The Divided States of America

Costa Michailidis
Aug 27, 2017 · 2 min read

Watching the violence in the streets, reading the ugly comments all over social media, and smacking hand to face again and again at the paralysis in Congress leads me to believe that we are dangerously divided in America today. The truth is, we can only flourish and progress if we are united.

Our founders left us clues.

The name of our country literally starts with the word United. The first objective laid out in the Constitution is …to form a more perfect Union. This country doesn’t work divided! We cannot prosper apart. We only thrive together.

A major pillar of our congressional campaign is to unite people. It is paramount that our effort in campaigning and in governing serve to bring us together, not to divide us.

For this reason I am compelled run as an Independent.

I cannot be in the Democratic or Republican parties. I must be an independent, American public servant, beholden to the people and the people alone, with no undue influence from special interests or political parties. It’s time to restore democracy: A government for the people, by the people, and of the people.

By being an Independent I can acknowledge good ideas from the left and right to help us move forward. I can work to solve problems without needing to align myself to the politics of either side. I can be effective in Congress, not despite being an Independent, but because I am one. I can vote on the merits of a policy, and not on whether the person who put the policy forth wears the same color tie as I do.

Winning a congressional race without the support of a major party, nevermind Super PAC’s, will be no easy task, but David beat Goliath. In the end the people will always triumph.

In my preparing for this campaign I was heartened to learn that democracy first emerged in Ancient Athens not when the city state was flourishing, but when it was in distress; not unlike the state of America today. In times of trouble, when things are at their worst, when it looks like all is lost… we rise up.

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