Posts Tagged ‘elections’

Dan Sherrier

The 2009 elections are over, thank goodness, and next up is an opportunity to reshape the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate.

So the main question is: Who do we want in our House?

Unfortunately, we cannot elect Captain America, on account of him being fictional. What would be the next best thing?

Shame we can't have him.

Excluding political ideology, here are the qualities that I believe would make for a great Congressman:

1.) He doesn’t want to be there.

There are about 50 billion other things he’d rather be doing, but someone’s got to serve the district. If nobody better is stepping up to plate, he throws his hat into the ring–not because he sees any personal gain in doing so, but because it’s the best option for his community and country (which does benefit him, too, but not only him.)

He lacks the desire, but not the willingness. He feels he should put in a term or two, maybe three at the most, and then he’s ready to return to his life. Read the rest of this entry »