[speaker001:] well what what what do you feel do you feel that that our government uh is it possible to have an honest government or do we have an honest
[speaker002:] um well I feel that for I feel there's a lot of shenanigans going on I feel there's a lot of crookedness in it but I do feel that for the most part um our government is you know trying trying to make things work the best they can um
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] how about you
[speaker001:] well uh I'm I'm I'm rather young I'm only twenty two and so uh my knowledge is based you know mostly on what I read you know in history
[speaker002:] um-hum uh-huh right
[speaker001:] but I do think based on what I read uh what I've read through uh about about our history of our government I think things are getting better
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh in the in the last maybe ten or fifteen years where Americans are becoming a little more aware and uh are forcing our government to be uh on top of integrity you know as an order
[speaker002:] uh-huh right right I agree but the people are demanding that that those that aren't you know that aren't either morally or or politically or going to do a good job that they're they're trying to get them out of it or at least they're taking a stand
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah yeah
[speaker002:] against it so um I know a lot of the well in our community you know the government the leaders here
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] I feel like they're all all real good people that are trying their best to to provide a service to the community and
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] when you think that most of the most of the politicians I'm I'm not really sure what the pay scales are and and how that that works but um I don't agree with some of the ways that they they earn extra money on the side you know I feel that
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker002:] that that that needs to be changed and and they should have more accounting on the different ways that they they earn their money have you ever ran for a public office probably not yeah probably not being twenty two not yet um my husband ran one time here in uh
[speaker001:] uh-huh have I no not yet huh-uh
[speaker002:] our little community and he ran you know for the town board and
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and we felt like it was a a real good experience I think that um you know when people are wanting to get involved to to to make changes for the better in the community that it's that's it's a good thing so
[speaker001:] right does it worry you that um say someone like David Duke got such such publicity during uh during his campaign and that and that now he's running for uh thinking of running for president does that worry you at all
[speaker002:] yeah yeah that does worry me especially when with his background you know and the people have already voted him down I I don't understand really
[speaker001:] uh-huh um-hum yeah yeah
[speaker002:] really his reasons for doing that I don't
[speaker001:] uh I I don't either
[speaker002:] I don't know what he's
[speaker001:] I hope he doesn't know something we or I hope yeah hope he doesn't know something we don't
[speaker002:] really that's right yeah I was I'm interested in um our state is looking for a new governor and we have had oh I think the number is seven already that are running for it and this is not until next year that have put you know their hat in in in the ring to run and
[speaker001:] um-hum wow
[speaker002:] and I was surprised by that because it had seemed to me like there was almost getting to be that it was hard to get people to run because of the reason that you know they dredge up every single thing in your past
[speaker001:] oh yeah
[speaker002:] I mean and not very many people want to lay their their whole life on the line like that and say hey I you know I've never made any mistakes and
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I think that would be a little bit frightening to
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] to be put in the public eye like that myself but we've had it here in the state a lot of people that are going to run for for governor and it seems like there's a lot of people that are starting to talk about running for president again
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know when when Bush is when he's finished so
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] um what do you think about the different you know the different formats the republican and democrat
[speaker001:] well uh
[speaker002:] do you think the parties are a good thing or do you think they need to be done away with or
[speaker001:] I'm kind of disappointed that that uh the two parties have such a stronghold in the in the nation because if if if you belong to any other party uh you know any other platform I should say uh you you're not represented
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum um-hum
[speaker001:] I I don't I don't belong to any particular uh platform and and I don't think I ever will but
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] I'm afraid that um I think his name was Anderson was the the gentleman who ran for uh on an independent ticket against Reagan and
[speaker002:] oh yes uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh Carter um I was real disappointed that uh uh that he didn't he didn't have a chance uh because he didn't have a platform behind him uh uh you know a group and
[speaker002:] yes uh-huh
[speaker001:] I think that's a little bit disconcerting you know where
[speaker002:] right it is
[speaker001:] where uh where we really really Americans don't have a voice unless they participate within one one of the two systems
[speaker002:] uh-huh and especially where if if you don't completely agree with their platform if there's I mean there's not a lot of choice like you say and you have to have the financial support or there's just no hope and
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] um I know that one of the judges