Moogie's Blog

Well, now i have some serious thinking to do.  The only person I had even considered for President so far had been Senator Joe Biden (D) Delaware. (yes Paul you had me pegged).

However, Senator Biden has seen fit to throw in the towel after a poor showing in Iowa. 

Uhhh.  Now what?   I value Senator Biden's brutal honesty.  Yes, I am aware of questions about his academic career.  He outgrew that.  Which of our candidates now possess qualities that I admire?

First, I'll tell you what I have thought about.

1.   I admire people who can pronounce important words.  My favorites are nuclear, Iraq, and Iran. 

Nuclear is pronounced "new clee ar" -- not "new q lur". 

I accept anything that does not contain a "q" sound. 

Iran is pronounced "eee-ron"  not " I  ran".  Same with Iraq, which is pronounced "eee-raq" not "I  rack".  

I will accept any pronunciation which does not begin with an "eye" sound.

2.  I appreciate people who are able to visualize everyone on their level (or themselves on everyone's level).  I do not admire politicians who assume everyone outside their circle is a complete idiot.

3.  People's voices seem to affect my overall perception.

4.  People's gestures or body language must appear to be natural, or they can refrain.

5.  Pathological lying is a no-no.

Now, the first half of the debate, the Repulican half, is over.  Here's how some of the candidates struck me.

Mitt Romney has a voice like dry ice.  I perceive no warmth, although I am sure there is some.

John McCain does not have me as his audience.  He can save his dial-a-personality for the VFW.

Fred Thompson knows how to pronounce nuclear ! 

 

Was Rudy Guliani there?  How about Ron Paul?

Ok, the guy from Arkansas, he has a wit.  A quick wit is a good sign, but...nope, cannot vote for a mentalist.

 

The second half, the Democratic half, is ongoing.  Here's what I think, so far.

Hillary Clinton lied. 

Barack Obama called her on it.

Bill Richardson is smart.

 

John Edwards is still an ambulance chaser, in my mind.  True that he is not a fraud on the scale of say, a Stanley Bauman, but that does not make him the philanthropist of the year.

 

I might write more later.   Please convince me to think about this more seriously.