Ilario Pantano's Pledge

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[Recon Dad]

Ilario Pantano is excited to announce that, after due consideration, he has joined the Alliance for Bonded Term Limits, and looks forward to promoting the issue in this election and in future elections.

The catalyst for Pantano has been the increased exposure to the culture of D.C. that he has had over the recent weeks through the success of his current congressional campaign. By being invited into special programs to raise money for Republican candidates, he has seen the power of money in politics up close.

Pantano observed, "When NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions introduced me to dozens of members at the capital, he warned me of the corrupting influences. I believed him then, and I have been reflecting upon it heavily. From the decision to leave my family at home in North Carolina in order to minimize my exposure to D.C., to my recent decision to bond my term limit, I will take the steps that I can to inoculate myself. As a friend has said: 'While I enter this pit of vipers, please pray for me. Not that I don't get bitten, but that I don't become one!'"

Ilario Pantano is the first member of the NRCCs Young Guns program to sign a bonded term limits pledge. This is crucial in emphasizing that there is a new breed of citizen leadership rising up from the States. These are citizen representatives that truly understand the warnings of the Founding Fathers:

"The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress." -James Madison & Alexander Hamilton

And from George Mason, in 1788, in a speech at the Constitutional Convention:

"Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interest of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass of the people, from whence he was taken, where he must participate in their burdens."

Such lessons from the greatest minds our nation has ever known have impelled Pantano to pledge himself to limiting his service in Congress to six terms or less, bonded by $250,000 payable to the Wounded Warriors Foundation should he renege.

"I've lived my life in all ways to keep my word, and my word is my bond." said Pantano. Yet, due to the high percentage of the Class of '94 electoral pledges that were dishonored, Pantano has realized that the people, rightfully so, ought not blindly trust a candidate's word. So he has done far more than promise; he has reinforced his word with a contractual bond.

It is notable that the incumbent Mike McIntyre (D, NC-7), promised only six terms, but in fact is now seeking his eighth. By all accounts he is a good Christian man, and yet even he has succumbed to the influences our Founding Fathers warned against:

"Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on office, a rottenness begins in his conduct." -Thomas Jefferson

Any man who enters politics and does not fiercely and tangibly guard against the clearest of all dangers to his honor and integrity, is bound to fail. Such is not the case with Ilario Pantano. Clearly, he aims to stand out from among the rest and lead by example

[Recon Dad]

Putting his money where his mouth is.

[Leader_Of_The _Conservatives]

This is funny that he finally signed this, because just a week ago he called it a gimmick and Bonds were for criminals. His opponent Will Breazeale was the first to sign it in the nation. I suggest you look at someone like that to find some proper integrity in a candidate. Breazeale also was the only candidate to release his tax returns and military records. Something his opponents will not do

[Recon Dad]

i live in Ohio and my son lives in that district in NC. I'm trying to keep him informed while he's deployed.

This guy does sound good, thanks.

[Leader_Of_The _Conservatives]

Thank your son for his heroic service!! God Bless him and your family!!