There I am enjoying the comedy of an insurance comapany's comercial ad on TV and then it's followed by an attack ad on Sean Duffy (R) and his campaign for the 7th Congressional District in Wisconsin. I listened to it as the Assistant District Attorney for Ashland County discribed Mr Duffy taking up the campaign and leaving his responsibilities as the District Attorney. It is powerful and to the point, I guess you can liken it to calling in sick to interview for another job at the expense of the customers of Ashland County and the services they paid taxes for. Sean has some explaining to do and so does the Assistant District Attorney. I mean, doesn't "assistant" mean to assist? But I degress....it is after all normal for a citizen to take up the challenge of running for political office. I mean how many clients did Attorney Abraham Lincoln leave hanging while he campaigned? Or how many days did then Senator Obama actually spend on the senate floor while he campaigned for President of the United States?
It didn't take long during the airing of the ad to (pardon the pun) add it up. You see, we all have a responsibility to serve our community and our nation in one form or another. When a citizen decides that they want to serve in an elected office they are in effect throwing their ideas and values in the ring. It is that action that allows us as voters to make a resonsible and responsible decision as to who or how we vote. Now, the politicain who aired this ad did not give a reason to vote for them. Rather it gave me reason to ask what happened to that responsibity when Obama was running? Or why can Abe Lincoln do it and not Sean Duffy? Wasn't John Kennedy a Senator at the time he ran for office? Julie Lassa a Assembly Member? Tom Barrett a large city mayor? Instead of airing her issues on how she would SERVE us....she attacked him. Julie Lassa would have better served me by informing me how she would stand on the issues in Washington.
Leadership is a responsibity to who you lead and to who you serve. And leadership, as I was mentored to lead, sets the example for others to follow. An example of it reminds me of Robert Dole who decided to run for the Presidency. In doing so, he bid a tearful farewell to his staff, fellow Senators and to the people of Kansas whom he SERVED for 27 years and resigned. He knew that his services as senator would be diminished while on the campaign trail. THAT is setting the example.
Now.....Lassa, Duffy.....or anybody else. Can you set an example for others to follow? If you can't then just stick with the issues and how you will sevre We The People.
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