A Brief Exchange with Pat Miles

Yesterday evening, there was a knock at my front door.  When I approached the door, there stood Michigan Democrat congressional candidate Pat Miles.

When I opened the door, Miles beamed an earnest, hopeful, photo op will I have your vote smile, a mien which struck me as an imitation of Obama’s all too familiar hopey changey electioneering persona.

I opened the door, stuck out my hand and said, “Well, well Pat Miles.  How can I help you?”

Miles gladly and firmly shook my proffered hand, and launched into his upcoming election spiel, which I politely cut short by informing Miles that I did not plan on voting.  For any candidate.

To Miles’ credit, though he was somewhat taken aback by my statement, he did not immediately turn tail and leave, but rather asked why I would not vote.  I listed off a variety of reasons of why I would not vote, many of which I have previously enumerated here in these pages, but ended by informing Miles that all voting is inherently immoral, due to its coercive nature, pitting one group of individuals against another with the complicity of the State as their enforcer.

Miles stated to me that understood my reasoning, but I am doubtful Miles fully comprehended its validity.

I ended my short exchange with Miles by asking him if he wanted my respect, to which he replied in the affirmative.  Here is my response to his affirmation.  “Pat, if you want my respect, and desire to retain your integrity, withdraw yourself from politics.”  Miles responded by asking, “Do you mean if I’m elected?”  To which I replied, “No, Pat, if you want my respect, immediately withdraw your name as a candidate for Congress, then you and I can deal with each other as men, rather than as subjects to be controlled by the State.”

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  1. Wow! I have to wonder what his pillow talk was like that night. It’s not often that a Public Servicer encounters somebody with no respect for his class ... or, more accurately, the respect you show a rattlesnake.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  10/27  at  07:36 PM

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