How NOT to win Georgia's 14th Congressional District election

Dr. Charles Lutin, I've got to give you an A for effort in your attempt to unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene as Georgia's 14th Congressional District Representative, but the fact is that you're doing it all wrong, and have been from the time you decided to run last October. Here's what I'm talking about.

To begin with, last November you should have gone off to Cartersville and bought yourself a 'campaign vehicle' for $92,679.60. I don't know what a campaign vehicle is or why it should cost so much money but that's what MTG did. 

And you're spending all of your time in Georgia, in the 14th District. You should be in Texas, or Florida or California or Mar-a-Lago or wherever there is an opportunity for an interview and photo/op on national television. That's what MTG is doing. 

And while you're in those anywhere-but-Georgia places you should be talking about issues that don't necessarily make sense and have nothing to do with Georgia, but that's not the point. The purpose is to get your face on camera and get the publicity, good or bad. That's what MTG does.

And what have you been doing? For the past six months, day after day you've been driving the length and breadth of the 14th Congressional District in your non-campaign vehicle. You've visited and re-visited towns like Cedartown (population 10,190), LaFayette (6,888), Dallas (14,042), Summerville (4,435), Trenton (2,195) and many more. MTG doesn't do that.

And what are you doing in those towns when you're there? You waste your time talking with majors, city attorneys, sheriffs, city clerks, business owners, municipal workers, church pastors, American Legion officials and even library directors. All because you want to know what they're thinking...what do they like about their country, their state and their home town? What do they think needs to be improved; what help do they need? 

You eat lunch at local family-owned restaurants, often by yourself, and while there you talk with staff and customers, introducing yourself and asking the same questions that you asked city officials that morning...what do they need; what would they like to see changed? Tomorrow afternoon you'll be in Dalton attending the annual Golden Gaitor Walk, and in the evening in Cohutta (population 764) to take in a bluegrass concert, and I'm betting that at both places you'll be meeting and talking to people, asking those same questions. MTG won't be there.

So, you've spent the last six months traveling over a large territory, meeting the people, hearing and seeing their problems first-hand. All because you believe that things generally are not going in the right direction; that government has lost sight of the people, and you would like to see Washington and the Republican Party get back on track. That doesn't fit with today's definition of a politician. 

You are not a politician, and Georgia's 14th Congressional District doesn't need a politician. MTG has proven that. What we need is a servant of the people in Washington who will keep their finger on the pulse of the district. Who will as time allows visit the towns and talk to the people. Sound familiar? What we need is Dr. Charles Lutin in Congress.