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My ideal candidate...
a series of reflections brought to you by the Freshman Writing Program
Issue date: 10/24/08 Section: Ed-Op
Sara White
Sophomore, Environmental Engineering
In the United States it seems that one is more likely to idolize a basketball player charged with rape than a presidential candidate. Have we gotten our ethics mixed up, or is it just that we have no reason to look up to our candidates?
It seems as though candidates are all like Barbie dolls: They may come in a different sex or race, but once you examine them for a while you realize they are all made of the same thing.
We need a candidate who does not seek out individual groups in hopes to get their vote. We need someone who can speak to a crowd that consists of different races, age groups and sexes - while at the same time giving each person the feeling that the candidate is speaking to him or her individually. Through this candidate's words, it would be obvious that this he or she would try to protect everyone's freedoms, while at the same time respecting the diversity of this country.
Not only would this candidate want to protect the people in this country, but everything else about this country. He or she would want to look after our land, air and wildlife because that would show that this candidate truly wants to protect the entire country. This country needs a candidate that people can look up to and know that he or she is doing everything possible to improve our country and our relationships with other countries.
We should be able to feel confident that we have a leader that is doing everything he or she can to improve the lives of every single person in this country.
Benjamin Kimble
Sophomore, Business
Most, if not all, of the presidential candidates today are buried up to their chests with wealth. Lobbyists are constantly attempting to sway their views and values by adding more money to each candidate's already excessive money supply.
What if a candidate were to enter the election with no money at all, an "average Joe," if you will? Someone who has grown up without a family of politicians influencing him or her to run for office, or a rich father to bank-roll the candidate in pursuing their dream of running the United States. Imagine a person who has received a state-school education and has played an active part in the community, but sees the small things that need to be changed, as an average American. Say this candidate was sponsored by one benefactor with a great deal of wealth, who has no other reason for supporting the candidate's campaign other than to see that person become president.
Sophomore, Environmental Engineering
In the United States it seems that one is more likely to idolize a basketball player charged with rape than a presidential candidate. Have we gotten our ethics mixed up, or is it just that we have no reason to look up to our candidates?
It seems as though candidates are all like Barbie dolls: They may come in a different sex or race, but once you examine them for a while you realize they are all made of the same thing.
We need a candidate who does not seek out individual groups in hopes to get their vote. We need someone who can speak to a crowd that consists of different races, age groups and sexes - while at the same time giving each person the feeling that the candidate is speaking to him or her individually. Through this candidate's words, it would be obvious that this he or she would try to protect everyone's freedoms, while at the same time respecting the diversity of this country.
Not only would this candidate want to protect the people in this country, but everything else about this country. He or she would want to look after our land, air and wildlife because that would show that this candidate truly wants to protect the entire country. This country needs a candidate that people can look up to and know that he or she is doing everything possible to improve our country and our relationships with other countries.
We should be able to feel confident that we have a leader that is doing everything he or she can to improve the lives of every single person in this country.
Benjamin Kimble
Sophomore, Business
Most, if not all, of the presidential candidates today are buried up to their chests with wealth. Lobbyists are constantly attempting to sway their views and values by adding more money to each candidate's already excessive money supply.
What if a candidate were to enter the election with no money at all, an "average Joe," if you will? Someone who has grown up without a family of politicians influencing him or her to run for office, or a rich father to bank-roll the candidate in pursuing their dream of running the United States. Imagine a person who has received a state-school education and has played an active part in the community, but sees the small things that need to be changed, as an average American. Say this candidate was sponsored by one benefactor with a great deal of wealth, who has no other reason for supporting the candidate's campaign other than to see that person become president.
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