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…cause I want to make a difference :) And because you have to be 30 to be a Senator; Reps are only required to be 25.

http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm

Following is an outline of my goals for my service, as well as my stances and beliefs on matters of importance. This outline is far from complete, and will be updated as I find time to continue fleshing out my positions on various issues. I will also formulate positions by request (as feasible and appropriate) on topics not yet addressed.

1) I will not give audience to special interest groups. If one poison can be singled out as being most responsible for undermining our country’s government, it is the audience being given to the desires of the exorbitantly funded special interest groups and the corruption that almost universally and inevitably follows. The blame for allowing this reprehensible hijacking of our country’s direction lies squarely on the shoulders of our Congressional leaders. I will not pretend to not see it, or pretend that it’s not a problem, or pretend that it’s somehow allowable. As a Representative of the state of Georgia, I will be exactly that: a representative of the voice of the citizens of my home state. Any special interest that wishes to contact me will do so through the same means available to my constituents, whatever those means are — no unbalanced hearings of a special interest organization will be entertained.

2) I will only support those things which I believe are good for the long term health and fecundity of our country. While this may seem like a “no-brainer”, it deserves special mention, especially taken with the previous point. Special interests, vocal minorities, the trends of pop culture… none of these things should or will be a factor in my evaluation of whether or not a concept/initiative/position is good for our country. My role in the U.S. House will be to represent Georgians to the country and to be part of their voice on national matters.

3) Particular goals I have for our country:

• Eliminating the current tax system — and instituting either a simple flat tax or even a national sales tax. While I realize that such a proposal is a massive undertaking, I believe it is one of the most efficient ways to solve several entrenched government problems at once.
• Repealing or modifying the 17th amendment to return state government representation to the national Congress. Georgia Senator Zell Miller brought up the issues created by this amendment in a speech in late April 2004. After looking over the issues raised by Senator Miller I agree with him wholeheartedly.

My core values and beliefs:

• I am a Christian. In fact, I am what most leftists would refer to as a “fundamentalist evangelical”. My stances on morality, duty, honor, truth, fairness and accountability are all based on my faith.
• I am unequivocally pro-life. Put another way, I am anti-abortion. I believe that medical literature has not provided a sufficient number of cases where pregnant mothers are in such grave danger that their only hope of survival is in the murdering of their unborn child to warrant the allowance of any form of abortion. I am, therefore, in favor of outlawing abortion at the national level, and codifying it as first-degree (intentional) murder on the part of the parties that participated — namely the supervising physician and the mother, as applicable. In the infinitesmally small number of cases where a mother’s health is so threatened by continuing her pregnancy to natural birth that an abortion becomes the only viable option for saving the mother’s life, I trust that justice will be done via the levelheadedness and understanding of a jury in a court of law to evaluate and understand the special exceptions that would surround such a circumstance and to appropriately acquit or charge the responsible parties.
• I believe in the strictest literal interpretation of the Constitution as is possible. Any attempts to “infer” the meaning of the Framers apart from the Consitution amounts to dancing at the top of the proverbial slippery slope. As an example to underscore my seriousness and perception of the severity of this problem, I would, inasmuch as is possible, support a motion to create a national referendum system that would allow the citizens of the United States to both call for the Supreme Court to reconsider controversial rulings as well as specifying the rulings to be reconsidered. Such a system would institute some sense of public accountability into a judicial system that is playing a dangerous game of PC brinkmanship with the future of our country.

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