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cyberbiker commented about Who to Vote For President of the USA, On Thursday August 28th, 2008 11:32:00 PM
I could not disagree more that the President doesn't matter. is decisions influence a tremendous amount. Tell the 80,000 to 200,000 Iraqis who have lost family and friends that the choice of US Presidents didn't matter. Tell the brothers, sisters spouses and parents of the 4000+ US soldiers who have died or the 50000 maimed that the choice of US Presidents didn't matter. In about 10 years, tell those under 40 who will be trying to pay down the extraordinary deficit we have run up that the choice of US Presidents in 2000 and 2004 didn't matter.
Perceptions On the 2008 Race (a couple months old so disregard Hillary) -
To me, Hillary is the worst of the three choices, however, all three candidates would be better presidents than we have today. Hillary would govern in the center like her husband, but she would also think like a politician and mostly muddle through. John McCain would do a consistent and steady job, but would not be visionary. He too would muddle through pretty much in the center. To me Obama is the only candidate with the intellect, the youth and apolitical posture to truly seek creative solutions on the scale we need today. My experience has always been that truly intelligent people are not threatened by different points of view from others. In fact they solicit such points of view and enjoy the discourse. Truly intelligent people also realize how much they don’t know. It is less intelligent people that batten down the hatches and limit input and decision making to a cloistered group such as we have experienced with the current administration.
I have never lost my respect for McCain. He is the only politician I have ever actual worked for (1999-2000). However, I feel at this time the nation needs a leader with the freshness to get us out of the international perception hole we are in, without the binds that limit long term pols. We need truly creative solutions from someone with the intellectual credibility and self confidence to attract the brightest global minds available to assist on various panels to deal with the challenges we face with regard to security, the environment, energy, the economy, education, medical care and our influence globally. Tall order. I also think Obama is the most likely one to be able to make the argument to, and gain the support of, our fellow citizens to tighten their belts to get our house back in order across several fronts. I just don't think McCain or Hillary are unconstrained enough politically and have the creativity, to handle a challenge of that magnitude.
Bill Clinton could also have done a lot of that. He was bright enough. But he was too in need of that daily dose of love from the public to focus on more important issues and, because of that wasted talent, committed a greater disservice than Bush. To Bill, it was just about making the sale. Hopefully, the selection of Bush - electing the guy we would like to have on the next bar stool - has been a lesson to the masses that won't be repeated for a century or so.
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