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Politicians must hold oath as sacred
Laddie Oliver
Sep. 23, 2014 1:00 am
On Nov. 4, in order to regain honor and stability for our state and our nation, we have an opportunity to select and replace the United States Congress with honorable oath keeping representatives of government.
It is imperative that we bring an end to the political party power to rule, the conclusions and failures to comply with existing laws and the U.S. Constitution.
Our selected officials must hold the oath as sacred and hearken to the voice of the people following proper procedure for change when proposed. Health care, education, energy, minimum wage and other items returned to the thrift seeking competitions between the individual states under the 9th and 10th Amendments. Statements against candidates confuse the issues and serve no purpose when untrue. Consider spoken words weighed against the past actions of each candidate. When all members of a political party vote for their candidate and all members of another vote for their candidate there may be something rotten in Denmark, as the saying goes.
By all means vote for the good of the nation. We of the military have served and lived by our oath. We pray those paying the supreme sacrifice did not die in vain for it is these we must thank.
Laddie Oliver
Washington
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