RE: Evangelicals and atheists agree....
October 11, 2016 at 4:17 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2016 at 4:20 pm by Crossless2.0.)
(October 11, 2016 at 3:33 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: First, I'll go on the record as saying that Bill Clinton was one of the better president's during my lifetime despite being whatever he was privately. I don't care about the private lives of political leaders so long as they do the job they were elected to do. I also don't buy into the idea that "character matters" because as far as I can tell it hasn't yet.
I tend to agree with this. There don't seem to be many examples that come to mind that one might use to make a case for one's character (good or bad) predicting one's performance in an executive position. History is filled with ineffectual do-gooders, as well as great leaders who were Grade-A sons of bitches.
Clinton was a good president, despite his lack of character and judgement in private. FDR was hardly an angel privately, but he led the country through the Depression and WWII. Who would have thought that LBJ, of all people, would have signed the most significant civil rights legislation since Reconstruction -- not to mention having initiated Medicare?
I deplore the 24/7 news cycle and what it's done to erode the distinction between private and public. Does it really serve any of us to have every election cycle turn into a shit-fest over who is most Jesus-y and who is banging his private secretary? It's just bread and circuses that distract everyone from the issues and real policy differences between the candidates and parties. Trump is an asshole. I didn't need this latest 'revelation' to come to that conclusion. But I would vote for an asshole if I thought he/she was the best person for the job.
Of course, in Trump's case, he isn't.
