Agree or disagree: We elect leaders not because we consider them competent, but because we consider them to be good hearted and because they've professed their belief in Jesus?
2007-11-11 02:18:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Depends where you live. Minnesota has a muslim, but Muslims do believe in Jesus and his words.
But we really elect them for their smiles. 9/10 times best smile wins.
2007-11-11 02:22:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We elect leaders for all sorts of wrong reasons. The way they look, the way they dress for example. We should certainly look for their competency and their experience. This is why it amazes me that anyone would ever vote for Hillary Clinton. She has never run a state, a county, a city, or anything as a matter of fact. She's doesn't even have a long history as a senator. We have no clue as to her competency and if she continues to give Memorex answers to questions and get stuck on fairly simple issues, how can we ever expect her to run the country with any kind of finesse. She is temperamental, she is power hungry and she doesn't even like her husband. Those are not things that make me comfortable at a time when the world is in such turmoil.
If there were two candidates whom I deemed to be equal in ability to lead, likeable, and down to earth but one was Christian, that would swing my vote to the one with Christian beliefs and values.
2007-11-11 02:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by missingora 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the election process has become strange,i really hope that people would vote based on competency and issues but with the media the way it is i dint know if they do all the time,you see these poll about who is more likable ,who has the better smile,etc,the question is a good one and its a tough one to answer,with the all the biased media and the way they cover the campaigns (because the shows are trying to get the most ratings)its hard to know really where these people stand on important issues and it seems because of the media even the candidates are kind of forced to couch there opinions to "whats popular" even if it isn't necessarily how they feel
2007-11-11 03:42:30 · answer #3 · answered by cantonbound 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-11 03:26:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disagree. We elect our leaders because they have the same ideals as us. They want the same things for the country. I don't know of any nominee that I would refer to as good hearted. And it doesn't matter to me about their belief in Jesus either. Bush believes in Jesus and that sure hasn't stoped the ACLU from banning Christmas mangers, 10 Commandments, and crosses from public property. Has it?
2007-11-11 02:48:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians do...I only vote for someone if they have the same ideas that I do, or at least express those ideas. But most of the time I have to vote for the lesser of the two evils. Someones religion (or lack thereof) has nothing to do with me voting, but it may or may not have an affect on someone else...it's said how biased some can be on this issue.
2007-11-11 06:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To this outsider it seems y'all have a weird mentality that believes if someone professes "their belief in Jesus" they're automatically good, honourable, wise and truthful.
Even though it was evident the current one was neither good, honourable, wise nor truthful, y'all still went ahead and voted for him ... a second time.
This Aussie finds that really, REALLY weird.
2007-11-11 07:13:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strongly disagree
2007-11-11 02:22:43 · answer #8 · answered by Brad G 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, in fact most leaders are elected on the old populist, "we will get you X" pandering lies. I have nothing against populist, but our current leaders use it as a means and do not intend to get to the ends that they promise.
2007-11-11 03:56:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We elect leaders based on their ablity to motivate the average voter, who knows nothing about the problems of our government, their ablity to raise money for their campaigns, and their ablity to cheat in elections.
2007-11-11 02:23:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋