Who would make a Great President?
 

Putting party affiliations aside for a moment :eek: , based solely on the person, who do you think would make a great President and why?

Time and circumstances play a larger role in greatness than anything else.

Somebody who is already held in high regard would lose that regard by becoming president because it wouldn't be more than 100 days before the long knives would start the Death By 1,000 cuts.

If The current president had cleverly gotten himself assassinated by some freaking nutty Islamist in 2002, people would be erecting shrines to him.

Remember his poll numbers?

B

What a great idea for a thread! :)

So many names come to mind here. Howard Dean (based on what he did as Gov. as the reason).

I always thought Bill Gates would be interesting (must be great at delegating and selecting delegates to get as big as he did.)

Old School... Warren Buffet, the guy has about 20 employees (or some silly low number) and is a genius.

People who get things done. The catch is they have to be able to get elected without using their pile of money. They need to get elected based on their merit. Unlike this Corzine guy that we NJ people are strapped with now.

I gotta say. NJ was usually a Dem. State. I think after Corzine finsihes with us, the Bush Lovers in the crowd are going to love NJ... we'll be Rep. for sure. This guy is going to really do a number on NJ.

Oh well. Didn't mean to hijack.

I believe I'll take over, on one condition... My limo damn well better be a MB.

Frank X. Morris.

He's always polite and positive and doesn't get mired down in the political discussions and he drive an MB diesel - that shows great amounts of wisdom.

Who would make a Great President?
 

Anybody as long as it isn't another Bush.

John McCain hands down. Not the best fit for me idealogically but IMO the best for the country. No one comes close.

I'd vote for his nephew.:D

Anyone smart enough to be a good president is too smart to actually be one.

quite right.

Though quite unfortunate for us.

Sam Nunn
 

Former Georgia senator, moderate Democrat, fiscally moderate and on the Armed Forces committee... always seemed to have a good head on his shoulders. But he really dropped out of sight upon leaving Capitol Hill- don't see him mentioned in the Atlanta paper at all these days.

I vote for Michael Brown:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/03/brown.fema.emails/

Danny

Pat Robertson

Can we nominate dead people?
 

. . . If so, I put up the name of Robert A. Heinlein. Dean of science fiction writers (he was SF's answer to Mark Twain), homespun philosopher (see quote below), and icon of libertarianism (though the Libertarian people claimed him; he didn't really claim them).

If dead people don't count, then anybody who isn't Hillary Clinton or similar feminazi ideologue/demagogue.

-- Paul

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Andy Libby: "It's theoretically possible to teach anybody my talent [at instant mathematical calculation].
Lazarus Long: "Sure. And you can teach a snake to tap dance, once you get shoes on him."
(-- "Methuselah's Children")

Unless you have the legislative branch on your side, you really can't enact much reform during a 4-year term.

The cabinet members surrounding the president do the REAL legwork. The individual just needs to have universal public appeal...