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Saturday, April 5, 2008

Mike Oot, Congressional Candidate

After reviewing the website there are several questions or perhaps a desire for more specifics, not just platitudes. You claim that you are not a politician and communicate in lofty comments, which lack detail and much thought.

You start right off in the opening comments by stating that Washington is broke and will not change until we change the people we are sending there. Are you suggesting a wholesale change then, such as replacing Democratic members as well as the Republican members of Congress?

Further, you state we have serious challenges in our district ahead of us, and you make a claim for an independent voice to get things done. First, what are the specific challenges that you see in our district and understanding the reality of Washington, how do you intend to get your goals accomplished as an independent voice?

Affordable Health care, Iraqi government, create good paying jobs, and end the war, this all sounds pretty, but that is it, what is your plan and how will you implement it? The internet is a nice device; it allows you to expand upon your thoughts in detail as opposed to TV, which forces sound bites because you are competing for the air time with other stories.

The best and brightest, Nancy Pelosi and company have not been able to end the war as she promised, how will you?

Are you suggesting regulating the publics personal financial management? You make a suggestion for targeting predatory lending, no disagreement there, what about credit card companies? Are you suggesting it is government's role to become big brother and make people more reliant on government and less self sufficient?

It would be appreciate if you have some time to answer some of these questions and concerns.

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