RE: “He’s the best person for this job.”
Please make the case for me. I would love to be enthusiastic about voting for him, but there’s too much garbage that gets in the way.
Even his personal experience and attributes are less than stellar:
1. He has never (to my knowledge) been an administrator.
2. The POW thing testifies to his character (in the late 60’s/early 70’s) but says little about his qualification. Admiral Stockdale would have been a much better candidate based on his military experience.
3. His temperment has always been considered a weakness, not a strength. That seems to have been temporarily brushed aside for this campaign, but I’m sure we’ll hear about it again (unless Hillary gets the Dem nomination, since she also has a notorious temper.)
4. His (foolishly confessed) limited knowledge of the economy is a problem.
5. He’s not exactly an inspirational speaker - he makes W sound articulate.
That’s all before we get to his back-stabbing, deal-cutting ... (Cutting the rant short.)
If you want to say he’s the best person for the job of those remaining, I can agree with you, but I can also tell that’s not what you are saying. I can probably name a hundred people I would rather see as president off the top of my head.
Don’t have time to get into all this right now.
1. Administrators. I work for administrators as do you. I’m more interested in doers.
2. What qualification did Bush have, really? Or Clinton, or Obama, or anyone else? Who really IS qualified to be president? By the way, I met Admiral Stockdale; I read his book, Love and War, I know someone who was one of his instructors, and I voted for him in 1992. Unfortunately, since he’s passed away, I can’t vote for him again.
3. Temperament....everyone has a bit of a temper; I have no issue with it. I think its a mountain out of a molehill.
4. Agree on the economy. I like Obama’s and Clinton’s plan for the economy.
5. Agree with you on that point. I did just read an article. He hates speeches. And I hate hearing them.
Happy voting!