Ad astra - Kelleher Sends His Thanks and Looks Forward to
More Success in the Future.
November 6, 2008 --
36 years after
Montana’s Constitutional Convention where I proposed a one house parliament for
the state of Montana, it is very rewarding to realize that 128,762 Montana
voters are willing to accept the wise opinion of LBJ’s Viet Nam War Press Secretary
(George A. Reedy, Twilight of the
Presidency, p. 184), that America cannot survive without a U.S. Parliament,
but that a Parliament can’t happen without a revolution.
I believe we can
have a revolution without violence.What
I have proposed is a two house U.S. Parliament where the Speaker of the House
of Representatives is the nation’s Chief of
Government and members of the Majority Party or Ruling Coalition in the US
Senate and US House of Representatives can double as cabinet officers,
department heads and deputy department heads, as well as official advisers to
the Speaker of the House.The Chief of
Government is not Commander in Chief -- that task falls to the Cabinet,
all of whom are elected officials.In
this form of government everyone making decisions is elected by the people.
The day to day
operation of each department of government will be managed by a Permanent
Undersecretary (a civil servant), who cannot be removed from office except by a
vote of the Civil Service Commission for malfeasance in office, with right of
appeal through the federal court system.
The President would
be elected by popular vote of the people every 8 years and would be responsible
for receiving and entertaining heads of state, foreign ambassadors and
dignitaries.The Electoral College would
be abolished.
Finally I would like
to thank those people who worked so hard to help with my campaign:
Sabine
K. who staffed the office half days and kept track of my calendar.
Robert
Campbell, my good friend, Western Montana Campaign Manager, drafter of the
preamble to the Montana Constitution, member of the Bill of Rights
committee and fellow delegate to the 1972 Con-Con.
Randy,
Nancy and Brian Reishus, parade float carpenter, driver, flag and banner
carriers.
Mike
Lane who helped carry the banner during
parades.
Montana
Radio and TV Broadcasters who all had helpful and hardworking staff.
My son
Richard who maintained the web site.
And all those supporters who invited me to their events and helped fund the campaign.
"Simply changing the people will not permanently change government, you must change the system."
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Bob would like to thank all those Montanans that voted for him in the June 3 primary. He is committed to working for all Montanans once elected.
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