I think that the candidates for president are the same as the ministers of the mega-churches. I think that it is highly impossible for them to have any connection with the thousands of people who are involved in their walk for office. The United States have so many problems there is no one person that can make things right. I believe that if they would sit down and agree to solve the problems that we face rather than debate on which one would better be able to solve these problems we could at least see unity. Some people think that debating problems can help to show who would be better solving the problem but the fact is debating just shows how divided people are.

A minister of a mega-church can never involve himself with the problems of every member of his congregation. We can vote for any one running for president but not one of them will be able to connect with each and every member of the United States. We have to deal with all the different crimes that make up the communities of every state. Then we have to deal with the economic values that we are faced with. Then we have to deal with the employment and unemployment rates. What one person can deal with all of these problems then have to put up with the foreign problems of the world. We need to be UNIFIED on the issues not divided.

Making a connection, not one of these candidates are trying to do this it's true. These candidates are just trying to win a popularity contest that the media has made up just for them. Who looks the best, who sounds the best, who can make up the best speeches but the question is who can really do something to change the way we are living? We can vote for whomever we want but none of them will change anything.

Just like the mega-church. Thousands of followers but not one go back to their homes to change the problems in their communities. The ministers stand up in front of their followers and preach about change but change is never accomplished. There might be a change in the church but what about the problems of those who are members in need? What about the members who can't pay their rent or the members who are addicted to drugs and alcohol? Most of these cases are not dealt with in the church just as they won't be dealt with from the office of the president.

We must live with the lies or the publicity just as we have been living with it since George Washington took the office. Change will occur but it will do so with the changes in time, gradually. Until we can come to total agreement, voting for one, two or three people won't even matter. None of them can make things change; there is too much opposition. Then we'll wait until those four years are over and do the whole thing all over again.

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