Federal Felons

The aught to be a law! Convicted felons and people who are convicted of other offenses who are not allowed to vote anymore should NOT be allowed to run for political office. There are criminal folks running for office who are not even allowed to vote for themselves but expect the population to vote for them. Years ago, if you were convicted of a crime, after your prison sentence was up you would fade away into society and try to live a peaceful life unnoticed.  Not anymore. Now criminal types are arrogant and forceful and are trying to be elected to important positions that can determine how the lives of innocent civilians will be run. That is wrong and unfair. Congress as usual, do something!

Convicted criminals have already been investigated and have been proven to break the laws of this country. They should therefore not be allowed to judge us and how our country should be run. They should not be allowed to run for political office along with their past not allowing them to ever be allowed to vote again in this country. Ethics, morals   and accountability should have more emphasis in this country.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a convicted criminal is running for a Senate seat in Arizona. He has only a 37% approval rating in Arizona but is still running in the race. His past experience has all kinds of bad things in it but yet he can run for political office. While being Sheriff in Arizona he made a woman give birth while wearing shackles being tied down. He withheld resources for investigations into sex crimes in his jurisdiction. He restricted food for inmates while he allowed them to watch the Food Network. He burned a dog alive and laughed while the dog’s owner cried. The prisoners in his jails died at alarming rates with no explanation given. He constructed tent cities where temperatures could rise to 135 degrees and the structures were compared to conditions that were last seen in concentration camps. He is a convicted criminal who Trump pardoned anyway. All this is an outrageous insult to the American people.

Why are Americans being subjected to vote for really bad convicted people? Why is this allowed? When bad people get elected we lose voters. People get disheartened with the entire system and just don’t want to be part of the sham that American politics has become. During elections all candidates look like criminals. The propaganda spread from opposing opponents make everyone look like a criminal even if they aren’t. Why do criminal types get elected?

Yet we need people to dig their heels in the dirt and still vote for the best possible candidate in order to stop the criminal types from getting into the most important governing jobs in our collective lives. This country should have NO room in our government for racists, womanizers, self- promoting millionaires or convicted felons. There are currently four Republicans running for political office. At least stop them with your vote!