RP08
09-02-2007, 08:35 PM
Tonight my wife was talking to me about how some of our family members and friends have admitted to supporting non-Paul candidates and why they think they're leaning the right direction, as uninformed as their reasons were. Many of these people don't really even care about the candidate's position on issues, they just summarize how they "feel" about how they'd do. Some are about "political experience". Others are for "presidential-looking". Others just want something to change and support the most likely candidate to win a nomination who they think is capable of rocking the boat.
I worked myself up talking about my own personal feelings on the matter and before stepping off my soap box, I brought up a personal "duh" factor, politics not even part of the picture...
Which candidate from either side would we honestly be comfortable with watching our 4 year old toddler for an afternoon, while we were out? We're overly-protective so this was a powerful consideration. Then, going down the list, there were really only a few that (with our limited exposure to any of the candidates' "true" personalities and our impressions) seemed like we could trust our toddler would be in good hands.
Ron Paul significantly holds the top of the list. Neither of us could even think of another public figure much higher on the list above Ron Paul -- much less the selection of our other Presidential candidates.
Occupying the bottom of the list, not surprisingly, was Giuliani, Romney, and Clinton, surprisingly low on the list was Obama ("America's sweetheart"? Nah) and Bill Richardson.
As we were talking through this 6th-sense that parents inherently acquire, my wife thought it would be an awesome question to include in our chats with potential voters. I mean, seriously, for some people, if it occurred to them that they didn't feel they could entrust the well-being of their innocent young ones, how could they comfortably entrust their vote for their country? This, alone, could be a "change-direction moment" for a lot of people we talk to about their support.
What do you think? Worthless, or something significant to think about?
I worked myself up talking about my own personal feelings on the matter and before stepping off my soap box, I brought up a personal "duh" factor, politics not even part of the picture...
Which candidate from either side would we honestly be comfortable with watching our 4 year old toddler for an afternoon, while we were out? We're overly-protective so this was a powerful consideration. Then, going down the list, there were really only a few that (with our limited exposure to any of the candidates' "true" personalities and our impressions) seemed like we could trust our toddler would be in good hands.
Ron Paul significantly holds the top of the list. Neither of us could even think of another public figure much higher on the list above Ron Paul -- much less the selection of our other Presidential candidates.
Occupying the bottom of the list, not surprisingly, was Giuliani, Romney, and Clinton, surprisingly low on the list was Obama ("America's sweetheart"? Nah) and Bill Richardson.
As we were talking through this 6th-sense that parents inherently acquire, my wife thought it would be an awesome question to include in our chats with potential voters. I mean, seriously, for some people, if it occurred to them that they didn't feel they could entrust the well-being of their innocent young ones, how could they comfortably entrust their vote for their country? This, alone, could be a "change-direction moment" for a lot of people we talk to about their support.
What do you think? Worthless, or something significant to think about?