Time magazine questions the tendency of Americans to judge presidential candidates based on troubles they have gone through. It seems that we are more interested in a President with a troubled childhood or a war experience than a president who is good at being a president. The writer is right and wrong. He is wrong, because we are taught that we are the product of our experiences. If Hashem gives us a test it is specifically so that we can develop the character traits need to make it through. Just as someone training for a marathon learns to push herself to the limits, a person who has had a tough experience and prevailed has presumably developed himself or herself more completely as a person. On the other hand, past performance is no guarantee of future results. People forget the lessons that they learned and they can forget where they came from." />
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