IF SOMEONE NORMAL, AVERAGE JOE, RAN FOR PRESIDENT, AND YOU LIKED HIS OR HER POINTS, WOULD YOU VOTE FOR THEM?

There are a lot of people who share my opinions, but I'd pray they'd never run for public office for other reasons!

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I know what you mean. That person would somehow have to stand out from the rest of the millions of good, hard-working, intelligent people. He/she would need to have some sort of leadership experience, public service of sorts & a track record of their stances/proof of their accomplishments.

There's nothing shameful about being average but we need someone extraordinary as president. The job is enormously demanding and the next president will face severe challenges. The average Joe cannot handle that position, no matter how good his intentions.

Furthermore, I don't think we should paint all Washington politicians with the same brush. Yes, Washington politics is not what it should be -- not by a long shot. However, there are still substantial differences between the candidates in intelligence, character, and platforms.

As you probably have gathered from my avatar's nickname, I am voting for Obama.

What gets elected is the same old political hacks

Obama and Sarah Palin are both new to the process

and see how they treat both of these candidates?

Sure they differ in ideology? That goes with out saying

But anyone who is not excepted or is *different* gets slammed

by the American Press and worse the *whiners* who seem to be

everywhere..

These people would not allow someone different if their life depended

on it..and it does

I wouldn't want an Average Joe

-flying the plane I'm on

-doing my heart surgery

or

Running the highest office in the nation-

Personally, I want someone smarter than me running things, not someone who struggles with complex issues or relationships. Why have anyone if we're not going to staff the position with quality? Speaking as an "average" American, I don't want average, I want the best.

No I wouldn't. I want someone smart. Not someone like Bush, we're having some real problems with our average Joe president.

Power changes EVERYONE. So that average joe may be just what you're looking for until he comes into office, and has people telling him what he should and shouldn't do.

I don't want an Average Joe for president, I want someone that is smarter than most and I agree with his/her views. That's who I want for president.

Why are you screaming at me?

Oh and why does it have to be a guy? Don't you think you guys have screwed things up enough already?

A fiscal conservative and social liberal will always have my vote.

Unfortunately, no candidate comes close to this as Bill Clinton.