Stop the pandering

A few days ago I asked you to tell me what you want from the next president of our country. We are to assume that they have more and better information than we do. I should say I at least hope they have more and better information than we do. All of my info is filtered through so many people with their own agendas.

Here is what I want. I want a leader. I want someone whom I can respect even when he makes policies I personally don’t like. By a leader I don’t mean someone who can “inspire hope” by great speeches or media sound bites. I want a leader – someone who will stop trying to figure out what “we the people” want him to do and will figure out what is the right thing to do. The truth is most of the problems we face as a country will probably require solutions that most of “us the people” will not like. I would like someone that can face the heat of making the right choice even if it means he looses the next election. I would like someone who cares more about our country 50 years from now when he is dead than he does about his own personal gain. I want him to do the hard thing not the popular thing or the thing that will bring him the most personal gain. Please someone lead us! We might not agree with you but eventually we would respect you and who knows you might start a trend.

Again this election year I don’t see this in the rhetoric of any national candidate. The Bible tells us to pray for our leaders this is my prayer – “God help them care more about what is right than what we want. Help them lead us to do what is right, not what the majority of people (including me) think is right.”