As I write this on November 10, 2015, I wonder if it is too late to get a top notch candidate to run for President in 2016, though there are probably a few reasonably good ones in the race. Perhaps it is time to also think about seeking to get the right person to run in the next election in 2020.
Possible Qualifications
Maybe we need an independent candidate who will do what is right rather than a member of the Democratic, Republican, or some other political party. All political parties have flaws, and if a candidate is supporting the party's political platform instead of God's perfect will, the candidate is in error.
We may also need a candidate who is not a Freemason or a member of any other secretive organization. Masons I've talked with state that it is "a good organization." But I am not a member and feel that persons who are already sincerely seeking to obey the righteous authority, God, need not belong to a human organization that is supposedly good with its rights, rituals, and obligations.
We need a candidate who will be 100% truthful. There may be certain questions the candidate can avoid answering by stating they are "irrelevant" or that "it is better not to answer that question." But it is important not to lie and whenever reasonably possible to provide answers to questions rather than evading them.
We need a candidate whose background, experience, and other qualifications indicate that he or she possesses the education, skills, ethics, intelligence, determination, compassion, etc., that make the candidate the best qualified person willing to seek the office.
We need a candidate who will refuse to take money from donors for future favors, a candidate who will refuse to run false and misleading advertisements. Instead, we need a candidate who will seek to articulate specific goals and plans, who will participate honestly and truthfully in debates with other candidates, and who will get the word out about his views and plans via inexpensive methods of communication (websites, etc.). If such a candidate builds momentum via word of mouth among the masses of people who want a well-qualified, honest candidate, maybe these masses of people knocking on doors, making phone calls, and telling their friends and relatives can make such a candidate a winner as momentum builds.
Concluding Thoughts
I am confident that there are many qualified candidates among the millions of persons eligible to run for President. And if we don't find a better qualified candidate, maybe I'll even run myself in 2020. Hey, if I vote for myself I'll get at least one vote. But we still have plenty of time to find a better qualified candidate than me (and I am confident there are a huge number of persons that would be better than me), and I really don't want all the responsibilities, etc., that the office of President entails. I hope and pray that the right candidate(s) will step up and run.
I'm praying for the right candidate to win in 2016, too, whoever it may be. But it's not too early to be thinking about 2020, especially if we want the best qualified individual to run, symbolized in this piece's title by the words 20/20 vision. Maybe we can get the best candidate ever. Just as persons can have eyesight better than 20/20, maybe we can have a better candidate than we ever have before. You may think I am being unrealistic. Maybe I am, but I am ready for positive changes in our political system and hope in at least a small way (through this article) to help us progress toward it. Are you ready and willing to help progress toward positive change, too? Do you have ideas about who would be the best choice to run for President of the United States in 2020 (assuming we don't have the best qualified person in office to run for reelection then)?
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