Roemer: I want a president who's free to lead, who's free to do the right thing
by Alexis Levinson (excerpt)

THE DAILY CALLER

Roemer is running to change the way Washington works, starting with the way he says money buys influence, and, he contends, legislation. “I think there’s not a problem that’s facing the country that’s not tied directly or indirectly to the fact that money decides the issues in Washington,” Roemer said. “Not plain people, not people in need, not people with a good idea. Special interest money.”

“I’m a Republican,” he continues, in answer to the question of why he’s running. “And proud of it. But I don’t think that one party has a monopoly on the truth. I want a president who’s a Republican, no doubt about it. But just as importantly, more so, is that I want a president who’s free to lead, who’s free to do the right thing. And that’s what the campaign is about to discuss. What is the right thing? And what would you do? And then you send Obama up there talking about change and nothing changes.”

“I finally came to the conclusion that nothing was going to change unless we changed the system,” he went on. “And you know, I carry the constitution in a little handbook and the Declaration of Independence in my hip pocket. I’ve done it for 40 years. And I guess I’d be called a conservative, which I am in most things. But I am unafraid of challenging the system.”