I was thinking tonight a friend of mine who's running for President as an Average American. For my own part, I'm tired of voting against candidates, and given the current crop of candidates, I see it as simply a repeat of previous elections where I am settling for a candidate, unless I pick Thom. When Thom first announced his candidacy, he ran into a slew of nay-sayers trying to dissuade him from making the attempt, using in particular the phrase "a snowball's chance". For some reason, my thoughts turned to Grant's Tomb, which some day I'd like to see.
For many people, the tomb disappoints their expectations, but that's because they see little beyond the granite edifice of one of the most important figures of American history, not for his administration but as a metaphor for America.
At that sight lie the remains of an Iowa farm boy, who, despite his humble beginnings, rose to the command of thousands on the battlefield and eventually took the Oath of Office. Only in this nation can one hope to have that as one's epitaph.
Grant is not the first "Average American" to ascend to the position of leader of the free world. Jefferson the Agrarian, Teddy Roosevelt the Boxer, Lincoln the Log-cabin Lawyer, and others overcame the odds. Although the candidacy of H. Ross Perot demonstrated the necessity of extra effort for a third-party ticket to hope for success, it demonstrated an openness on the part of the people to accept that premise as before and AWARDED ELECTORAL VOTES to the first 3rd Party candidate in 130 years.
If you choose not to try, you will fail. Don't let others dissuade you from your dreams. Godspeed, Sir.
For many people, the tomb disappoints their expectations, but that's because they see little beyond the granite edifice of one of the most important figures of American history, not for his administration but as a metaphor for America.
At that sight lie the remains of an Iowa farm boy, who, despite his humble beginnings, rose to the command of thousands on the battlefield and eventually took the Oath of Office. Only in this nation can one hope to have that as one's epitaph.
Grant is not the first "Average American" to ascend to the position of leader of the free world. Jefferson the Agrarian, Teddy Roosevelt the Boxer, Lincoln the Log-cabin Lawyer, and others overcame the odds. Although the candidacy of H. Ross Perot demonstrated the necessity of extra effort for a third-party ticket to hope for success, it demonstrated an openness on the part of the people to accept that premise as before and AWARDED ELECTORAL VOTES to the first 3rd Party candidate in 130 years.
If you choose not to try, you will fail. Don't let others dissuade you from your dreams. Godspeed, Sir.
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