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Entry: There Will Be Full-Bloodedness Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/there_will_be_full_bloodedness#27150 Post contents: As I have written before, the tests for me in considering Presidential candidates is: 1)On a desert island among a lost group of people, would the candidate rise to be a leader of that group? 2) Most importantly, is the candidate imbued with a deep feeling of gratitude and love of the West so that his first instinct is the survival of its traditions and civilization? Obama is not a leader in the Senate, and had not been known for any leadership traits as a Social Worker back in Chicago. Given his background and temperament, it doesn't seem that he is a "natural patriot" as one would associate with a Reagan or Buchanan. Normally, for a minority to honestly rise to the position of national political leadership, he would have to be perceived as being even more true to the traditions of a country than most of the majority. Sent at: 2008 09 07