I'm a bit of a political junkie, so it will be hard in the next year to resist exploring the elections on any given forum, including this one. I think if I sit on my hands, I can avoid it.
But generally speaking, I've been ruminating the kind of information about candidates that is bereft from today's political discourse. Here are the kinds of questions I'd like to know the answers to as I choose my candidate:
- What book are you presently reading?
- If you were to choose a national piece of fiction for all citizens to read, which book would you choose and why?
- What historical period would you hearken to in order to formulate your own understanding of our present times?
- What great piece of art best symbolizes your understanding of our time?
I could go on. I would be most curious if all the candidates could even come up with an answer to these questions. I'm not saying you couldn't be elected president without having answers, because I'm guessing it's highly likely that we're presently being proven that you can. But I sure would love to hear those answers. What would yours be?
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