Little Mr Mahatma

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Monday, June 02, 2003

My President
After starting to write yet another blistering rant about the lack of integrity and intelligence in our "President" I got to considering the qualities I would want in a real elected President. What kind of person would I happily vote for, instead of choosing at the ballot box between the lesser of two evils. Since we'll likely never get a ballot selelction of "None of the Above", I grabbed a cup of coffee, settled back in my favorite "figurin'" chair, and envisioned the person who would recieve my precious vote. Here goes, not in any order of importance, of what I will look for in the next batch of presidential candidates.

First, I want the candidate to be human. Seriously. Somewhere there's an unwritten rule that candidates for President have to all be ethically and morally pristine with perfect childhoods, perfect teenage years, and perfect driving exam scores. They must have happy marriages with smiling, angelic-faced kids, who never have run-ins with law enforcement. Drugs? Alcohol problems? They don't exist for the All-American Candidate.

Reality kicks in. When the candidates start the mud-slinging they all hem-and-haw about what they did or didn't do in the past. They make excuses instead of accepting responsibility. They ask us to give a little wink, nudge, nudge. They ask us to overlook those annoying childhood transgressions, though the transgressions happened in their 30's or last month.

I want a candidate who'll get up there and say "Hell, yes! I smoked, toked, drank, puked, fought, fornicated with my wife, ex-wife, and the neighbors sheep. I've yelled at my kids, kicked the dog, set the goldfish on fire, and I'm still a better candidate than any of these jackasses."

I want a President who'll stand up in front of Congress and say "Our duty is to the American people, not to corporations or your business buddies back home. If you cannot fulfill your duty then resign now and we'll replace you with someone who gives a crap about our nation."

I want a President who recognizes the long term and acts accordingly and can handle the short term. I don't want a President who acts to a popularity poll or for his cronies or with an eye towards re-election.

I want a President who recognizes the military might of the U.S. and the tremendous responsibilities that go with that, and who will use the Military as a LAST resort.

I want a President who sees how the U.S. budget leans lopsidedly towards the Military and has the courage to take money away from (yet another) weapon and put it into Education, or someplace directly beneficial to the American people.

I want a President who recognizes that the line between church and state has gotten a little too blurred for the Public good and will work to strengthen the division. That's right! Remove "In God We Trust" from our money. Remove "Under God " from our Pledge. Don't open sessions of Congress with a prayer. And faith-based charities? No Government money. Let the strong of them survive. If God *IS* on their side, they'll do just fine. Listen, our Government should focus on running the country, not running what we should think - politically or religiously.

I want a President who's been there, who didn't come from a family of privilege, who has come home stinking sweat from a hard day's work. I want a President who has been inside a grocery store, done laundry at a laundrymat, taken out the trash, washed dishes by hand, changed a diaper, or plunged a damn toilet.

I want a President who can think without advisors, talk without cue cards, and string sentences together into a cohesive, coherent paragraph. I want a President who listens to a question and answers it without evasion. I want a President who didn't rely on a cadre of writers for every speech.

I want a President who recognizes it cuts both ways. If our Government is going to invade our privacy then we can invade his. Better still, the President will recognize that the Personal Freedoms of the American People need to be restored and will take steps to do so by striking down some of the stupid, invasive laws passed by predecessors.

And I want a choice of candidates - not just the big two parties. Which means the debates have to be opened up and it should be as easy for "other" candidates to run as it is for the big two parties. No favoritism on behalf of the Federal Election Committee or the Media. We say America's a free country. We say anyone can run for President (assuming some basic guidelines) then let's make it a reality! Let's return America to all Americans!!!

9:04 AM

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