It should surprise no one that politicians are always looking for a "formula" that will lead to victory The better the formula the less perfect the candidate has to be. The last Presidential election is an example of how well that can work. When Americans elected an inexperienced liberal to be Commander in Chief polls showed most Americans were conservative and valued experience in a candidate. It may be because experts have identified some little persuasive tricks that encourage voters to ignore or downplay their own internal warning system that candidates like this are able to win.
For years local Democrats have stuck with certain "ingredients" to their successful election formula. For instance, telling all of their candidates to buy FFA animals. Reardess if the candidate has been a penny pinching selfish hermit that has never done anything for the community, they can spend some of the money contributors gave them and spend it "generously" on a prize hog, and they wlll be seen by many as generous and comunity-oriented.
Another part of the "formula" many local politicians embrace (Democrats and Republicans nowadays) is the "cake and pie" strategy. When there are fundraisers, they tell candidates to buy a $100 cake or a $50 pie and to some voters you will be thought of as a wonderful person. Never mind that both parties tell their candidates that if you want people to talk about how wonderful you are you buy cakes or pies at public charity events (or you do one of the many other things prescribed in the formula).
Following the formula doesn't mean you are not philanthropic or that you are not good person, but it really tells the voters nothing about you. But some think it does. The Bible tells us about the kind of good works everyone sees us do here on earth and that you are praised for - the Bible says not to expect a reward in Heaven for those works and that it is better to do good works so no one knows you did them.
But this is politics and perception is reality to many. A candidate with very little money or an humble candidate that follows the scripture may struggle with this formula but then we may never elect someone who doesn't.
WE need public officials that do great things when no one is watching. Most of what they do we are not there to see how they conducted themselves. Integrity can not be bought or advertised. It must be something someone does because it is right even though no one may ever know if they did wrong.
MOTIVATIONS QUESTIONED
Buyer beware is what they say in the retail business when you may not be getting what you think you are. Liberty Dispatch has been warning voters of a simliar proposition to us as voters in Liberty County. But rather than ask readers to look at this election through our eyes, we want readers to think for themselves as you examine the political scene.
For months we have warned voters of behind the scenes manipulations by Democrats as C. T. "Rusty" Hight, Liz Beausoliel,Phil Fitzgerald, Zack Zbranek and others used Hight's connections to his father-in-law Lester Wisegerber(the Republican Party Chairman before his recent defeat) and their persuasiveness with Michelle Merendino. But today we want to ask readers to think about one question and come to their own conclusion without assuming what seems obvious to us - that Merendino (a Republican) was talked into running by Hight and Beausoliel and Zbranek (all staunc Democrats).
Here is the question: "Why did Michelle Merendino run for the 253rd District Judge's bench instead of the 75th District Judge's bench?
When Merendino decided to run as a Republican she had two district judgeships to consider. She could run in the 253rd and have a primary opponent who has won every election he as ever been in or she could run in the 75th and fill the request Republicans have had for years...candidates to change this seat to a Republican seat. She chose to run in the 253rd. Thank God for Mark Morefield, a well respected and very successful local attorney who decided that it was time for someone to challenge Democrats and run for this seat.
True, the race for the 253rd had party switcher Chap Cain in the Republican primary but in the 75th Rusty Hight initialy had no opponent. Merendino chose to run against one of the top vote getters in Liberty County...against someone who has been a judge for nearly two decades and who received votes from both sides of the political spectrum regardless of party affliation. She chose to run against Judge Cain and, from what we have seen and heard from her campaign, she chose to run against him offering very little to voters in the way of specifics as to why they shouldn't vote for the man they have voted for many times in the past. Why did she choose to run against the stronger of the two judges?
Despite the Republicans need for someone to run against Rusty Hight, Merendino passed on the opportunity. Instead she chose to run against a judge who has documented ethical shortcomings, such as the case he was reprimanded for changing a legal document in order to win in a child custody case. Meredino decided to run as a Republican against the only incumbent Democrat Judge to expose a scandal in the courthouse in our lifetimes. Why didn't Merendino run against the judge that has ethical question circling him like buzzards over roadkill?
Liberty Dispatch has been frustrated for years about strong ties to the Democrat Party among some of the leadership within the Republican Party. Almost everyone in this country can proudly claim they "vote for the man" not the party if that is their viewpoint, but there is an exception. Leadership within a party owes it to the public to work hard for the candidates from their party. If they do have someone they feel is unacceptabe sign up to run in their party, they should be open with their decision if they decide not to support them.
This all leads up to our parting question: "What kind of judges and what kind of county judge would participate in this kind of deception?"
For months we have warned voters of behind the scenes manipulations by Democrats as C. T. "Rusty" Hight, Liz Beausoliel,Phil Fitzgerald, Zack Zbranek and others used Hight's connections to his father-in-law Lester Wisegerber(the Republican Party Chairman before his recent defeat) and their persuasiveness with Michelle Merendino. But today we want to ask readers to think about one question and come to their own conclusion without assuming what seems obvious to us - that Merendino (a Republican) was talked into running by Hight and Beausoliel and Zbranek (all staunc Democrats).
Here is the question: "Why did Michelle Merendino run for the 253rd District Judge's bench instead of the 75th District Judge's bench?
When Merendino decided to run as a Republican she had two district judgeships to consider. She could run in the 253rd and have a primary opponent who has won every election he as ever been in or she could run in the 75th and fill the request Republicans have had for years...candidates to change this seat to a Republican seat. She chose to run in the 253rd. Thank God for Mark Morefield, a well respected and very successful local attorney who decided that it was time for someone to challenge Democrats and run for this seat.
True, the race for the 253rd had party switcher Chap Cain in the Republican primary but in the 75th Rusty Hight initialy had no opponent. Merendino chose to run against one of the top vote getters in Liberty County...against someone who has been a judge for nearly two decades and who received votes from both sides of the political spectrum regardless of party affliation. She chose to run against Judge Cain and, from what we have seen and heard from her campaign, she chose to run against him offering very little to voters in the way of specifics as to why they shouldn't vote for the man they have voted for many times in the past. Why did she choose to run against the stronger of the two judges?
Despite the Republicans need for someone to run against Rusty Hight, Merendino passed on the opportunity. Instead she chose to run against a judge who has documented ethical shortcomings, such as the case he was reprimanded for changing a legal document in order to win in a child custody case. Meredino decided to run as a Republican against the only incumbent Democrat Judge to expose a scandal in the courthouse in our lifetimes. Why didn't Merendino run against the judge that has ethical question circling him like buzzards over roadkill?
Liberty Dispatch has been frustrated for years about strong ties to the Democrat Party among some of the leadership within the Republican Party. Almost everyone in this country can proudly claim they "vote for the man" not the party if that is their viewpoint, but there is an exception. Leadership within a party owes it to the public to work hard for the candidates from their party. If they do have someone they feel is unacceptabe sign up to run in their party, they should be open with their decision if they decide not to support them.
This all leads up to our parting question: "What kind of judges and what kind of county judge would participate in this kind of deception?"
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