Tom Love: Today I am Announcing My Candidacy for US House Texas District 24
Today I am Announcing My Candidacy for US House Texas District 24
My name is Tom Love and I am announcing my candidacy for US House Texas
District 24. I speak today as a working man who loves his country and
loves his God, who asks for your help as I know this will be a long
difficult journey, and I am under no allusion that I can take this path
alone. I am a concerned parent, husband, and grandfather who has seen
the American Dream slowly turning into the American Nightmare. I am a
working man and speak for all the hard working men and women of Texas,
who try to earn a living, educate their children, and keep their jobs in
an era of outsourcing and $3 per gallon gasoline.
We have become a nation that for too long has ignored its working
peoples needs and rewarded powerful special interests that now threaten
homeowners and Texans who pay their taxes while multimillionaires get
special tax breaks. We cannot become a nation that builds bridges to
nowhere, yet constructs no pathway to our children’s future.
Over forty years ago John Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country
can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Now the
Republicans say, “It’s not my problem, what’s in it for me,
and I’ve got mine, you go get yours.” The result has been a
Culture of Corruption, a Crisis of Competence, and a Climate of
Cronyism. I speak for the teachers, the electricians, truck drivers,
mechanics, factory workers, office workers and all Texans who are not
the tool of the rich and powerful.
I speak as a Democrat as we are the party of the past, present and
future. We are the party of the Quality of Life and all variations of
people seeking truth, justice, and the American Way. We are the party of
the working men and women and of businessmen committed to fair practices
and trade to help make America grow and prosper. We are the party of
educators and the educated. We are the party for good solid public
education for all our children and we will never leave anyone behind.
We are the party of the Founders of America. We have never claimed to be
perfect but only to strive for a more perfect Union. We believe we are
Endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights of life, liberty, and
freedom of and from religion. We are the party of law and trial by jury
and innocent till proven guilty, not guilty till proven innocent. We are
the party of the rights of the accused and the rights of the victims. We
are the party of the Statue of Liberty and the Symbol of Justice.
We are the party of the 40 hour work week, of Child Labors Laws,
overtime pay, of Labor Unions, Rights of women, of Social Security,
Medicare, and Medicaid. We are the party of the uplifted and the
downtrodden. Our strength is our diversity for we know and remember our
roots while preparing for our future. We are the party with our hearts
in the Past but with our eyes on the Future. We have died to give
Americans Liberty, now we request your help to keep Americans Free.
We need Americans to register to vote and vote for America. Vote to end
the politics of division, lies and deceit. Vote to end the politics of
disrespect and humiliation. Vote for clean air and the right to breathe
free. Vote for the right to have affordable and available heath care for
a better and healthier America. Give us your vote and we will pledge to
Serve, Protect, and Defend our Great Land.
And if you give us your vote, my heart will be your heart, my hand will
be your hand, our voice will be your voice, and your dream will be our
reality. I speak today as a working man who loves his country and loves
his God, who asks for your vote, requests your help, and thanks you for
listening.
Thomas P. Love
http://www.tomlovefortexas.com/