and another point to this…..being obsessed with personal shortcomings in our candidates means we throw out a lot of older, more experienced people, who have had time to make their mistakes, and learn from them. These people are generally better office holders than the young untested - who have been runinng for office since they were in middle school, and thus have managed to keep their public record pristine. Those are the folks you can’t trust.
“being obsessed with personal shortcomings in our candidates means we throw out a lot of older, more experienced people, who have had time to make their mistakes, and learn from them”
Depends on the “mistake.” You don’t need a psychology degree to know the truth of this statement: 95% of people will never change, never grow, and never learn.
Using a person’s life decisions as a barometer to gauge their general “goodness” is not only a great tool for choosing candidates, but also - friends.