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Votes For Leadership & Wisdom Avoid Voting Democrat Or Republican
By lighthouse
To truly care about our homeland is to put aside the tendencies of siding democrat or republican, forgetting about the political parties and voting for what is best for the United States. On Saturday August 16th the presidential candidates, Barrack Obama and John McCain, were questioned by Pastor Rick Warren in Saddlebacks civil forum. It was televised on major media networks such as the Fox network and CNN for all Americans to see. The questions that were posed to the presidential candidates would certainly reveal their leadership abilities by exposing their character qualities, values, belief systems, and their wisdom. These prime factors should be the most significant factors among the United States citizens for determining the most capable president to lead the nation.
The categories of questions included leadership, stewardship, personal life, worldviews, domestic issues, education, taxes, international issues, religious persecution, human trafficking, and presidential viewpoints. These questions where well thought out, there was input from thousands of people, and they were asked in an intelligent specific order that would reveal truths. Careful examination of the questions would show how a candidate could perpetually expose flaws in themselves by virtue of their own answers. The questions were designed not only to reveal their positions on significant issues, but also their underlying character. Contained within their own answers was their level of character, and thus their capability to lead the nation as president. Contradictive answers would reveal honesty issues and indecisive responses would show a lack of leadership qualities.
Pastor Warren began by stating that they would be using the interview format, asking the same questions in order to compare apples to apples. Prior to asking the first question Pastor Warren set the stage by quoting a bible verse that says; Fools think they need no advice, but the wise listen to other people. He then followed that statement with a question on leadership, asking the candidates to name 3 people whom they would seek guidance from. No man is an island, wisdom and wise counsel are necessary in making significant decisions. Consider the significance of Tiger Wood’s successes, and then consider his surrounding personal coaches and trainers.
Again Pastor Warren referenced the bible before beginning the questions on personal life, by stating that the bible says that integrity and love are the basis of leadership. That is not only sound wisdom, but sound advice as well. The next question is not only a personal one, but one that would disclose honesty and could show humility as well. He asked the candidates to name their greatest moral failures in their lives and the greatest moral failures of America. Pastor Rick followed that up by asking the candidates to give an example of where they went against there own best interests, or political parities interests, for the good of America. Before reaching a level of integrity one must first be able to be honest and be able to sacrifice themselves, out of love, for the goodness of others.
Pastor Warren’s remaining questions;
At what point does a baby get human rights in your view?
Would you support a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman?
If no, why not?
Do we still need funding for stem cell research?
Does evil exist? And if it does, do we ignore it, do we negotiate with it, do we contain it, or do we defeat it?
What is the most significant position you held 10 years ago that you no longer hold today?
What is the most gut wrenching decision you have ever had to make and how did you process it to come to the decision?
What does it mean to you to trust in Christ? What does that mean on a daily basis? What does that look like?
Do you think better teachers should be paid better? Should they be paid better than poor teachers?
On taxes, Define rich? Give a number on how we are going to define that?
What’s worth dying for? What’s worth sacrificing American lives for?
Which existing supreme court justice would you not have nominated?
Recent poles say that 80% of faith based organizations do a better job than government relief systems. Would you insist that faith based organizations forfeit the right to have like minded believers in order to access federal funds for relief efforts?
What would be the criteria that you would commit troops to end a genocide? For instance like what’s going on in Darth 4 or could happen in Georgia or anywhere else?
Most people don’t know that there are 148 million orphans in the world. Would you be willing to consider and even commit to doing some kind of emergency plan for orphans like President Bush did for Aids? Almost a presidential emergency plan for orphans to deal with this issue?
What do you think the United States should do to end religious persecution, for instance in China, in Iraq and in many of our supposed allies? I’m not just talking about the persecution of Christianity, but there’s religious persecution around the world that persecutes millions of people?
How do you speak out and do something about human trafficking?
Tell me in a minute why you want to be President?
What do you say to people who oppose me asking these questions?
What would you tell the American public if you knew there wouldn’t be and repercussions?
It’s not so important what the republicans will think, or what the democrats will think, or what your friends might think. What matters most is voting for the president who can best lead the United States Of America. The media is going to be out to influence your choices, be aware of that. Lot’s of people are going to be saying lots of stuff in order to support their political party. This is not a party, this is the United States Of America we are talking about!
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August 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
ITS GREAT TO HEAR SOMEONE SAY THIS IS NOT A PARTY,ITS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MEDIA IS CRAZY ABOUT CHOOSING YOUR CANDIDATE FOR YOU. PLEASE AMERICA ,STUDY THE REAL FACTS AND REAL ANSWERS ON YOUR OWN. I’M SO SO SICK OF HEARING FAIR AND BALANCED, ETC. TYPE NEWS… LEFT/RIGHT,LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE,PARTY POLITICS. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER TO SURVIVE, WE WILL NEVER AGREE ON EVERYTHING, SO WHAT!!!! AGREE TO DISAGREE RESPECTFULLY!!!! WAR DOESNT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE AN OPTION, ENERGY CAN COME FROM INFINITE PLACES,EVEN IF CLIMATE CHANGE IS BUNK, WOULDNT IT BE BETTER FOR US ALL TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE FRESH AIR EVERYWHERE,TEACH AND LEAD BY EXAMPLE,IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE WORLD IF EVERYONE GAVE A LITTLE OF THEMSELVES ,FINANCIALLY,PHYSICALLY,INTELLECTUALLY,….A PENNY, A POUND OF SWEAT, A CREATIVE IDEA, AND PLEASE PLEASE DONT COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THATS WRONG AND NOT VOTE AND DO OTHER THINGS TO MAKE IT RIGHT!!!!!!! AND ARENT WE ALL BORN WITHOUT PREDJUDICE?, WE ARE ALL HUMANS ON PLANET EARTH. LETS TRY HARDER TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND HOW TO SOLVE ALL THE ISSUES WE HAVE CREATED. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WERE NO LABELS ON THOSE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, THAT WOULD BE MUSIC TO “MY” EARS. DECIDE VERY VERY CAREFULLY.