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Dear Friends and Neighbors:
The other day I was walking door to door for Romanoff when I knocked on the door of a registered voter who told me that she no longer votes.
I have always maintained that if one is disgusted by politics one should participate more, not less, since how else will things change.
It turned out, however, that the woman was a Jehovah’s Witness, and although I didn’t know it, they don’t vote. Since I have a commitment to democracy and voting, I urged her, in a respectful way, to consider whether the Bible actually does prohibit political participation.
As I walked away I laughed to myself at the irony of canvassing a Jehovah’s Witness.
It is really quite amazing.
The candidate I am supporting for the US Senate, Andrew Romanoff, has spent less than one dollar for every three spent by our opponent.
Our opponent has been endorsed by practically the entire political establishment.
Our opponent has raised money from the political action committees of many, if not most, of the major corporations, and interests in America, including Walmart, United Health Group, the New York Stock Exchange, Pfizer, PHarma, JPMorgan Chase, Wellpoint, Anadarko Petroleum, the American Bankers Association and Visa.
And yet I believe Andrew is going to win.
Two reasons.
1. He is a quality candidate; smart, hard-working, well-spoken, honest and possessed of self-deprecating humor.
2. He is relying on the people of Colorado to support his campaign, turning down campaign contributions from the political action committees of special interests.
I have known Andrew for 16 years. He ran for my House seat when I ran for the Senate. He became the Speaker of the House when I became the Majority Leader in the Senate. We represented the same district.
Andrew has done some hard things in this campaign for which he deserves credit. When you forego contributions from special interests you embark on a difficult road. It is not the common way people run for office.
Few would have persevered as the big money and establishment endorsements went the other way. Few candidates are committed enough to sell their house to raise money for the campaign.
I think Andrew and the people of Colorado are going to beat the political establishment and millions in special-interest money donated for the purpose of buying influence.
Some people fight for what is right every day. They never completely win, and they never completely lose, but the world is a better place because they engage in the fight.
I have met hundreds of these people on this campaign.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ken Gordon
Jehovah's Witnesses have already cast their vote. Jesus.
Think about being ruled by a governor, who has already died for us. M
Please read John 17 v 14
Ken,
Jehovah's Witnesses do not participate in mankind's governments. We pray for God's kingdom to be established here on Earth as it is in heaven as the Our Father Prayer dictates (Matthew 6:10). Jesus did not allow himself to take part in the politics of his day when they wanted to make him king (John 6:15). In addition Christians were told to be as alien residents among the nations(1 Peter 2:11). I hope this helps explain JW's stand in politics and didn't come across as preachy.
A christian should take Jesus Christ as example. So question is did Jesus mingle or participate in politics or did he endorsed it? People wanted to make Jesus King cause he seemed like a potential superruler. However he did ran away for the people that wanted that. Also he talked about his Kingdom… that was not from this world. He even learned us to pray for it.. the Kingdom of God. Men are not fit to rule !
Right, in case you didn`t know, the JWs also don’t do thier part in protecting thier country in the military. It baffles me that they won`t even vote on things they want like gay marriage bans, abortion, etc, I guess it`s just not very important to their Christ if they are good citizens or not.