Elect a president we can be proud of

I am horrified by the constant complaints of people who are concerned whether a candidate can or cannot relate to the middle class.

Being able to relate to a segment of our population has more to do with intelligence than with lack of it.

Being an effective president requires a wide range of knowledge, an awareness of history and possible futures, the ability to lead our country in a productive direction, and the capacity to garner the respect of the rest of the world.

We twice elected a man who appears to be Joe Sixpack, despite his personal wealth.

He was a miserable president and did a lot of damage to this country and to the world at large because he was clearly in way over his head.

He has always been an embarrassment to me. I want a president who we can all respect.

I want to be proud of the person who represents us to the rest of the world. I want our president to sound and look and be smarter, better educated, and have better judgment than the general public or our stereotypical member of the middle class.

When we think of great presidents, we think of people like Washington, Adams, Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Kennedy.

I want another president with the demeanor and ability of these great men.

I want someone who is clearly up to the task of leading this country. When did we stop valuing dignity and gravitas in our leaders?

Evelyn Lush

Hoffman Estates