My ideal candidate - the human side

I already wrote a piece on what political positions I want my ideal candidate to have. Now, I want to add some humanity to the candidate.

I want a candidate who runs a positive campaign full of positive ideas, ambitions for America and real goals. If he runs a smear campaign, I don't want him. I don't want someone to say how bad the other guys are. I want a guy who says how good he is.

I could care less what gender, what color, what ancestry, or what religion (including no religion) my candidate is. All I want is for him to be American, and proud to be an American. And I don't want his gender, color, ancestry, or religion interferring with his duties in driving America forward.

America has achieved things that no other country before has achieved. I'm tired of people apologizing for our success. My candidate wants to continue that success into the 21st century and not give our success to the one nation with nukes pointed at us.

I don't want my candidate coming from the Upper Class. I don't want one who has a rich father. I don't want one who married a rich widow. I don't want one who sued hospitals to get rich. I want one who knows what it's like to work hard, to carry a mortgage or pay rent, and one who knows how to buy his own groceries at the supermarket. If he became a multi-millionaire in his lifetime by hard work and ambition, more power to him. But he has to have roots with the common man and woman.

My candidate will trust the American people. He does not believe the role of the gov't is to be my Dad. I already have a Dad, and he was a real good father. I still to this day occasionally call him up and ask for advice. I don't need a second Dad.

Since he trusts the American people, my candidate does not care what books we check out at the library. He doesn't care what CDs we buy or what movies we watch. He doesn't care what guns we own. He could care less what video games we play.

My candidate sees America not only for its people resources, but also for the land, the water, the trees, and the animals. He values these all and does not want to see them exploited, for he knows how valuable they are to our future. We need open space and nature for our souls to develop fully.

He doesn't interfere with our roles as parents. He trusts us to do that job.

My candidate understands the importance of family. He also understands that the two most important professions in America are the parent and the educator.

He believes in rewarding good instead of relying on punishing evil. He is more carrot driven than stick because he knows that the American people are good and if gov't does not interfere with us, we can do more good things.

He doesn't care how you spend your weekends. What you do in your own home is nobody's business and he understands that. He trusts us to make our own decisions.

My candidate can speak well. He smiles a lot and has a wonderful sense of humor. He treats people with dignity and does not talk to anyone in a condescending tone.

My candidate values the men and women in uniform. He values those who have served our country and veterans of previous wars. He prays for peace, but will never let his guard down. And of course, he's prepared for the upcoming zombie plague and hopes you are too.

And lastly, he believes in the future. One of his goals is to get a manned mission beyond the moon. Let's have a real space station where ships can dock. Hopefully from there, my next candidate can lead us to the next step, which is a manned mission to Mars. One thing this world needs is more frontiers. Gene Roddenberry was right when he said space was the final frontier.