The year 2007 will be ushered in about the time this article will be printed. This means we are a year away from election time.

A friend showed me where a presidential election costs the party fighting for their candidate, some 50 million to get him/her elected. What a waste! I would rather use that money to feed the homeless, rebuild devasted cities, reduce the deficit while putting only about 10% in my pocket. The DRP (That's the name of our party) will spend nothing, absolutely nothing to get me elected. Why? Because our platform is worth more than 50 million!!! We will win based on the merits of our policies and honesty.

We have long advocated that which we now read about daily, teach the Iraqi Army and police to fight their own battle and bring our troops home. We continue to lose some 100 a month, a number we cannot afford. Losing one would be one too many.

What must be weighed is the only good that came out of this ill fated mission, we have gotten rid of another ruthless Dictator. The cost, a couple thousand American lives, countless civilian lives and not to mention the thousands of wounded. Was it worth it??????

It is now time for each of us to get out there and "sell" our platform. We do not need money, expensive TV ads, we can do it on the merit of our goal.

The starting gun has sounded, let's go!!! Stand on street corners, tell the world what we are about. Display our Bumper stickers and license plate frames, wear our campiagn buttons. Man telephone squads, hold coffee clutches, you can do it, WE can do it together.
aL Hoffman
The next President of the United States