Political ideology aside, I think it's very simple; a president that can get the job done. I'm tired of people weighing the Presidency like they're voting for their next door neighbor. I really couldn't care less if the President is a Christian, Muslim, or an atheist. I couldn't care less about their personal lives. I don't care if he cheats on his wife. If the President gets the job done, then so be it if he/she is uglier than Mikhail Gorbachev.
Sure, to people their personal religious beliefs are important. And sure I think I know who I would want to have over at a BBQ. But we've tried that already, and time after time it gives us the worst politicians imaginable.
Hell, JFK was a playboy, but he was sure as hell one of our country's best presidents. A pool of evidence suggests that, Abe Lincoln, perhaps our very best, was gay. "If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, then have faith; if you want to be a disciple of truth, then search" -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Economic Left/Right: -9.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72
Last edited by Katczinsky; 01-24-2007 at 05:01 PM.
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