Thread: Don't pull no punches, tell me what you really think.

Since we haven't had a real heated discussion here in a while I'd thought I'd start one.

So with the Presidential election in site I want to know what you think are the important qualities that would make you vote for one person or another. I don't want mention made of any particular individuals or parties, rather what makes a good President in your mind or what qualities the candidate needs to have.

Someone that will only spend money we have the rest isn't nearly as important to me.

Someone who doesn't believe in Big Government controlling everything, is honest, and God fearing. I know this is almost an oxymoron with a politician, but they would get my vote. It would take a real scumbag for me to not vote for them to get this "person" out of office.

A person of good standing with an (I) next to the name. The (D)s and the (R)s are making me want to (V)omit.

to belive in god and country, and the people that put him in office, and to be proud to be born in USA .

How about an honest person? If you change your mind don't lie about it but explain why you did.

I haven't thought of the Presidential election in the way Nelson poses the question since I was a kid. The main reason is that Oklahoma doesn't count write-in votes and makes it difficult for folks other than the major party candidate to get on the ballot. So for me I just make a comparison between two tickets, which is not nearly as difficult as deciding who actually has that package of qualities which would make a good President

The comparisons I make are based on how I think the candidates will act in different general situations should they be elected. Since politicians can't be trusted to keep their word, this makes my work difficult, and oftentimes I can't make a good comparison for a particular potential issue because I have no clue how the person would actually respond in office. So I guess you could say I consider reliability a factor for me just so I have a foundation on which to weigh and compare which candidate would serve that office best

Originally Posted by Kees

How about an honest person? If you change your mind don't lie about it but explain why you did.

Get a lantern and take a hike. it was nice having you on srp

With the recent rulings on campaign finance laws you need to pick the corporations that you like best and ask them who to vote for.

On a slightly less passive aggressive note...

Whomever reduces my taxes and raises taxes for the other hoglahoos. Oh yeah and believes in secularism

I'm just going to vote for the best looking candidate.

Most here are to young to remember,but the Qualitys JFK had.
After listening to the pres. today,heaven forbide,he is setting himself up to end up like JFK did
Go after Big Buis,The oil companys,Troop withdrawels (What JFK was going to do with nam) Think bay of Pigs.The military loves wars.Today we also have the drug cartels,50 yrs ago it was the mafia who said,Cut the head off the dog (JFK) and the tail will stop wagging (his brother).