Perhaps, like at no other time in history, citizens of America have an opportunity to make a choice for the future of our country and for generations to come when they vote in November and again in 2012 to take our country off the path of socialism and to a destination of Marxism.

The majority of  the electorate recognize the dangerous path we are on, which is reflected in current polls and during the past year at voting booths in Massachusetts, New Jersey and recent primaries in California.  It is important to maintain this momentum.

Within 16 months of  President Obama’s administration the unemployment rate soared to 20%, not the 10% the government would like us to believe; the economy has tanked and people have lost, at minimum, 50% of a family’s value; homes have been lost, foreclosures abound; government spending is putting us into debt to the tune of trillions of dollars; the stimulus package didn’t work; the take over by government of the auto industry and banks were failures, which deserved to be failures; Obamacare put us further into debt with fewer benefits for all; the wars are not going well; diplomacy turns out to be ‘appeasement and apology’ while Iran comes closer to having nukes and we distant ourselves from our ally in Israel; the environment isn’t working out too well with the oil spill by BP in the Gulf while Obama grants his benefactor BP a pass for an environmental impact study; we bail out everything in sight including foreign nations; we are connected to the world by the hip, when we should be thinking locally and there is no sight of a turn around on any of these issues.

These events only include what has happened in a short period of time, which Obama blames on what he inherited, but many of the above progressive programs were executed on his watch; while he addresses high school graduating students urging them to stand-up and take responsibility.

This brief comment made this week is symbolic of his rhetoric during his campaign for the presidency and the people now know that he delivers words he does not mean.

Obama is toxic to his own party at the polling booth – they don’t ask for his support; they seek out past presidents of their own party and many of them are no one to write home about.

Obama has proven to be a president that claims victory when there isn’t any and Iran sanctions by the UN is a classic example of what he sees as a victory and the president of Iran sees it as a flee on an elephant’s rear end while they proceed on their nuclear program.

Before Americans vote in November and again in 2012, they should educate themselves on the importance of their vote, be knowledgeable about the candidates and their backgrounds, records and values and carefully examine the underlining motives of the individuals who should be representing the core values of America and its people.

For example when Obama campaigned for the presidency his supporters believed his rhetoric, but it has now proven to be something other than what he promised – and he is still delivering the same rhetoric.  If his credibility is so great why is it failing so dramatically in the support of his Democratic candidates?

This is a critical junction for America.

And lastly, I would suggest that you carefully look at the motive as to why a politician wants to be a politician and why they would, aside from using party money, put millions of their own funds toward their bid to be a candidate of a given Party in a primary and then to be the selected candidate to be elected to Congress. Now we would expect that ego and power might be a factor.

However, an astute politician must think carefully about putting their own substantial funds into a campaign and question what their return on investment might be, no matter how wealthy.

Former president Bill Clinton left the White House in bankruptcy, mostly due to his own foibles, but today he and his wife Hillary are closer to being  billionaires than paupers.

In the State of New Jersey it is a well known fact that Jon Corzine, a wealthy bounced CEO from Goldman Sachs, bought his way into the Senate and then did the same into being a one term Governor in NJ.  Did he achieve a return on his investment and if so what was it?  You don’t work for Goldman Sachs, least of all being CEO, without the thought of return on investment entering your mind.  And, if the pols, whether they be wealthy with business acumen or not, we shouldn’t be putting people in office for power and ego.

A recent example dealing with both political parties occurred in this week’s primaries.

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman won the primary as the Republican candidate to run against former Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat in California.

Whitman promised voters to apply her business savvy to running the state.

But shouldn’t Whitman, a billionaire, explain why she spent $81 million, most of it hers, for the Republican nomination?  Her opponent, who lost, spent $25 million.

Brown has been busy raising some $20 million to run against Whitman.

Shouldn’t the voter be asking about the dollars being spent?  What the motives are?  And, when it comes to party money or personal money, what is the return to the candidate on these investments?  History outlines the legitimate benefits in the privilege to serve, the remuneration, the health care and pension benefits, as well as the prestige.  However, history has also demonstrated that not all abide by the rules or laws which allow them to govern.  There has been widespread corruption over the years and ethical and moral values have been violated.

The stakes are high for America’s future and the voter of today needs to be more sophisticated and knowledgeable about their selection and choice of candidates than yesterday.