Consider the Candidate

My son made an interesting comment to me this morning after watching a few minutes of TV. He said, “I wish they would outlaw negative campaigning so that we could understand the views of the candidates.” His comment is important to remember. When we vote tomorrow, we should try to ignore all the negative campaigning that has occurred and try to remember what we know about the candidate.

 Are they people of integrity; are they people we can trust?

Are they respected by their contemporaries? Will others respect and listen to them if they are elected?

What about their positions; have they held them a long time? Can they express them in a way that will influence others to agree with them? Will they make a difference if they are elected; is the difference they are going to make one that we want?

Consider what you know about the candidate as you go to the polls tomorrow, not merely what others have said about them. Vote for someone you think might do the best job, not against someone based on what others have said about them.