Is it more important to you to follow your heart or to win? What makes you look better: your own actions and deeds, or your ridicule of those of your opponents?
2007-12-10 04:12:28 · 17 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Principle. I think if you have to ridicule your opponents than your platform is weak and so you are compensating. If a person is secure in their argument, than the argument speaks for itself.
2007-12-10 04:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Principle always comes first. That being said, in the body politic, you are obliged to learn all that you can. Both good and bad.
If your opponant has something about them that you find distastful or otherwise objectionable then bringing that to light is a good thing. If you do not do so, then how can anyone make an informed decision?
This is exactly why our nation has freedom of the press. Politicians by nature do NOT want you to learn about the things they do which may be distasteful. They would prefer to control what information you hear.
2007-12-10 04:27:30 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff Engr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My answer is trhat ideal is much more important than rhetoric and ridiculing your opponents. The sad fact is that idealism is no longer possible in politics. I am not being partisan here since I am not a Democrat or a Republican. But this sad fact became reinforced by this disastrous Bush administration. You can't find joy in eloquence and statemanship anymore. Anything intelligent said by the politicians is warped by the spinmeisters so that they come off as partisan and petty. in addition, by electing one of the most inadequate, non-eloquent leader that recent US history has witnessed, the position of the president as a national leader has been eroded...
2007-12-10 04:20:50 · answer #3 · answered by Michael K 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Definitely principal based. I don't follow my heart, I think things through. I don't care about looking good, I care about being the best at whatever I do. I am usually the recipient of the ridicule, and only ridicule those who invite it.
Passionate debate is a marvelous thing as long as it stays civil. Name calling and personal attacks are the last refuge of a failed point of view!
2007-12-10 04:35:50 · answer #4 · answered by Ed Harley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a politician. I do not wish to be a politician. I don't even want to THINK about being a politician. Our system is so corrupt. Just look at our current administration. What a joke. They all think they know what's best for America. What they don't know is that their foreign malfeasance is going to condemn this country to decades of scrutiny and punishment by the rest of the world. Our next five presidents will be digging us out of the abyss that this trainwreck of an administration has buried us in. Thanks to Mr. Cheney and his puppet.
2007-12-10 04:31:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Principle.
2007-12-10 04:25:47 · answer #6 · answered by gone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Principle but I don't throw out degrading my opponent either. If I were concerned about what I appeared to others I would have no principles.
2007-12-10 04:17:18 · answer #7 · answered by Locutus1of1 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
My politics depends on principle
2007-12-10 04:15:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
my politics are based on what does the greatest good for the greatest number of people. I follow both my heart and my head, but not my emotions, when forming policy.
2007-12-10 04:21:35 · answer #9 · answered by Fancy That 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Principle! I get no satisfaction from degrading anyone.
2007-12-10 05:17:31 · answer #10 · answered by mjmayer188 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋