Criteria for Evaluating Presidential Candidates
Below are things I consider when I try to choose a presidential candidate. They were more or less in order until I got to number eleven and I realized that it should probably be in the top three. My next post will be my current ranking assigning 1 to 5 points on each criterion.
1. Will this candidate get us out of war and keep us out or does he or she have to prove his or her MANhood (sorry, Sen. Clinton) by attacking some little pissant country on this or the other side of the globe? Can you say Panama, Grenada, and Iraq, you worshipers of Saints Ronnie and Dubya?
2. Will this candidate balance the budget and keep it balanced?
3. Will this candidate espouse and enforce a multifaceted approach to border security, one that is healthy for us and our neighbors?
4. Will this candidate demand that corporations who want to sell to American consumers offer safe products that are made by workers who are being treated fairly in a manner that is not polluting our globe?
5. Will this candidate have an energy policy that encourages conservation and renewable energy rather than subsidizing fossil fuels and pollution?
6. Will this candidate lead in producing new legislation that reduces the power of lobbyists in Washington, D. C?
7. Will this candidate throw out every fox Bush has put in charge of every chicken house in the federal government?
8. Will this candidate shift our relations with other nations from meddling and bullying to one characterized by respect and negotiation?
9. Will this candidate lead in the quest for a health care system that is efficient, affordable, universal, and that focuses on wellness?
10. Will this president move the United States to a more reasonable military posture that redefines defense to mean defense of Americans in America, that provides adequate pay, benefits, retirement, and educational benefits to service people, and that bases decisions on military bases, weapons programs, and research on strategic needs rather than politics?
11. Will this person appoint judges to the court system who are more moderate and may balance the fanatics Reagan and the Bushes have been packing onto the Court?
1. Will this candidate get us out of war and keep us out or does he or she have to prove his or her MANhood (sorry, Sen. Clinton) by attacking some little pissant country on this or the other side of the globe? Can you say Panama, Grenada, and Iraq, you worshipers of Saints Ronnie and Dubya?
2. Will this candidate balance the budget and keep it balanced?
3. Will this candidate espouse and enforce a multifaceted approach to border security, one that is healthy for us and our neighbors?
4. Will this candidate demand that corporations who want to sell to American consumers offer safe products that are made by workers who are being treated fairly in a manner that is not polluting our globe?
5. Will this candidate have an energy policy that encourages conservation and renewable energy rather than subsidizing fossil fuels and pollution?
6. Will this candidate lead in producing new legislation that reduces the power of lobbyists in Washington, D. C?
7. Will this candidate throw out every fox Bush has put in charge of every chicken house in the federal government?
8. Will this candidate shift our relations with other nations from meddling and bullying to one characterized by respect and negotiation?
9. Will this candidate lead in the quest for a health care system that is efficient, affordable, universal, and that focuses on wellness?
10. Will this president move the United States to a more reasonable military posture that redefines defense to mean defense of Americans in America, that provides adequate pay, benefits, retirement, and educational benefits to service people, and that bases decisions on military bases, weapons programs, and research on strategic needs rather than politics?
11. Will this person appoint judges to the court system who are more moderate and may balance the fanatics Reagan and the Bushes have been packing onto the Court?
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