~patrick henry
so. this is political, but not in the who-are-you-for kind of way. I feel obligated to inform you before I go into politics at all. :)
I was talking to my granny the other day about the candidates and she said that she thinks that it's really important that our president have a military background and military experience. like, actual combat experience...
and here's the thing: so, let's just say that my grandmother represents your average middle class conservative, as far as her beliefs and ideas go (and honestly she's likely not too far off, though certainly older and a bit more old-fashioned)...so if the average conservative thinks it's so important that our presidents always have military/combat experience--in this election or any presidential election--well...
doesn't that mean that they are counting on us continuing to go to war?!?
I mean, not that they want war. The process is really not good for anyone, even if it produces something good in the ultimate outcome. Personally I'd really like it if in 12 or 20 or 40 years, the subject of combat experience didn't even come up since we'd been at peace for so long...
Thursday, September 04, 2008
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I totally see her point, but I think having someone in office that has ideas on how to keep us OUT of war far outweighs the benefits of having someone in office that HAS BEEN IN war...but that's just me.
I see her point too. I do. But many people go as far as saying it should be a requirement, like age or whatever, and I think that's going way, way too far.
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