Presidential Politics

[wolven7]

Riddle Me This, Sports Fans: Who here Really and Honestly Believes that Obama will be Worse than Bush? Better? Why?

For those who say "better," "Because he couldn't do worse," is not an acceptable answer to question two. They can always do worse.

Also, read this: '...The president-elect already has said he'll have a five-day online comment period before signing any non[-]emergency legislation, so Americans can be part of the process...'

Whether those comments will actually be taken into consideration remains to be seen. But we can put that pressure on, starting... Now.

Comments

[paosparti.livejournal.com]

Did you ever get an answer to your letter?

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Nope. Not a bit.

[raidingparty.livejournal.com]

Listening to the unwashed masses? Unthinkable!

... this is actually... this is pushing the envelope on why we have executives rather than true democracies. If our information systems get fast enough, we can gather all replies and enforce decisions without needing an executive.

[arcstone.livejournal.com]

Despite the president-elect being the candidate I did not endorse, I think he will do far better than Bush if by virtue of the fact of his celebrety status.

Seeing as I don't think you watch international news, Obama has been the media darling of the international community for months now. He's the "fresh new face" etc. etc. ad nauseum. So due to the world stage being tired of the pompus cowboy act, I think Obama will be a real improvement for international relations.

That said, I think the hype surrounding the transition may come as a double edged sword. He's got the hopes of the masses riding on him to exceed expectations, with some idiot on the morning show I listen to already hailing him as our greatest president before he has even taken office. I don't think he'll screw anything up beyond repair, but I don't think he'll be a massive cure-all for America. I think the far left may be disappointed with him in that I think he'll be a moderate, intellectual president. At least that's what I'm hoping for.

With the nomination of his vastly partisan Chief of Staff, I have my doubts. But if pundits are on the mark that he'll be appointed moderate Republicans to the cabinet, then my hopes for reaching a common middle ground and taking some good measures to restor the executive office to its proper standing in government may be a good thing. We'll see. I'm reserving my judgment until interim elections. Mind you that while I say I didn't elect him, I will of course support him. I feel that either candidate would be a welcome departure from the Bush administration, so I am pleased to see that the big government RINO will be ousted in a few weeks.

In the meantime, I leave you with two quotes:
"The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best." ~Will Rogers

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." ~Ronald Reagan

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

I'm going to reserve judgment for now, because I really and truly want to hope for the best. But I will say that it's definitely possible for a President to be worse than Bush, even though I wasn't really a fan. And also, I urge you to remember that there are many different flavors of "worse".

That is all.

[kitsuchan.livejournal.com]

I think he will be better than president Bush for the following reasons:

1) His advisory group is not made up of ex-Stalists who still want to pursue Leninist-style political organization.

2) Reading about his campaign, he seems to be good at giving orders and staying calm, which are things I want in a president. Bush originally ran on a platform of not being the brightest, but having good advisers. Setting aside my above note about the quality of Bush's advisers, I also think we should choose a president partly on their ability to know when to tell the advisers to be quiet.

3) He's a professor of constitutional law. One of the worst things Bush has done for this country has been to create a political culture where the constitution is not valued or respected. I think Obama is more likely to respect the constitution.

4) He ate the gefilte fish.