Today, Time Magazine glorifies Vladimir Putin as their "Person of the Year". They say this is not an endorsement, but a recognition of his earth-changing leadership while admitting this has come "at significant cost to the principles and ideas that free nations prize." They praise "an extraordinary feat of leadership in imposing stability on a nation that has rarely known it and brought Russia back to the table of world power."
The United States of America is no Russia. We are a great beacon of democracy. The Jan 3 caucuses in Iowa embody our freedom as Americans to shape our direction as nation. In Iowa, the candidates must face the voters. While shallow soundbytes may pass for a platform with those who get their election news from Jon Stewart or Katie Couric, Hawkeye state voters demand thoughtful answers from individuals with integrity. Iowa caucus goers represent the strength of a great America.
A member of our Political Action Committee told me yesterday about his experience working the Iowa caucuses in Marshalltown (1 hr NE of Des Moines) in 1996 and 2000. He has me really excited about the personal touch of Iowa's retail politics, and the importance of having a lot of "boots on the ground" for your candidate. The capstone of his 2000 experience was taking the microphone in a high school auditorium to share why he was going to support George W. Bush. Next, the caucus goers retreated to their classrooms by precinct...and I think you know the rest of the story.
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