuable and we the people can understand why government moves the way it does.

Perhaps if we improve and revise our method of electing individuals to office by electing two or three individuals of different ideas to work together in the same office, held accountable by members of our government and the American public, we might gain some momentum and speed up the process of governing and the bussiness of running our Country in a more effective and mutually agreeable way.

Sincerely,

Kevin McMahon
Stoomzee Studios
Northport, Long Island, NY - USA
www.stoomzee.com Page - 7 ~Joint-Presidents of the United States~ Politics

 

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