Hillary Clinton.... not a role model

[SunsetBengal]

(08-01-2016, 03:17 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I always have disliked the idea of role models. I've never had one because I'm cynical. Everyone has faults. It's like when people get pissed about a professional athlete showing themselves to be morally bankrupt. They are a human being and human beings are flawed. Don't put people on a pedestal. Are their traits I like about certain people? Absolutely. Can I agree or disagree with someone on politics and still find things I like and dislike about them? Yep. Am I going to put any of these people up on a pedestal? Hell no.

I should take a moment to say, however, that I do expect people in the public light to act respectable. But I honestly expect it of everyone. I hold everyone to the same standards, including myself. Everyone falls short, though. That's life.

I agree, I don't have a public role model either.  However, I do have a role model.  A man that I idolized as a child, rebelled against as a youth, and have grown to become best friends with as an adult.  That man, my Father.

I realize that sounds a bit sappy, particularly in a P&R thread, but it's the truth.  If more American men were actual fathers to their children, I could easily see half of the US perceived problems disappear.