QUALITIES
What are the qualities we need for our elected officials to have? Look at this list and see which ones are requisite. Good looks, sex appeal, money, honesty, intelligence, leadership, integrity, political know-how, good communication skills, snappy dresser, education, personality, sense of humor, good judgment, foresightedness, worldliness, faith, principles, virtuous life style, selflessness, athletic, level headedness, determination, even temperament, excellent health.
This is a pretty good start for a list, but as you may guess, incomplete. There are several I left out, such as experience. By virtue of our constitution, anyone running for office will have life experience. Many items on the list can be summarily dismissed by virtue of the past. We have had leaders who were not good looking, had little sex appeal, little money, limited political know-how, lacked good communication skills, dressed poorly, had no sense of humor, had limited involvement with the worldly, led a non-virtuous live, were self-centered, and had little to no athletic skills. Leaders as Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, to name a few, show this. None of these men were everything on the list, yet they all got the job done with some degree of success.
Some qualities would be nice, but others are essential. Honesty, principles, integrity and leadership are the four attributes we cannot afford an elected official not to have. While on the campaign trail, a candidate may say or do almost anything to win votes. This is not the time span you should really be looking at them. Look closely to their past deeds and actions to glean the truth. If you cannot find a history of honesty, integrity, principles and leadership, this is not the person we want in office and should not receive your vote.
Political candidates and parties build platforms to show the policies and ideals they profess. This is not to say they will abide by any of them after the elected office is obtained and should be ignored by the voter. These platforms may sound great at a rally or in a speech, but that is a far cry from what really happens once reality sets in.
A political candidate’s past is a good indicator to what they will do once in office. If their past is not to your liking, their present and future will be the same. Look closely to hidden facts and shrug off the political hype.
The next four, six or more years may depend on your vote within the next few weeks. Choice with care, as your future and the wellbeing of this nation are at stake.
Ed Williams
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This is a pretty good start for a list, but as you may guess, incomplete. There are several I left out, such as experience. By virtue of our constitution, anyone running for office will have life experience. Many items on the list can be summarily dismissed by virtue of the past. We have had leaders who were not good looking, had little sex appeal, little money, limited political know-how, lacked good communication skills, dressed poorly, had no sense of humor, had limited involvement with the worldly, led a non-virtuous live, were self-centered, and had little to no athletic skills. Leaders as Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, to name a few, show this. None of these men were everything on the list, yet they all got the job done with some degree of success.
Some qualities would be nice, but others are essential. Honesty, principles, integrity and leadership are the four attributes we cannot afford an elected official not to have. While on the campaign trail, a candidate may say or do almost anything to win votes. This is not the time span you should really be looking at them. Look closely to their past deeds and actions to glean the truth. If you cannot find a history of honesty, integrity, principles and leadership, this is not the person we want in office and should not receive your vote.
Political candidates and parties build platforms to show the policies and ideals they profess. This is not to say they will abide by any of them after the elected office is obtained and should be ignored by the voter. These platforms may sound great at a rally or in a speech, but that is a far cry from what really happens once reality sets in.
A political candidate’s past is a good indicator to what they will do once in office. If their past is not to your liking, their present and future will be the same. Look closely to hidden facts and shrug off the political hype.
The next four, six or more years may depend on your vote within the next few weeks. Choice with care, as your future and the wellbeing of this nation are at stake.
Ed Williams
©
posted by Ed | 01:27
1 Comments:
well said. planning to do just that.
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