Murder Row: 2012 Presidential Candidates and Three Ways They Could Let You Die

by John Q. Public

A brief summary of major candidates for the office of President of the United States of America, as of January 24, 2012, and their publicly stated positions on three particular issues, namely abortion, assisted suicide and the death penalty. Links to the candidates official web sites are also provided so the reader can pursue additional research. This short document is not intended to endorse nor condone any specific candidate, merely to provide an overview of the candidates and their positions on these issues.

12 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 23, 2012

About the author

"John Q. Public" is a name often used to refer to an ordinary citizen - a man of the street - or a common man. Similar to the "Joe the Plumber" reference made famous in the 2008 Presidential debates by Senator John McCain, it generally refers to a working-class man rather than one of the elite.

The name first came into use as a character drawn in 1922 by an editorial cartoonist named Vaughn Shoemaker, who worked for the Chicago Daily News. Shoemaker won two Pulitzer Prizes for Editorial Cartooning.

The name is sometimes used by police to refer to people who are unlikely to commit crimes - the common man versus criminals. Perhaps the ninety-nine percent versus the one percent.

The writings of this modern-day "John Q. Public" are meant to give information to the people he represents - the men and woman of middle and lower class America, the working people, the people this country truly belongs to.