Discussion & Updates
Always Tell The Truth!
I thought to make a page on this site in which I might speak a little less formally than I would upon the opening page. If you've chosen to follow this campaign, firstly, congratulations on your good decision. Secondly, you'll know that this run defines, both by necessity and design, the very example of an unorthodox approach to such a seemingly impossible task. Hence, I wanted to use this page to speak a little more commonly about how this notion even became such a stalwart working within me that I would launch an honest and confident bid for such a holy and sacrosanct position. In our modern parlance, an Origin Story.
If I were to say that I was Divinely inspired to this quest, many would dismiss me as mad. Your belief in that basic tenet of this run, however, is not prerequisite to the reality of my campaign. Additionally, upon acquiescing to this call and subsequently understanding that my first platform item would be advocacy for the prostitute, many would dismiss this notion as non-sense. A Divine inspiration to stand for the prostitue. Once again, however, this would be the case, though I do not try to convince anyone of this simple fact known then only with surety to me. Convincing is unnecessary, as those without belief would reject such a thing out of hand, and those with belief would simply be confused. C'est la vie.
What I do not pretend
I do not pretend to know everything, not even close. This is a mistake that I have found common among those deceptive candidates of whom we are all too familiar. There is some sort of deistic assumption engendered in these liars that makes them believe they have to convince the people that they are the sole source and arbiter of truth, of knowledge. Ridiculous. Allow me to elucidate on some lessons that I learned when I served in the Army.
One, it is embarrassing to everyone to pretend that you know something when you clearly do not. Simply say so. When I would be sitting in an IPR (In Progress Review) and the Colonel would ask me a question in front of the entire Task Force, if I didn't know the answer, I would simply say that I didn't know, but that I would have the answer to him within 15 minutes of the meeting's end. He respected me for that, and such a reply never excited his nor any others ire. It was those who hopped around on one foot pretending to know an answer for which they clearly did not that appeared foolish and dishonest. Always tell the truth.
Additionally, to this point, I would site a time in flight school when I had my check-ride (basically your final test) before moving on from an intense portion of training called BCS (Basic Combat Skills). I drew the unlucky lot of examiners, a test pilot for the now defunct Commanche program and terror of all student pilots Army-wide. While I watched some of my fellow pilots leave their respective test station after a scant hour or so of oral examination to head out to their helicopters for the flight portion, I was mired in an intensive 8 hours of oral examination, for which I was expected, under threat of failure, to answer every query asked of me. The thing is, however, I was not expected to have all of this information inside of my mind for immediate recall. Such a thing would be impossible. Rather, I was expected to know where and how to find the answer accurately and in a timely manner. I mention this second lesson because I think in this way it overcomes the notion as portrayed falsely by these disingenuous candidates (reference Rick Perry who campaigned on the elimination of 3 agencies of government which he subsequently could not name) that all knowledge should be immediately ready and available for authoritative remark. Nonsense. Dishonest. If you don't know, ask. If you don't know, say so. I will, but I will not forget the question. I will seek with diligence to answer that which was asked. I will surround myself with the greatest minds on Earth so that I recognize and properly utilize those resources afforded to me as president. I will always tell the truth.
