Does honesty not matter if you win?
I echo and applaud the Daily Herald editorial calling on candidates to run honest campaigns of substance, informing potential voters of their views so we can make an educated choice. Yes, some candidates run decent campaigns, but increasingly it appears to be the exception, especially the higher the office.
Candidates; talk to voters like we have a brain. Talk to voters like you have a soul. Ads knowingly full of half truths, or no truth at all, voting history and comments taken out of context, intentional distortions, intended to smear for the sake of votes have no place. What an inexcusable lack of integrity and character.
Is winning an election the point at which honesty no longer matters?
Some of you say whatever you please to get a vote. You lie, you deceive, you distort. And now you want us to trust you. Don't say, "He started it!" That didn't work growing up and it doesn't work now.
Don't blame your advisers. If that's who you surround yourself with, then we don't want you in office.
Make no mistake; citizens have a responsibility, not just a right, to vote. But candidates, political action committees and political parties are directly responsible for voter apathy and a growing distrust of who we used to call public servants.
To the honest candidates, thank you. I hope you win.
Dan Walter
South Elgin