Howard Dean is Human

Howard Dean is human. Having lost his image in a presidential campaign years ago, Dean has become the laughing stock among many political communities and the general public. The act of expressing one’s emotions is only natural for human beings, but for some reason, if our (prospective) President or public leaders display it, it is bad. In reality, however, will an outburst of raw and true emotions during a rally indicate that he cannot lead a country? Howard Dean was scorned for acting the way he did, but he was merely showing his enthusiasm and vigor for the presidential race. Unfortunately, many people read his excitement as “uncontrolled” emotions or as “craziness” even though it is perfectly normal for people laugh and make hand gestures to show enthusiasm. Have image and superficial actions superseded merit and personality? Does society want our leaders to be so controlled that they cannot display their raw emotions? Does society only want to see a front, a superficial cover that portrays our prospective leaders? Sure, I understand that we need a calm and cool individual leading the country, but to judge Howard Dean’s ability to stay calm or lead base on display of excitement public rally is absolutely ludicrous. He shows a side of his true personality and the minute that he did he was rejected. I guess, the world is simply a stage and we are all but mere players with our own exits and entrances.