- The sharks are all circling for their chance to take a bite at another opponent, so far two sharks in the water and by the end of next week 2-4 more may be lurking about, of course I am talking about those that have declared they will attempt to run for President, or if I were John Kerry: Those that may or may not have built a framework that may or may not accomplish said desire to be elected President. First the two that have jumped into this pond of ravenous souls Ted Cruz and Rand Paul I highly approve of so far and as far as the media goes, you may have a problem with standard gotcha bullshit with these two. It is said Hillary will dive into the pond on Sunday and Marco Rubio will break out his best Jaws imitation on Tuesday and the hunt will be on. At that point there will be enough declared on both sides for the teeth to come out and the dinner bell to ring.
Here is the problem; no one in this country wants to hear anyone bad mouth anyone else, unless of course they are lazy and going to vote for a specific party no matter who is on the ticket. So I recommend that for political ads spend a lot more time telling the citizens what you can do for them, how you will act and what is guiding you instead of attacking whatever opponent you decide is in your way from week to week. I realize there is good and bad that can be said about all candidates and I realize Hillary Clinton’s presence has made it next to impossible to bring up the multitude of things she has done wrong, like Benghazi, but leave that to those who are prone to weakness like me. Leave that to the public bloggers who will defend and cajole at will, please try and keep an air of Presidential quality about yourself, so I have made a short list of things one might not want to be seen doing during the campaign:
1. Do not ride a girls bike, unless you are a girl
2. Do not throw a baseball like you are a wounded chicken attempting flight
3. Do not make deals with our enemies (Any of them)
4. Do not criticize Christianity at every turn
5. Do not make deals that involve trades at a rate of five to one
6. Do not openly drink beer, You may want to but don’t do it If I wanted to vote for a beer drinking loud mouth I would run
7. Do not under any circumstances allow your wife to make any policy at all, none, nada
8. Be able to give a speech without a teleprompter
9. Have more than a fleeting relationship with the Constitution
10. Remember there are only 50 states not 58
I make this list for all the candidates so that they will remember some of the more important issues of being President, like knowing what that means. Also one last thing that should be on the list also but gets an honorable mention here, always remember that just because you won an election or even two doesn't mean you have a clue on how to do the job, it just means you were able to get a lot of people to believe you do (Not calling anyone a liar: OBAMA).
I hope the next President has the intelligence that God has given a door knob and somehow remembers that it is not their sparkling personality that keeps Americans safe. It is the rule of law, committed local law enforcement and a committed military that is supported and held accountable. So I propose that this time around while the sharks are still swimming around the pond that we the people have these candidates take a civics test, maybe the same one that legal immigrants take to become citizens, if they cannot pass it they get thrown back in and have to wait for next time. Remember the first question must always be how many states make up the USA and that should rule out most of the Democratic Party. Remember to have a great week end and when you think 58 states vote for Obama again.