Jul 19 2009
Costner Pledges Not to be Career Politician
In a press release sent out on Friday, State House District 48 candidate Roger Costner made the following pledge:
Roger has no intentions of becoming a career politician, he would like to be known as a statesman, who did his level best, and He will listen to the voters who can gauge his performance each and every year. The seat belongs to the people and not an individual. This seat is only a temporary position for Roger.
Exactly as it was intended. Get in, do what you set out to do and then get out and hand over the reins to someone else. Hardly a politician exists today that understands the value of that and the disservice that career politicians do to our republic. Political office was never meant to be a career, but unfortunately the American people have allowed it to become one. All politicians eventually reach the point where they are too bound by special interests and the preservation of power to be effective representatives. It takes a man of strong character and integrity to realize when he has reached that point and it is time to step aside. If they don’t then it becomes our job to do it for them. Unfortunately, we clocked out a long, long time ago.
It’s a no brainer who I am going to support in this primary. With what I know and have learned about both Costner and Rogers, Costner is the real deal.
Hey,
While it think it is great to NOT have career politicians, until the other side is forced into the same structure, this seems unwise to me.
Overtime, only career politicians are in the positions of power! How will they maintain their positions? By giving away “goodies” to buy votes.
As long as someone was dedicated to the concepts of liberty, freedom and personal responsibility, as far as I’m concerned they could stay there 40 years. We’d be better off than if they went in for 6 years and then got out. That would only open the seat up for a liberal career politician.
But if we could get term limits enacted on everyone, I’d definitely be in favor!
Darrell
I like what Roger stands for, including support for the state FairTax plan!