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To: Farmboy who wrote (473149)	2/21/2012 9:03:17 AM
From: goldworldnet	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793897

Morality and fiscal responsibility are different, but changes in attitude do show how we have become more reckless. * * *

To: Farmboy who wrote (473149)	2/21/2012 11:39:20 AM
From: simplicity	7 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793897

I am of the opinion immorality is the chief factor in the financial disaster. Well said. Some people talk about the fact that ‘social issues’ have no part in campaign discussions, but I disagree for the reason you cited above. ‘Social issues’ generally have at their core a desire to do what is right. The definition of what is right differs from person to person, based on his religion, upbringing, etc. But the desire to do what is right is something that is lacking in modern American leadership, especially at the highest levels. During the era of Clinton-Lewinsky-cigars, the American people were, for the most, part appalled at the personal morals of the man in the Oval Office. At the same time, the majority of them re-elected him because the state of the economy was more important to them than the character of the man serving as their president. The economy is in disaster mode, and the national debt is climbing daily, largely because our leadership in D.C. is sorely lacking in character. Corruption and lying have become a way of life, and the goal of being a public servant has given way to the goal of promoting an leftist agenda and amassing as much power and wealth as possible, and the nation's prosperity and fiscal security be damned. It is largely that latter goal (promoting a leftist agenda, no matter the means) that has caused the economic crises we are facing today. Lack of morals/character in leadership is the disease. The state of the economy is just one symptom of that disease. That isn’t to say that candidates should stress social issues. But it is to say that, if we simply vote for the candidate who seems to stress ‘fixing’ the economy, without considering his character and his willingness to stand on firmly-held convictions, no matter the political cost, we seem to be more interested in treating the symptoms rather than eradicating the disease. And most charactered candidates are not going to insist that their personal convictions be forced down the throats of the rest of the country. But they will call upon those moral convictions to do what is right, rather than what is politically expedient or part of a political agenda, to fix what ails us. Barack Obama wouldn't recognize that kind of mindset if it were standing nose-to-nose with him. A terrific book on the subject of character in leadership, ‘The Founding Fathers and the Politics of Character’: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7645.html