Show 1 1 11 11 If It Seems To M Me MeBy By Joseph B B. B Roberts 1 11 u m So much attention has been paid to the presidential primaries and the candidates this year that the forthcoming House louse and Senate elections have practically been ignored The irony is that the future of this nation depends more more upon those elected to Congress than it docs does upon who ends Up In the White House If control of the Congress remains in the hands of the radical liberals who have dominated the Congress and made it one of the worst on on record then it will not make much difference who wins the presidency We will have bought the farm so to speak if we let the liberals back li to for tor another Roman holiday tf of spending Something like 80 percent of the registered voters in Ue the United States now identify themselves as conservative or moderate in their attitude toward government They are are unanimously opposed to big government and increasing the national debt Since many of the big spenders in the Senate and House will be up for re-election re this year it would seem a simple matter to replace them with sane sane effective con con- It isn't that simple however For some re reason reason Son conservative voters are dedicated to supporting their candidates asare as asare asare are the liberals If U they have the time it doesn't rain there is a parking space nearby and they dont don't forget it they will probably vote The liberals however will not only vote regardless of the circumstances circumstances circumstances cir cir- but will call up six up-six six of their friends to be sure they do too Also it is always difficult to unseat an incumbent especially one who has thrown enough scraps to his influential constituents to make them feel beholding to him Then there are strangely enough many many voters who do donot not realise that their Congressmen are liberals when they are in Washington Back h home me these stalwart spenders of the taxpayers taxpayer's money seem seem to be just about as conservative as anybody If a ask asked d t they ey will declare themselves to be unalterably opposed to wasteful spending 1 I doubt however that b by wasteful spending they mean voting themselves increases in their allowances a pay ral rake raise e and an automatic living cost Increase that will protect them from the Inflation that is gnawing awin away at the income of the rest of us I doubt that some of them would co consider L' L lder it wasteful spending to hire a pretty secretary at govern government government government govern govern- ment expense who does very little work in the office If you consider yourself to be bea a conservative moderate or the middle and you would like to lo have your views represented In the House and Senate I suggest you find out between now and election day I who the candidates are and for what they stand You can learn a lot about a candidate if you are willing illing to pay attention Read what is said about him pro and con Listen to him when he speaks Then listen to his opponents It has been cynically observed that you cannot believe a politician but you can learn a lot if you you will ignore his rhetoric and examine his ideas Also look at his voting record or at least as much of it as is available Then talk to your friends preferably those who are not campaigning for any candidates and compare your evaluations Think about all you have learned and then make up your own mind Finally when election day comes around go vote Vote for forthe forthe forthe the person not the party There are liberals and conservatives in both bott parties you know so dont don't be mislead by party labels Cross over if you must voting for fora a conservative tive Democrat for one office and a conservative Republican for another If Congress is to function as a asane asane asane sane and sober body of legislators in the trying years ahead we must send enough conservative Senators and Representatives to Washington to make sure the Congress will not become the That is our primary responsibility in 1976 COPYRIGHT 1976 Contemporary Features i A Syndicate Inc t t. 4 3 3 n 1 8 Bf 0 |