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Article: What Are the Qualities You Look for in a Presidential Candidate?
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 20, 1988
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With 1988 a presidential election year, and many current high
school students preparing to vote for the first time, what are the
qualities you look for in a presidential candidate?
Maybe I am a dreamer, but I am looking for a presidential
candidate with the charisma of John F. Kennedy and the honesty of
Abraham Lincoln. America needs a presidential leader who will stress
the importance of solving the drug problem and making education a top
priority.
A presidential candidate would get my vote if he took a strong
stand on crime. Drugs are a serious problem in the United States.
The future of our generation is "scary" unless we get it under
control now.
The next president of the United ...