How much weight do you place in a person’s character when voting for our leaders?
If you do value good character in your choice of leader, how do you respond to their bad behavior?
If you ignore bad behavior in the person you elected to office, do you make an issue of bad character traits in leaders you do not agree with?
I am guessing that a popular strategy is to ignore bad character in leaders we vote for - because members of our tribe cannot have bad character because they are members of our tribe! And the opposite happens when it is a leader from another tribe in power.
For those who are honest and have this insight into themselves, why do you do it? How do you avoid feeling like a hypocrite? Is it a fear thing - you have a hard time admitting that the short term benefits out weight the long term results? Is it that bad character is worth the long term benefits - the right judges will be put in place, the right regulations will be abolished? Do you just want to ‘stick it’ to government?
I really want to know.
I try to read up on biography/history. I just don't trust the news or media. If someone gets things done, and is a fighter, has similar views to me, then I have seen God use not so good leaders in God's Word to fulfill His purpose. I agree the country itself needs a revival. I also think of the leaders who saw God working and changed themselves, declaring God as one true God. Like Daniel and the lions. So no, this is not a "Christian Nation." So we can't expect to vote in a perfect man of character. I go by the values, because my God is King and I trust Him whether it happens or not.