A Man Of the Uneducated People

Stephen Fincher is a farmer in Frog Jump, Tenn. He raises cotton and soy beans on a 10,000-acre spread that has been in his family for seven generations. His daddy and momma are proud of their little boy and I suspect his dog wags its tail whenever Stephen comes home to Frog Jump.
By all accounts, Stephen Fincher is a god-fearing family man. He's coached Dixie League baseball, sings gospel music and heads the men's group at his little church.
The problem with Stephen Fincher is that he thinks he should be elected to represent the people of the 8th Congressional District in Washinton. Fincher has never held elective office, unless you count the Dixie Youth League and his church's men's group.
He's a proud graduate of Crockett County HS, but his formal education ended there. After graduating from high school, he went to work on the family farm.
Now some would argue that we've been sending college-educated lawyers, doctors, engineers and economists to Washington for generations and look at the mess they've made of things. Did all those doctors and lawyers really learn anything in college? In the 8th District, most people do not hold college degrees. For too long, the voices of these uneducated and under-educated people have been ignored. For too long, college-educated smarty pants have had control of our government. It's time for the voices of the high school graduates to be heard as well.
Stephen Fincher will bring a high school graduate's understanding of complex foreign relations problems and global economics. I trust that little Stephen learned enough biology back at Crockett County High to understand stem cell research, renewable energy and global warming.
Stephen Fincher will be the voice in Washington for millions of Americans who were too poor, too stupid or too lazy to go to college. He'll speak for the unwed mothers who sacrificed the chance to go to college for their children. He'll speak for the good old boys who went off to the Army after graduation and those who joined the Navy to see the world.
He'll speak for the GED recipients, who couldn't finish high school as teens but got a piece of paper for passing a few tests.
And he'll provide hope and inspiration for millions of high school dropouts. If Stephen Fincher can be elected to Congress, there's hope for those without any education.
That's why I encourage voters to send Stephen Fincher to Congress.
Because when it comes to leadership, we don't need no education.