Friend seeks political endorsement — I think she’s unfit. What do I say?
A reader in an election year asks whether to cheer a friend's political enthusiasm or withhold a formal endorsement when they believe she lacks the temperament for office.
Dear Miss Manners: As we are in an election year, help me figure out what to say when a friend asks for your political endorsement, but you think she would be terrible in that elected position. I love this friend dearly, but she absolutely does not have the temperament for the job.