I don’t believe that any American, regardless of income level, would allow a complete stranger to handle your personal finances, or establish rules for your family without presenting verifiable credentials. If you believe that this is a fact, why would you elect an inexperienced and unqualified man or woman to lead the most powerful nation in the world?

Polls of Republican voters reveal a frightening fact; the majority would prefer a novice living in the White House who has the possibility of becoming a worse president than George W. Bush.

The top three candidates in the polls of GOP voters are Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. Think carefully about what each would do to your personal life, and extrapolate that to our federal government.

Trump wouldn’t know what to do with your personal finances unless you had an income over one-million dollars. He has no knowledge of how to live on a middle-income salary, and therefore believes that the present minimum wage is fair. He would not allow you to associate with Hispanics, Blacks, or anyone who appears to be a Muslim. Your children would be forced to attend private school, preventing association with ‘undesirables.’ Your wife would not be allowed to work; she has but one purpose, to please the man of the house and care for his needs.

Cruz would demand control of all your finances. If he didn’t like the way you were spending your money, he would shut down all of your accounts. He would have no concern if there was no food in the house or that you were unable to purchase fuel for your vehicle. When you could no longer go to your place of employment, you would lose your job. Cruz would take away your parent’s social security checks, and remove their right to seek Medicare. Your children would be forced to become Christians, and you and your wife would carefully monitor their daily actions to guarantee that they would not be influenced by other faiths. You, your wife, your ten-year old son and eight-year old daughter would all be card-carrying members of the NRA and be forced to carry loaded weapons wherever you went.

Rubio would not care about anything you and your family did with your life; all he cares about is receiving a paycheck. He would fail to show up for work about 40 percent of the time. His failure with his own personal finances would eventually transfer to your own. Your family would be living in poverty within six months. But he would continue to tell you that everything is all right, and that you are living in the greatest nation in the world.

Now I challenge you to vote for them.

Our nation continues to recover from a near depression, and a coalition has been formed to defeat our enemies. The United States cannot afford to elect a man who has no qualifications or ideas with the exception of bravado. We cannot allow a religious extremist to lead our nation into a modern ‘crusade.’ A working president, with knowledge and experience is desperately need today, not a man who has no work ethic, and no qualifications.

It’s your choice America; please don’t make the same devastating decision you made in 2000 and 2004.

Op-Ed

By James Turnage

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