Virtues of an american president.
This list of american virtues was written by Benjamin Franklin. Temperance, order, silence, resolution, frugality, industry, moderation, justice, sincerity, tranquility, chastity, cleanliness, humility. Let's see how president Obama stacks up.
Temperance, we can all agree the president is not a drunk, nor a glutton.
Order, president Obama has made a career out of the "long game" and knows what needs to be done when.
Silence, the president has at times been almost too silent, instead of confronting the vile spewed forth against him, but he doesn't go around purposefully insulting people, as some politicians I could name, just not his style.
Resolution, ask Osama about our presidents resolve, ask the terrorists who are trying to locate loose nuclear material but can't, ask the millions who won't be denied health care because of pre existing conditions, ask them about our presidents resolve. But don't ask the people detained in gitmo...
Frugality, his policies didn't bankrupt us, Bush's did. But he has made deficit reduction a priority to the chargin of his own supporters at times.
Industry, he's always busy doing something, his grey hair can attest to that.
Moderation, yeah he's more of a moderate then many of his supporters would like... But it also makes any attack on his actual record seem ridiculous.
Justice, he fails on this one, Bush and Cheney are still free men, it's taken three years and a populist movement to get him to investigate wall street, and even though the federal legislature recognized medical marijuana rights for DC, he has continued the policies that put people who commit no crime in jail, nor has he addressed the police brutality that is rampant in our country. President Obama is not a man of justice, sorry, he's not, he's a pragmatist, which is nice, but you can't call it justice.
Sincerity, go through what the man has actually said ever, and tell me he is not a sincere person.
Tranquility, the man is cool under the type of pressure that would kill a lesser man.
Chastity, remember that scandal when the first lady caught him with another woman... Yeah me neither.
Cleanliness, I assume he bathes.
Humility, for all of his accomplishments he will still fist bumb the janitor.
12 out of 13 is a passing score so yeah he gets my vote.