Jerry Falwell Makes Sense :In an interview on CNN (the segment "What Would Jesus Really Do") Falwell is quoted as saying "I would rather have an atheist who is a top neurosurgeon perform brain surgery on me than the most devout Sunday school teacher". He then goes on to extend this metaphor to the current presidential 'race' going on in America. Of course it is common sense that the best man for the job be elected president (although no one seems to realize that this is probably NOT the person who raises the most money and puts on the most convincing display) and that their personal face should not have anything to do with it but it is refreshing to hear Falwell admit it. There has been a great deal of criticism of the Reverend but I have a rule which is in my blog you are judged strictly on what you're doing now and not what you have done in the past.
I salute Falwell's recognition that America needs a president who is capable and competent not someone selected based on their personal faith; this is one step forward in removing the influence of image in democracy. There is much to be said about how politics has become a competition between sound bites and television appearances. Is this the truth? At no point before in the history of the world has so much information been available about politicians and their policies and at no point before could you hear such an incredible amount of dissenting viewpoints. Has politics become a battle strictly of image? For some perhaps but not for me and if you so choose, not for you.
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