When did charisma become the single and most important qualifier for President?

Am I happy we have a President elect with charisma — sure.  Am I glad he is a good speaker — yep.  Am I pleased the world is now looking at us with favor — you betcha. But here is a news flash — he is not qualified to be President and the electorate has lowered the standard to elect him. 

Presidential candidates should be beyond reproach

We use to demand our Presidents to be beyond reproach — not any more.  This guy has reproach after reproach after reproach beside his name and reputation.  And although McCain was cleared of any wrong doing in the Keating Five scandal, he too had at least this one reproach next to the McCain brand, which should have disqualified him from running for the highest office in the land.

We hear ”guilt by association” is unfair and I might go along with that assessment for any other elected office, but not for President.  Our Presidents should be beyond and above reproach.  And to “roll the dice” with this unqualified hack is stacking the table against America. 

I hope I am wrong and Obama defies all reason and truly improves our country — that still doesn’t change the fact we have lowered the standard and took a huge, huge, huge gamble on this bozo.

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