Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

On November 23rd, 2014, President Barach Obama stated that voters will want a Presidential candidate in 2016 that has “a new car smell”. This leads many of those in Springfield, Missouri to comment on the current “odor” in the White House. Being a staunch Republican part of the state, Ozarkers usually have little positive to say about any Democrat.

Looking from a Christian perspective, how should this comment be viewed from a non-partisan point of view? When you purchase a brand-new car, you expect not to notice the stench of previous owners. Can this concept be translated into the political arena?

The only way a car has that “new car smell”, is if it has never been owned before. Those who always buy pre-owned vehicles are not familiar with this fragrance. Neither are voters. No presidential candidate in the recent past has not had the contamination of a previous owner.

The “one owner” vehicle still does not have the same aura as the “no owner.” What the voter wants is a candidate for governor, congress, senate or president that has not been “purchased” before. The stench of another who has control of them should not be there.

Used car dealers have many methods to try to fake the “new car smell”. Anyone who believes that people who have been in politics previously can be brought back to a pre-politics state is either gullible or deceiving themselves. An honest politician can be as useful as a pre-owned vehicle. Or it can be a lemon.

They may both have high miles. If well maintained, taken care of properly, and allowed to work the way they are meant to, they can do and be better than they were before. The problem remains that those who are committed to being our representatives must put our country or state above their political jobs.

For the most part, I did anything I was asked to do for every company I worked for. I wanted to move ahead. I needed to earn as much as I could for my family. There were jobs that I left because the promises that were made were not followed through on.

At another job, I stood up for myself, and they fired me and reported that I had tried to get fired. I was able to refute this with the unemployment people. It surprised me that I had trouble finding a new job after this until I followed advice and dropped them from my resume’. The next position I applied for, I was offered and accepted. I had to cut all ties with that organization and refuse to acknowledge I was ever associated with them.

I understand why Republicrats and Demicans do not want to rock the boat. I believe 2026 is the year to replace the stench that is in our government. This smell gets worse every time our President or anyone else tries to violate our Constitution, force his or her opinion upon our laws, take credit for what others have done, or use their positions to attack those that disagree with him.

State legislatures changing congressional lines to strengthen their parties make me decide never to vote for another member of a political party. What about you? From the time I first registered to vote I have been non-partisan. A Republicrat in Greene County Missouri tried to force this eighteen-year-old to declare as one of two parties. That is still against Federal law.

George Washington and others opposed political parties. The Federalists under Thomas Jefferson changed that and now we can’t get our elected officials to do the jobs we pay them for because political bosses threaten them.

In 2026 I am asking everyone who agrees with me to revolt against the party system in our government. We need state assembly and senate personnel who will change our laws to no longer force us to choose on a party basis to vote. In Missouri a non-Partisan ballot in our primary election has no candidates.

You can change this. When your state allows you to register to run for an office you think you are qualified for, declare that you are not a part of any party. There are elected officials in Greene County that were Republicans or Democrats when elected. If they want my vote in 2026 they should be on my non-Partisan ballot in the primary election. This goes for state and national offices as well.

There is only one way to keep America great and that is by dumping all party affiliations. They will not go quietly. Some have jumped from one group to another to use the party power to get what they want. They lie, cheat, steal, and kill to eliminate the competition.

That is why our federal government is shut down today because these infants don’t want to work together. Our republican democracy will not survive if we allow this fighting go on any longer. Join me in this revolt. Run as a non-partisan candidate. Vote for non-Partisan candidates only. Let’s get back that new candidate smell.

©Copyright 2025 by Charles Kensinger