Roger Thoney for U.S. Senate

I have decided to discontinue running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky due to lack of support.  I was running to give the people a voice in Washington and to restore liberty in America; but the people did not respond.  The resulting frustration has extinguished my “fire in the belly” to run.

I, like many, think that our politicians are out of touch with “main-street” Americans, particularly those Americans who want the government to simply leave them alone.  However, politicians are highly attuned to the voting and contributing behaviors of the people.  We get that for which we vote; and politicians will not change until the people change.

If we want our politicians to put the people first, to stand up for individual liberty and economic freedom, and to live up to the Constitution, then we must be more demanding of them before we contribute money or vote for them.  We must no longer accept a candidate simply because he says that he is “conservative” or may have a “conservative” voting record.  We must demand specific commitments and action before we give our support.

If a candidate says that he supports a balanced budget, then we must demand that he tell us how he intends to balance the budget.  What is his plan?  If a candidate claims that he is for lower taxes, then we must demand that he tell us how he intends to reduce government spending so that we can have lower taxes without borrowing and mortgaging our children’s future.  What is his plan?  If a candidate says that he is for less government, then we must demand that he pledge to work to ratify the Freedom Amendment.

Words without specific commitment are just words; and we have been accepting “just words” for much too long.  If we do not change, then we will continue to meander down the path to socialism/communism.  We will lose our freedom and become slaves of politicians and government bureaucrats.

Our country is under assault by socialists from within and by Islamic fundamentalists both from within and outside our country.  The domestic political battle is no longer “liberal” vs. “conservative” but socialism/communism vs. freedom.  We must engage in a two-front war, as we did during World War II, or else we will lose the freedom for which so many Americans have fought and died to win and protect.

Not only must we defeat our socialist and Islamic enemies, but also we must work to restore liberty in America.  To accomplish this, we must change and begin to demand that candidates present a plan to restore liberty and pledge to work to implement it.  The initiative is in our hands.

Sincerely,

Roger Thoney 

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