Imagine an election is being held for head of state - POTUS or whatever its equivalent is where you're from, or party leader for Brits/Canucks etc with parlaimentary systems. In any event, here are your candidates:
CANDIDATE A) "M. BARRY" is a white male, 58. President of the National Steel Union. Annual Income: 525K/year. Baptist and strongly evangelical. Activities include hunting, fishing, football, country and western music and spending time with his wife (stay at home mom) and three kids. Believes life begins at conception, that marriage equals one man and one woman, and that American jobs should go to Americans first. Advocates for union rights and steep taxes on the wealthy and would govern on behalf of "main street instead of wall street." Has spoken in favor a single payer healthcare system and nationalizing the steel and auto industries. Plays down remarks and questions about his income level and denies allegations from the opposition that he's filed fraudulant tax returns. His stated number one priority is keeping good jobs in America.
CANDIDATE B) "JENNIFER G." is a mixed race female, 45. Director of Human Resources for a publicly traded law firm. Annual Income: 175K/year. Outspoken atheist. Activities include arts, poetry, exotic cuisine, world music and blogging about feminism and LGBT rights. Strongly pro choice, favors marriage equality and affirmative action. Says little about economic issues but her voting record favors lowering taxes and free trade, and claims that she would govern on behalf of "historically marginalized peoples." Has spoken in favor of social security privatization and energy and communications sector deregulation. Has an icy relationship with her husband, a millionaire hedge fund manager, whom she once remarked on a feminist blog called "Bitch of the House", with pride, that she'd "stopped having sex with completely" following the birth of their first and only child. Her stated number one priority is a constitutional amendment protecting a "woman's right to choose."
I know I know - both of these candidates are flawed. Neither is an entirely admirable and consistant representative of any ideology or side of the political spectrum. Question is: Gun to the head, who would you vote for and why?
