Why I Am Running

I first ran for elected office in 1994 because I realized that when good people sit on the sidelines it allows less caring or less informed people to make bad decisions. I observed firsthand how political self-interest drives decision making in government at all levels. The interests of families, children, taxpayers, homeowners and decent hard-working people, were being sacrificed to political expediency.

Politics has become a dirty business. The way Sarah Palin was nit-picked and harassed, we now can see clearly that the anti-family, anti-taxpayer and anti-traditional values forces will say or do anything to trash people who share the same opinions as you and me.

Since they can’t win on their ideas, they use the media and internet to demean and ridicule and try to make good people leave office or not consider running.

There is an old line, “What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?” With all the political nastiness, many wonder why a nice person would enter such a vicious arena. The reason is simple. I love my country, I love my family and I care enough about both to commit my life to preserving that for which our founding fathers lived and died.

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We all have a part to play. If we all do that which we are called to do, we can get our country back on track. Conversely, the reason we got into the mess we are in today is because too many good people thought we could trust those in charge to run the government. Without citizen involvement, we are doomed to end up, like so many societies down through history, with a totalitarian, communist or fascist form of government. Sadly, there are plenty of power hungry office holders who are willing to sacrifice everything for themselves and to steal our freedoms, fortunes, institutions and way of life. They are counting on the rest of us being asleep. If there is one lesson we can learn from history, it is that societies haven’t seemed to learn from history.

We all have different roles to play. Some can educate, some can donate, some can organize, some can mobilize and some can run for office. Running for office is not for everybody. My husband can tell you of sleepless nights where I grieved, agonized, or wept about public policy decisions being made when I was on the losing side. It can be very frustrating and many people can not handle this part of the job. For me, I have a resiliency that allows me to come back after what appears to be devastating attacks from the liberal media or blogs. The source of my strength comes from God, my Faith and family. For me, this is a calling and that is why I have the grace to run for office.

Why The Republican Party

The Republican Party supports the constitution, limited government and personal responsibility. It is not the core values of the Republican Party that have let us down, but some of the individuals who forgot to put those ideals ahead of their own political self-interest. People become disillusioned because they see people run as Republicans, yet they do not adhere to the platform of being pro-life and pro-taxpayer. We can change those people.

One problem is there has not been any discipline for those who say they are Republicans but vote against the Party platform and ideals. But in New York, Republican voters recently rebelled against a Republican nominee that was pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage. They refused to accept the dictates of Republican Party insiders. When the people refused to support the liberal Republican nominee, and chose instead a true conservative candidate, the Republican nominee was forced to resign and then showed her true allegiances by promptly endorsing the liberal Democrat who was running.

Why I Need Your Support

The anti-life, pro-gambling, anti-taxpayer, big government supporters have a lot of money and time to donate. The kind of people who support people like me are usually busy with their families and spend their money donating to their churches, helping their neighbors and supporting other philanthropic organizations. Our system was designed so that the government would reflective the will of the people. Instead we have a system that reflects who can donate the most money.

When our founding fathers devised our system of government, elected officials were selected based on honor and reputation, not money. With the advent of high priced media, big dollar campaigns have the ability to fabricate a candidate. Those with the most money get their messages out. Unfortunately voters tend to elect candidates who appear to be the most popular and can’t afford the time doing their own research, especially given the bias of the media. So we tend to elect cardboard candidates.

I represent traditional American values. With your help, your values can be represented and promoted. In Missouri, I am in the majority party, but I also feel the need to be a conscience for others leading the party.

My solemn promises to you are:

1.) I will protect, preserve and defend the U.S. Constitution.

2.) I will protect our rights to life, liberty, property and gun ownership.

3.) I will fight for limited government and any efforts to make it bigger, preferring instead to support personal, family and local government solutions to our problems.

4.) I will always side with the taxpayers believing that charity begins at home and support private philanthropic efforts rather than forced redistribution of personal wealth.

My loyalty to these principles will always surpass my loyalty to any party or lobbyists. But I need your help. Your donations will help me articulate these principles, to run for public office and to stand up for those guiding principles we share. Thank you.