What makes a great politician?

[L Verge]

Thank you, Laurie, for providing me insight as for Kennedy - I do see the glamorous charisma he possessed. I personally dislike too much glamor (and (wo)men-nizing) with those in role-model-positions. However, the work and results is what I care for, and whether they are good role models.

I think we all feel that way, Eva. Unfortunately, that seems to have been the way the world has worked for thousands of years. I suspect we would be hard-pressed to develop a list of politicians/rulers who did not have blemishes in their political and/or private lives - no matter what country we choose to investigate.

Somehow, we usually manage to keep moving forward. Sometimes it takes years to overcome a bad leader, but good voters are supposed to bring better sense to things when they go to the polls or get on their soap boxes.