Do The Math

I had a conversation this week with a few of my colleagues concerning the folks who are running for state representative or senator in our region. I had one piece of advice for them…

They need to understand where we live….and how we live. Do the math. I count 16 churches in Fairfield alone…There are probably more. Check out the region’s deer harvest. It’s in the thousands. All of those involved in the hunt and the industry are true believers in the second amendment.

Barack Obama was right on at least one of his most quoted comments---we do cling to our religion and our guns.

You can be Republican or Democrat. That doesn’t matter. But if you aren’t right in this neck of the woods on God and guns, you probably don’t have a chance of winning anything. And you know you are going to be asked straight up by voters…who will be able to smell ambiguity.

Please dispute me. Can you imagine an atheist who wants to add more restrictive gun legislation winning in Wayne County….or Edwards….or White? I can’t. I’ll go further and say that is likely the way it is in most rural areas in this state. In other terms---if your opponents can move right of you on God or guns….you have lost.

Now, for those of you that don’t either believe in God and would like to put tighter restrictions on gun use, please prove me wrong. Submit your petitions and get your name on the ballot for office on a platform of being god-less and gun-less….or just run and dodge every question that comes your way on either topic…

Then start writing your concession speech.