5 on Friday

1. It the election were tomorrow, who would you vote for?

I don’t vote for the party, I don’t vote for a person because of their looks or the color of their hair or skin.  I choose the candidate that closely matches my own beliefs. I understand compromise is necessary and ability to lead is a must. I always hope for honesty.

2. What are the main things that lead you to vote for a certain person?

in a candidate: I look for the ability to make the right points bluntly, effectively and briefly. I am suspect of hedgers. I am suspect of cautious fence-sitters.

In a president: I want tenacity, forthrightness and candor. Willing to fight against odds for what we care about, a willingness to compromise to achieve, a willingness to put the nation above party when its called for.
The desire to win cannot be overshadowed by the fear of losing.

3. Where do you get your info on the candidates?

Everywhere, TV, the web, newspapers and the radio.

4. Who was president when you were born?

Yikes that was a really long time ago.. FDR was in his third term as president.

5. If you could choose anyone, dead or alive, to be president, who would it be?

I would chose me because I know I would do a good job. But since my health is so fragile I guess I will go with Lincoln. Not only did he hold the Union together during,  it's most turbulent period, he influenced people who hated him, didn't want to fight, didn't mind slavery, and wanted to see the Union dissolve. Lincoln managed Washington DC, the War, and Politics with a skill unmatched in history.