An Experiment in Scotch

Leav­ing the silly cliche aside (have you ever thought about where that money might have been, Mis­ter? ), I just donated to a polit­i­cal can­di­date for the first time in my life. On top of that, I donated for what can only be con­sid­ered a long shot. I did it because I believe that of the polit­i­cal options for the next Pres­i­den­tial Elec­tion, only one is a true con­ser­v­a­tive. Get­ting a true con­ser­v­a­tive, one that under­stands fed­er­al­ism and wants to return the coun­try to a point nearer our polit­i­cal ances­tors is very impor­tant in my opin­ion. So I’m tak­ing a chance on throw­ing away $50 on Fred Thompson.

I think his voice needs to be heard in this elec­tion and so I donated to help get a com­mer­cial run in Iowa, the first pri­mary state and the one that will deter­mine to a large degree what can­di­dates we as Amer­i­cans will get to choose from on Elec­tion Day. Real­is­ti­cally, I think if Fred fin­ishes in third in Iowa, he will have a great chance. Huck­abee is a scary can­di­date and Rom­ney seems to be a flip-flopper to rival Kerry. Guil­iani cer­tainly isn’t a con­ser­v­a­tive in any clas­si­cal sense and McCain, well I just don’t trust him after the whole Cam­paign Finance reform crap.

Even if you’re not con­ser­v­a­tive, Fred Thomp­son would help to ele­vate the cur­rent level of polit­i­cal dis­course in this coun­try and I think that should be a goal for every­one who takes our lead­ers seri­ously. Think about donat­ing to Fred’s cam­paign if you can afford a few dollars.