I have been thinking about the past presidential election now that it’s a done deal and came away with these thoughts.
During the campaign, all the headlines either for or against the current president read like he would have total control once he got into office. We saw he is a terrorist, socialist, not enough experience, untrustworthy, has radical associations etc, who was going to ruin the country. For those for him it was basically we need a change. It’s a shame I can't think of any other pro Obama arguments. For the Obama supporters, he was going to change the country for the better. For someone with no knowledge of the American political system, watching the campaign trail would lead one to believe that this person will have free reign once in office.
Now that he is in office what change can he really bring all by himself without other political figures. Well I can only think of veto power. So how much power does a president really have, in my opinion not much. He really is just the current logo for the United States. The funny thing is this president actually has a logo. As I watch and read the news about the stimulus package that is trying to rescue the state of the economy, the only thing I can think of is that only 4 republicans voted for it. If there were not enough democrats to vote on it, it would not have passed. There would have been nothing the president could do but go back to the proverbial drawing board. The president is like the idea guy. He looks at what is ailing the country and comes up with ides to fix it. But when no one likes his ideas they don’t get put into action. So again how much power does the president really have?
I think when it time to vote for a president listening to his policy is good but it really doesn’t matter since he can’t implement it without help anyway. It can be use to get an understanding of the type of person he or she is. I think more important than policy, we should concentrate on character. Are they honest, self-explanatory. How have they run their own life. Have they over come adversity? Did they have to work for everything they got or was it handed to them because of their family or associations? Are they a leader? Can they get people to work together that probably wouldn’t? To me, these traits are more important than individual policy ideas. The problem with Bush was not his policy in my opinion; it was that he was divisive and not very convincing with his ideas.
I guess if you leave office and you were considered a president that got things done, either you were a good persuader or a congressional yes man. Think of who was considered a great president and they will fall into one of these categories.
In four more years we the people of the Electoral College will decide if we need to change the logo.
During the campaign, all the headlines either for or against the current president read like he would have total control once he got into office. We saw he is a terrorist, socialist, not enough experience, untrustworthy, has radical associations etc, who was going to ruin the country. For those for him it was basically we need a change. It’s a shame I can't think of any other pro Obama arguments. For the Obama supporters, he was going to change the country for the better. For someone with no knowledge of the American political system, watching the campaign trail would lead one to believe that this person will have free reign once in office.
Now that he is in office what change can he really bring all by himself without other political figures. Well I can only think of veto power. So how much power does a president really have, in my opinion not much. He really is just the current logo for the United States. The funny thing is this president actually has a logo. As I watch and read the news about the stimulus package that is trying to rescue the state of the economy, the only thing I can think of is that only 4 republicans voted for it. If there were not enough democrats to vote on it, it would not have passed. There would have been nothing the president could do but go back to the proverbial drawing board. The president is like the idea guy. He looks at what is ailing the country and comes up with ides to fix it. But when no one likes his ideas they don’t get put into action. So again how much power does the president really have?
I think when it time to vote for a president listening to his policy is good but it really doesn’t matter since he can’t implement it without help anyway. It can be use to get an understanding of the type of person he or she is. I think more important than policy, we should concentrate on character. Are they honest, self-explanatory. How have they run their own life. Have they over come adversity? Did they have to work for everything they got or was it handed to them because of their family or associations? Are they a leader? Can they get people to work together that probably wouldn’t? To me, these traits are more important than individual policy ideas. The problem with Bush was not his policy in my opinion; it was that he was divisive and not very convincing with his ideas.
I guess if you leave office and you were considered a president that got things done, either you were a good persuader or a congressional yes man. Think of who was considered a great president and they will fall into one of these categories.
In four more years we the people of the Electoral College will decide if we need to change the logo.
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