To offer a comparison, even to a lesser degree as you say, between McCain/Palin or Obama/Biden to the three evil dictators you listed is just ridiculous. Please stay in Canada.
lease: Sorry Canada!
You misunderstood my point.
I was merely stating that at some point the candidate list will be so bad that none of us would vote.
That is a matter of degrees and each of us has an individual threshold, as where it is we step off and won’t vote.
A short story may help to illustrate.
A man goes up to a beautiful woman and asks her: “would you sleep with me for 10 million dollars?â€
She thinks a bit and answers “yesâ€
He then asks “would you sleep with me for $10?’
Offended she barks “NO What do you think I am?â€
He answers “We have already determined what you are, we are just negotiating the priceâ€
A man is either honest or not, truthful or not, moral and ethical or not, trustworthy or not.
The degrees don’t work with me.
We are not negotiating the price. Labels are black or white and not subject to degrees.
Steal a paper clip and you are a thief. No degrees, No well he could afford it, he owed me… No excuses. A thief is a thief.
Tell 1 lie however small and you are a liar. No degrees no excuses, no reasons.
Withhold pertinent truths that are needed for someone to make an informed decision and you are dishonest and untrustworthy.
That is the problem with the world today.
We can rationalize, and make excuses for any behavior.
I want and demand a higher standard from my leaders.
To say that we cannot find anyone among us that will not lie, will not steal, will disclose all the facts, is in itself the failure.
They are out there. Convince them to run and I will vote.
Until then I won’t discuss degrees, as they all have not even been elected yet and the deceit, withholding, name calling, lying and false promises coming from the whole lot makes me sick.
Wait and see when 1 of them has tenure and can do what they want.