I really do wish that candidates for elections were more qualified.

The ones who get elected into office don’t even seem qualified enough sometimes, even the best of them. I can also understand how someone would think that when it comes to voting, you are just picking the lesser of two evils instead of choosing the best candidate.

That is a very depressing way to look at it, though, because it is not realistic to think that you’ll find a perfect candidate. I mean come on, not even Jesus, Gandhi, MLK Jr. or even the Teletubbies were able to please everyone. So what’s to say an Ivy-League, white-collared, rich man whose job is to make laws and regulations on how we live is ever going to be our hero?

Okay, I’m being harsh; there are plenty of people who have a decent respect and admiration for certain politicians. There are those who worship Reaganomics, believe the Daleys were the White Knights of Gotham, or think Barack Obama is the change the country has needed. But it seems like Washington is becoming a circus, where anyone from anywhere thinks they have a class act.

I wish we could make strict requirements and limitations for our candidates to ensure that only those who are completely experienced and educated are allowed to run. The thing is, though, what would those requirements and limitations be? How do you determine what should be required of candidate? If people are constantly critical of the platforms certain politicians run on, how could we expect people to agree what qualifies as experienced and educated?

Different people want different things; I think that’s common sense. So if we were to have strict requirements and limitations on candidates, we would be placing requirements and limitations on the public’s interest.

Although it sucks and I never want to see them elected, people like Levi Johnston, Linda McMahon and Basil Marceaux (look him up on Youtube, seriously) should be able to run. Sure it is a mockery of our election process, but at least it upholds our principles.

Plus, when that Ivy-League, white-collared, rich man is elected to office, we will appreciate them that much more and our government won’t seem so depressing.