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SHARECOMMENTMORE
We hear people say, “I vote for the man, not the party.” This sounds noble and might leave the speaker feeling above the general populace.
But with party allegiance, candidates pledge to follow its principles. If a candidate is trustworthy and affirms the party’s principles, and those principles are to your beliefs, the candidate should receive your vote, provided the candidate is not a lying scoundrel.
When candidates deviate from their party’s principles, they become DINOs or RINOs. It is Unfair and unethical for a politician to abandon his party’s principles only to align with feel-good positions. If I voted for a candidate who dumped the principles pledged, I would refer to the candidate as a liar.
President Barack Obama told the truth when he affirmed that he would spread the wealth. He deviated on items such as “Afghanistan is the correct war” and the Affordable Care Act “will allow you to keep your policy and doctor” and “I will balance the budget by the end of my first term.” Democrats should stand in front of him and enforce the pledges he made.
I would prefer to support candidates who pledge fiscal responsibility and free enterprise, allegiance to the founding principles, strong support of the Constitution and a government only as large as necessary to assure our freedom. A place for voter allegiance to party exists in all levels of government; local, county, state and federal.
During the last three years, Republicans worked to control property taxes in Gloucester County and Washington Township.
GERALD KEER
Turnersville