Within 24 hours of registering to challenge Mr. Kerr in this year's 2008 Republican primary, the blogs were wondering.....who is Steve Knipper?
A relevant question that can be best answered this way- I am a conservative father of four who sees a problem with the way Democrats and non-conservative Republicans in Frankfort and Washington are spending our childrens' future. Everyday we move closer to socializing our economy and surrendering our liberties and nothing seems to change that. Not phone calls, letters, or pleas to our elected officials. If something is done (like building the border fence), six months later the funding is pulled and the public loses out again. So the only thing left to do is run and win. Then day by day we start to change things from the inside.
I see two main issues with politicians today: Entitlement & Selfishness. In the fashion of 18th century aristocrats, today's politicians look at their office as something owed to them. An entitlement that they must hold on to at any cost--even if that means stealing more money from people through taxes, taking away property rights or restricting free speech. Their love of power is all consuming. To the point that they serve themselves long before they serve the people.
I believe politicians today think it is more important for their political "enemies" to fear them and for their "friends" to like them than it is to serve anyone. Case in point are the answers that were posted in response to Pat Crowley's blog question - Who is Steve Knipper? The answers revolved around whether I was affliated with any party. What faction of the N Ky. Repbulican party did I belong to?...How much money was I going to raise?.... Am I a tough challenger?
I will be very open with you. I treasure our state and country, with its liberties and God given freedoms, more than my own political success. I am running only because there is NOT a candidate around that has the courage to risk everything to make sure that the state and country we leave for our children will be better than the one we inherited. Somewhere, somehow, people have started to believe that we've lost our edge. I reject that notion and believe that Kentucky's best days are ahead of us. But those days depend on the choices we make this year.
My family has spent time in China and I've witnessed the hardships, struggles and heart ache of people oppressed by a self serving politcal class of elites. Several people throughout China confided in me that all they wanted was the freedom to make a difference and change their system of government. We as Kentuckians have the freedom to change the political elite. I ask you, this May 20th, to give me the chance to change politics from the inside out. If Mr. Kerr and incumbant politicians like him get re-elected, then nothing will change. If I get a chance, Ky will change forever....Won't you, Join the Revolution..?
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Steve I would say that most Republicans have forgotten what platform they were elected on. Most in Congress, and all but a few in the Senate, have totally forgotten what small government and fiscal responsibility means. But these complaints are not new to you.
I also tire of the topic of influence peddlers in the beltway. The problem is with the pols own weak self-discipline! Heck, like they never heard from their folks, "If so and so tells you to jump off the bridge, are you going to jump off?" Well I wish they would! They give into temptation and quickly point to anyone but themselves! They can't even clean up after themselves when the scandals are public. What's happened to Congressmen William Jefferson? Nothing, correct?
With all of the important issues facing us they spent how long on steriod hearings? What's important to the pols is protecting their own power base and hence their political and financial futures. With the ignorant and apathetic electorate our country is in dire straits!
Pretty uplifting and positive comments, huh? Love you blog.
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