It's Not the Size (of the Hands) That Counts

For more than a year, this country has been inundated with political campaigns, many of which have been waged like grade school popularity contests.   The personal attacks have been rampant, and more has been said about candidates and their families in many aspects than about candidates and their  perspectives on policies and issues that affect the operation and the very existence of the country.   

Last evening, the lopsided debate of the candidates from the two largest political parties was no exception.   And, of course, this morning is yielding the reviews and analyses (such as can be done) of last night’s debacle – oops – debate.   For the truly anal, there is a transcript, complete with fact-checking on National Public Radio’s website:  http://www.npr.org/2016/09/26/495115346/fact-check-first-presidential-debate.  

My morning message, however, is a tad more succinct.  I had a fleeting thought of the “small hands” issue promulgated by Marco Rubio (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/history-donald-trump-small-hands-insult/story?id=37395515), and the responding thought (yes, there is running dialog in my mind most of the time) was “forget the small hands – those aren’t important.”

Indeed, the size of either candidate’s hands (nor any other body part to which this reference is alluded) is irrelevant.  What is important, however, is the capacity and quality of their minds.

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." 

- Eleanor Roosevelt