This Is How We Get Idiot Presidents

I am so sick and tired of these issues being considered in Presidential Races. Why can't we focus on the issues concerning American citizens and this nation rather than judge these people based on race, gender, ethnicity, religion, etc.

I'm not a fan of Mitt Romney, but I will defend his right to NOT be judge based on the fact that he is a Mormon. His religion does not make him less of a better choice for President. Clearly, he is not Warren Jeffs and Massachusetts did not turn into an isolated LDS cult. We are doing a disservice to our country by ruling out potentially great leaders because of something stupid like their religious choices, their race, their gender, etc. Perhaps our best leaders may be women, Mormon, Jewish, African-American, Latino, Atheist, Homosexual...but we'll never know if we are willing to eliminate them for that reason.

This is how idiots become Presidents...we limit our choices to Alpha Male White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. We should have learned by now that a Male WASP doesn't necessarily make the best leaders. If we are willing to limit our choices, we are limiting our chances of having an exceptional leader. We never would've have JFK if we were not willing to vote for a Catholic.

Quite frankly, those who are not willing to elect Romney because he is Mormon or any of the others I've mentioned because of religion, ethnicity, sexuality, race or gender, then they deserve to get stuck with half-assed leaders.