Let’s examine what our candidates stand for in 2012

April 29, 2012

Let’s examine what our candidates stand for in 2012

Anonymous The Goshen News Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:03 AM EDT

During an election year it is always interesting to listen to prospective voters talk about how, what, why and if they will vote. Television, radio, computers and mail are inundated with candidates and their messages proclaiming what they will do and have done for you.

The candidates are desperate to be seen in a positive light and be portrayed as “of the people.” Would it not be better to look at what they have done, especially when you have an incumbent running for re-election? As a responsible and informed voter should we not be looking at their past voting record, what issues have they fought for, what principles and values have they displayed?

It is all to easy to be sucked in by the eloquent candidate who has great public speaking skills, and has life experiences that appear to give connections to all of their constituents. Many times the incumbent candidate is not the same individual who first ran for the office. Now there is an agenda, goals and a plan that may or may not be what the voters want.

A candidate should not be judged by his willingness to stand in front of people and debate. This does not show great leadership, it shows skills with vocabulary and public speaking. Elected to represent the people means just that; representing the people and making meaningful changes that is what counts. For a number of years everyone has been given lip service from candidates. Now it must stop. Is the candidate fighting for the people, for the district, for what is right? Or is he fighting to keep a job, or to further his agenda? Consider carefully, cut through all the talk and posturing and ask the question does this person stand for everyone?

— Dwight Moudy

Elkhart County Farm Bureau Board

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