If I were a politician,
I would promise everything and deliver nothing.
I would bow to donors and betray the people.
I would sell the land, poison the well, and call it progress.
I would shake your hand with a smile,
while my other hand signed away your children’s future.
I would talk about freedom — but write laws that chained it.
I would speak of unity — while profiting from division.
If I were a politician,
I would promise the people that turnpikes were only temporary —
and then, every election cycle, I’d pretend that topic never existed.
I’d remove the toll booths,
not to free the people,
but to charge them without ever looking them in the eye.
I’d let machines do the taking,
so no one could hold a single soul accountable.
If I were a politician,
I’d turn a blind eye while corporations eliminated jobs —
replacing honest workers with machines,
as long as my campaign pockets stayed full.
I’d call it innovation.
I’d call it efficiency.
But deep down, I’d know it was greed wearing a necktie.
If I were a politician,
I would use propaganda and polished speech
to convince you that I deserved another chance —
even though I was already in office when your schools fell apart.
I would tell you that I care about education
while Oklahoma still ranks 50th in the nation.
I would use my party to do my thinking for me,
and I would convince you to do the same.
I would make you believe you must vote red or blue,
and ignore the man standing in the middle —
the one without a party, but with a plan.
I would blind you with loyalty
so you never ask what I actually stand for.
If I were a politician,
I’d call myself a leader,
while pledging allegiance to a man named Trump,
or Obama,
or Clinton,
or Reagan —
whoever I thought my crowd most adored.
But if I were a politician,
I wouldn’t be a leader at all.
I’d just be another follower
pretending to lead.
If I were a politician,
I would convince good men to hate one another,
and proud women to doubt their worth.
I would make the poor blame the poor,
and the rich believe they earned what they stole.
If I were a politician,
I would keep the people busy fighting over colors and parties,
while I built my empire in the shadows.
I would use fear to silence truth,
and distraction to disguise corruption.
But I am not a politician.
I am a Farmer Servant.
I rise early and work with my hands.
I pray before I act.
I speak truth, even when it costs me.
I break bread with strangers.
I listen to the people.
And I remember that no man is greater than the One who sent him.
I believe that government should belong to the governed.
That the voice of the people should guide the pen of the law.
That leadership is not control — it is obedience to the will of the many.
I believe in faith over fear,
service over status,
truth over politics,
and Oklahoma over party.
This is my creed.
The creed of a Farmer Servant.
To work, to serve, and to return power
back to We the People of Oklahoma.