A member of a certain political party sent me a long, highly partisan, blog response.  My reply is that the truth is best served by staying non-partisan.

Consider the following assertion:

We can have whatever government and politics we’re willing to create, once we’re able to communicate effectively with each other and with our politicians.

The first 11 words seem false.  We seem stuck with our current government and political situations.  But, read on.  The rest says it can be true once we’re able to communicate effectively.

It’s possible to start communicating effectively now.  PeopleCount.org is the beginning of a way for all of America, hundreds of millions of people, to communicate effectively in designing our future.

Thanks for sharing with me all your judgements about our leaders, the military-industrial cabal and the “imminent war”.  In my view is a different America.

Why would I want to adopt your view?  It creates an America where our leaders are short-sighted and fearful and our citizens are willing to let their rights be lost.  It’s an ugly world, and needs a lot of remedies.

And then you say your party is s “natural force for good”.  Every party is composed of supporters wedded to that view.  And, to err is human.  Every view is narrow.  What matters are principles and promises and solutions.  Your message seemed mired in negativity, willing to denigrate American government and leaders, painting them as not just not respecting our constitution, but being evil!  Instead of challenging them to uphold our rights, you clumsily force them to dismiss you as a radical enemy.  There might be value in some of your insights about what’s happening in our country and the world, but I’m not impressed by your emotional presentation.  Your words aren’t so different from those of other parties.  I’m not willing to trust a party, a view, with the responsibility of leadership.

Besides, my promise is that government will be responsive and accountable.  To do that requires I stay non-partisan, above the fray, so that’s part of my promise.

What’s in it for you to believe my truth?   Lots.  You get to vote your truths, showing them to everyone else, and you get to see theirs.  Instead of communicating to one person at a time, you get to have your votes sway your district, state and national tallies.  And once many of us are participating, we can take the next step, effective communication with our officials and politicians, creating real choice in elections and real accountability.

I apologize that currently PeopleCount.org currently has few “truths” to vote on, but let’s start somewhere.  And, I’d be happy to accept your help on new political profiles.

Please, get your fellow tea partiers and their friends and families to vote on PeopleCount.  I promise you: if we can grow PeopleCount, we can build a government that is truly responsive and accountable, we can build the country of our dreams.  Our American government can be as constitution-respecting and as good as the American people.  Better actually, because we can support each others’ better natures.  Instead of parties battling parties, we can work all together.