I understand your thinking better now. thanks.
Do you really or are you just saying that? Would you associate with ALL those people? Would your wife say such a thing if you were running for the highest Office? It doesn't take much to connect the dots on that guy...
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Well, during our discussion I kept coming back in my mind to another candidate. I used your same explanation model to apply to him:
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and this is how it came out...
"Let's say there was a candidate who ran on a platform of good judgement and leadership but had surrounded himself with people who had been implicated in criminal acts. His closest advisor had been nominated by this candidate to a position that would have run the entire internal defense of the Country but was later indicted for several criminal acts and had numerous adulterous affairs. The Candidate had an inkling of these problems but nominated the person anyway. The candidate himself, big on family values, had been married three times, once to a cousin. He also had had affairs. His wife made many remarks that called into question her attitudes toward the public. Although this candidate ran on a judgement plank, his own judgement was called into question many times, including locating a command and control post in a likely terrorist target area. As to religion, this candidate had association with a catholic priest later determined to have molested young men. The candidate not only wouldn't disavow his association with the priest, he openly continued the association. The candidate also showed quentionable judgement by using police and government staff to assist his personal relationships with one of the women he was having an affair with. Can you connect the dots and still determine this person was presidential material?"
At one point we were told that in selecting a President things like the above were not the critical elements.
Now, voting for Obama is not something I'm going to do, but I think it is possible to "connect the dots" on any candidate and decide they are unfit. Doing the same to McCain and his past is equally easy....
So, yes I understand, but I don't think it is as easy to draw conclusions about character or competence or qualifications as you do.
JMHO. |
