Synopsis
Sam Waters was a small-town construction contractor who had never belonged to a political party. He was quite content to remain independent of the parties and be free to vote his conscience. When the City Council of his small town ignores the people and attempts to add yet another burden to the over taxed people, he challenges the system and wins, bringing fresh ideas and a new approach to business in Washington, D.C.Can Sam, as an Independent manage to bring the Parties and Congressional houses together to work for the People? Can Sam change the face of politics in the United States?What would the global impact be? Would there be a surge of third party candidates in established two party governments? “The IndependenT” looks at that possibility through the eyes of a common man in a very uncommon situation.
From the Author
From the Author Throughout our nation's history, there have been several independent presidential candidates as well as write-in candidates. George Washington could be considered an Independent, because in 1776 there were no official political parties and he was appointed to the Presidency, a job he did not want, by a Congress he did not feel comfortable supporting. Although, the Continental Congress was split in their beliefs of how the country should be governed, it wasn't until the end of Washington's tenure as President that the parties began to appear. Theodore Roosevelt came close to winning as an independent when his progressive party had more electoral votes than the republican candidate. However, in the end the democrat, Woodrow Wilson, would soundly defeat him. Since the beginning of the presidential debates in the nineteen sixties, only one independent candidate has been invited to participate. We have had Congressmen and Women and Senators who belonged to Independent parties, but, we have never had a President who carried the "Independent" label. What would happen if an independent candidate gained enough support from the voting public to win the election? Not someone from an Independent Party, like the Tea Party or the Green Party, but someone who was truly Independent: with no party ties whatsoever. Which members of the two-party House of Representatives or Senate would support him or her? What would be the highest hurdles and toughest challenges they would face? The Independent would have to explore the possibility of a non-party-affiliated individual and would have to express an ideology so brash it would draw the attention of a global audience -- an audience that is frustrated by a government which is blind to the wants and needs of the people they serve -- an audience that would demand respect and a reformation of basic human rights - an audience that demands accountability from their elected representatives. D. L. Turk
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