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How do you think you'd be doing as President? (Original Post) lovemydog Nov 2014 OP
. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #1
Ha! I know the feeling. lovemydog Nov 2014 #2
I can't even avoid commenting on some of the inane things that get circulated NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #5
That's awesome. I get stuff about those candelabras lovemydog Nov 2014 #6
I think I would suck at it bhikkhu Nov 2014 #3
Yeah, it's always the blowhards who claim lovemydog Nov 2014 #8
Yeah, I'd probably have a nervous breakdown my first day. deutsey Nov 2014 #83
Wow, that's really cool deutsey. Sounds like you did pretty well lovemydog Nov 2014 #108
I would not have the patience for it. n/t KMOD Nov 2014 #4
Same. But you could have spin doctors do some cool stuff. lovemydog Nov 2014 #9
First thing I would do is make several recordings with me saying things like... BlueJazz Nov 2014 #7
You'd be like Max Headroom. lovemydog Nov 2014 #10
thankthankthankthankthank you. That's nicenicenicenice of you. BlueJazz Nov 2014 #11
My recordings would say: lovemydog Nov 2014 #13
I only vote for them LeftInTX Nov 2014 #12
It might be kind of fun to get good cooking though. lovemydog Nov 2014 #14
It would because I'm a lousy cook LeftInTX Nov 2014 #16
Me too. I'd take advantage of a good personal trainer too. lovemydog Nov 2014 #18
I would suck, too. And all the other candidates totally suck already. freshwest Nov 2014 #24
You could even run for reelection as 'Doesn't suck lovemydog Nov 2014 #35
That's not even good enough to get my vote, though! freshwest Nov 2014 #64
i have no business being president. having said that arely staircase Nov 2014 #15
True. lovemydog Nov 2014 #17
I would be cruising...with the GOP still in obscurity since '08 vote KeepItReal Nov 2014 #19
Kick ass. If you haven't yet done it, lovemydog Nov 2014 #20
How? treestar Nov 2014 #129
The power was given by the electorate in '08 KeepItReal Nov 2014 #139
I'm deeply disqualified for the job, nilesobek Nov 2014 #21
I know I would have changed my mind a lot. lovemydog Nov 2014 #26
I couldn't do the job, not smart enough MrScorpio Nov 2014 #22
Yeah, I don't think I'm qualified either. lovemydog Nov 2014 #28
I'd have a nervous breakdown on the first day... Tom_Foolery Nov 2014 #23
They'd hide mine for a while lovemydog Nov 2014 #29
Ha ha! n/t Tom_Foolery Nov 2014 #36
I'd be kicking ass and taking names cuz the prez can do whatever the fuck he wants! zappaman Nov 2014 #25
You could probably even take Kung fu lessons lovemydog Nov 2014 #30
I don't need lessons. zappaman Nov 2014 #32
Haha! Elvis style! lovemydog Nov 2014 #45
The President was Kung fu fighting, KMOD Nov 2014 #34
Chop chop. Ho-uh! lovemydog Nov 2014 #46
I'd be impeached before the first week ended yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #27
LOL, what for? lovemydog Nov 2014 #31
ROFL LeftInTX Nov 2014 #39
I would be cursing at the republicans during the state of the union. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #33
Give 'em hell hrmjustin. lovemydog Nov 2014 #38
Lord k ows they deserve it. i probably wouldn't last long but it would feel good to tell them off. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #40
Interestingly, it might increase your popularity. lovemydog Nov 2014 #42
I know I couldn't do the job. WhiteAndNerdy Nov 2014 #37
Also their handwriting gets worse lovemydog Nov 2014 #41
Speaking of "swearing" - I'd probably be sumthin like this... GReedDiamond Nov 2014 #43
& that's one of the funniest goddamn things I've ever seen. lovemydog Nov 2014 #47
Idiocracy, yes...the Documentary from the Future! GReedDiamond Nov 2014 #56
I'd be cursing people out every day Yavin4 Nov 2014 #44
Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States. lovemydog Nov 2014 #49
I would be the first President to be publicly executed by a firing squad. dilby Nov 2014 #48
And I would be the first to say lovemydog Nov 2014 #50
I would be Impeached immediately. bravenak Nov 2014 #51
That would probably be the first order of Republican business lovemydog Nov 2014 #53
I have a whole list of things prepared. bravenak Nov 2014 #59
They'd be calling me Hugo Chavez lovemydog Nov 2014 #60
I'd make room for you. bravenak Nov 2014 #61
Um, not too kindly I presume. lovemydog Nov 2014 #62
I hope they improve the Virgin Space Flights. bravenak Nov 2014 #66
I've concidered the ramifications... Liberal Lolita Nov 2014 #52
I forgot about the church thing. lovemydog Nov 2014 #55
Maybe not you personally Liberal Lolita Nov 2014 #65
I'm LMAO thinking about it. I'd be worse than that mayor from Canada. Hoyt Nov 2014 #54
Cracks me up thinking about it too. lovemydog Nov 2014 #57
You've got my vote. Truthfully, I don't have the energy to make through a day of that job. Hoyt Nov 2014 #58
In the first week I'd sit down with my AG and dust off the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. pa28 Nov 2014 #63
What was the last Administration that vigorously lovemydog Nov 2014 #68
I'd be awesome shenmue Nov 2014 #67
But what about my pony? lovemydog Nov 2014 #69
Okay shenmue Nov 2014 #73
Thank you. lovemydog Nov 2014 #74
You're welcome shenmue Nov 2014 #75
Would be fantastic BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #70
I'd watch that show. lovemydog Nov 2014 #72
I would have pulled a Palin ecstatic Nov 2014 #71
Kiss My Ass: The Memoirs of President Ecstatic lovemydog Nov 2014 #89
I would be terrible. And I would still be 1000% better than Hissyspit Nov 2014 #76
Yes, W. wreaked a lot of havoc, particularly with the tax cuts for the rich lovemydog Nov 2014 #90
So well the country would be screaming to amend the Constitution... cherokeeprogressive Nov 2014 #77
Cherokeeprogressive: Our Benevalent Leader lovemydog Nov 2014 #92
The treasury would be flush with the funds of jailed banksters, and war funds I grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #78
We'd have a surplus of money AND health care for all. lovemydog Nov 2014 #93
Okay, I'm guessing. Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #79
Kanye and Trace duetting on We've Only Just Begun... lovemydog Nov 2014 #94
I'd be doing just great Prophet 451 Nov 2014 #80
A new WPA and a register of animal abusers. lovemydog Nov 2014 #95
I would have already been impeached. Vinca Nov 2014 #81
Yes, I'd be diagnosed with Tourette's by now. lovemydog Nov 2014 #96
ROFL. Vinca Nov 2014 #131
I dunno. If elected in 2008, I would done everything I could to achieve Zorra Nov 2014 #82
Denmark - the happiest country in the world. lovemydog Nov 2014 #97
horrible. I'm unable to tell a convincing lie. nt Javaman Nov 2014 #84
Same here. Especially the part about how I love and respect lovemydog Nov 2014 #98
I probably would have been assassinated. nt LWolf Nov 2014 #85
Many on this thread have said the same and I don't doubt it lovemydog Nov 2014 #99
The Bilderburghers would have long since assassinated me. Orsino Nov 2014 #86
Citizen's Wage and public financing of elections lovemydog Nov 2014 #100
Wait, you mean using the F* word about Republicans disqualifies one KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #87
I don't think it disqualifies you. But you probably wouldn't be met with lovemydog Nov 2014 #102
I think I would be assassinated or running scared workinclasszero Nov 2014 #88
All of those policies would benefit the country and strengthen our economy. lovemydog Nov 2014 #103
I surprisingly have avoided assassination due to selecting Cynthia McKinney as VP and strict TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #91
Great idea. Cynthia McKinney as VP. Plenty of bodyguards too. lovemydog Nov 2014 #104
The problems would start with "So help me God." nolabear Nov 2014 #101
Yeah, actually respect the separation of church and state. lovemydog Nov 2014 #106
Swearing an oath certainly should mean something. nolabear Nov 2014 #127
I was sent to the principal's office in sixth grade for saying 'One naked individual lovemydog Nov 2014 #132
Say it loud, say it proud! nolabear Nov 2014 #140
I would be impeached for calling the Republicans "douchebags" too often. tridim Nov 2014 #105
I will certainly read Obama's presidential memoirs lovemydog Nov 2014 #109
I would have been removed from office by now JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #107
So-called journalists who are paid puppets for the oligarchy. lovemydog Nov 2014 #111
See this is why JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #119
A new word or phrase would need to be coined ... etherealtruth Nov 2014 #110
Yeah, the question I've been pondering is whether lovemydog Nov 2014 #113
I'd be Bullworthing it. adirondacker Nov 2014 #112
Bullworth tells the truth and the elitists in corporate media lovemydog Nov 2014 #116
crouched and crying in the corner. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #114
Your pr people can cover for you for quite a while. lovemydog Nov 2014 #118
After my assassination, my VP would be doing pretty well. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #115
And you'd probably get some of your policies enacted lovemydog Nov 2014 #120
not very well. I am high strung, very nervous and somewhat mildly autistic Douglas Carpenter Nov 2014 #117
Yeah, someone with my views but much more steady in their execution lovemydog Nov 2014 #122
Well, it would depend on whether I had at least the Senate or the House, preferably Spazito Nov 2014 #121
An excellent point Spazito. lovemydog Nov 2014 #124
Thanks, you have a great day too! n/t Spazito Nov 2014 #125
Act #1: Executive Order removing the secrecy of documents LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #123
There would be a lot of crap in there, for sure, lovemydog Nov 2014 #126
I'd be awful at it treestar Nov 2014 #128
You could have some extroverted kick-ass advisors. lovemydog Nov 2014 #135
I'd be seen as steadfast RadicalGeek Nov 2014 #130
We should have a living minimum wage. lovemydog Nov 2014 #136
shitty. i'd be a hella shitty president La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2014 #133
I appreciate your honesty. lovemydog Nov 2014 #137
I would have been eliminated in an early primary when someone uncovered an old photo of me Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #134
Photos of me in my 'Fuck Censorship' t-shirt lovemydog Nov 2014 #138

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
1. .
Tue Nov 11, 2014, 11:55 PM
Nov 2014


my wife suggests I don't even go near our Home Owners Association board. I wouldn't last the first 10 minutes of the first meeting!

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
5. I can't even avoid commenting on some of the inane things that get circulated
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:15 AM
Nov 2014

in the neighborhood emails - like the 50 email string trading barbs at someone who didn't want their dues to go to purchase of the candles that get lit on the curbs at Christmas! That was a stellar exchange.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
6. That's awesome. I get stuff about those candelabras
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:23 AM
Nov 2014

at Christmastime too.

I read just enough to how to set the damn things up without them blowing out or burning down the neighborhood.

bhikkhu

(10,715 posts)
3. I think I would suck at it
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:13 AM
Nov 2014

The mental and physical stress would have worn me to a nub within a year. I'd have delegated as much responsibility as I could to people I probably couldn't really trust or keep track of, and I'd have announced my decision not to run again shortly into my second year. If I survived the full term, I'd change my name, retire to a monastery somewhere in Asia, and never read the news again for the rest of my life.

Needless to say, I'm not running for office.

My old boss, on the other hand, who listened to limbaugh and hannity all the time, drank way too much, was addicted to racist ans sexist jokes, and couldn't write a letter or run a business worth beans, announced once with great confidence that he could run the country better than Obama.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
8. Yeah, it's always the blowhards who claim
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:25 AM
Nov 2014

they'd do soooo much better.

The monastery in Asia sounds pretty good. Especially if it had good high speed internet. Just kidding.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
83. Yeah, I'd probably have a nervous breakdown my first day.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 09:51 AM
Nov 2014

I'm way too introverted for a boiling fishbowl job like that.

Although when I was in college I took a poli-sci class in which the instructor had us play a game called SimSoc (Simulated Society). From Wikipedia:

Simulated Society (or SimSoc, pronounced sim-sock) is a "game" used by universities and other groups to teach various aspects of sociology, political science, and communications skills. Originally created by William A. Gamson in 1966, it is currently in its fifth edition. It provides a way for participants to better understand the problems of governing a 20th-century-style nation state society. The participants grapple with issues like economic inequality, justice, diversity, trust, power dynamics, and leadership as they negotiate their way through labor-management relations, political turmoil, and natural disasters. To be successful players must utilize basic social processes from cooperation and reward to threat and punishment. The goal of SIMSOC is to bring a deeper understanding to everyday experiences as well as social and organizational theory.

He assigned members of the class to particular social classes (poor --> wealthy) where we had break up into groups according to our assinged social status. He also gave us all roles within the Sim-soc: media, judiciary, political party leadership, etc.

He assigned me, of all people, as the leader of one of the political parties. I don't know if it was just happenstance or if he was interested in seeing whether I'd come out of my cocoon and rise to the occasion.

I successfully staved off the other political party leader's attempts to impose a dictatorship, was inadvertantly embroiled in a political scandal in which the poor group nearly rebelled, but was ultimately the first one in my instructor's experience to lead the SimSoc into creating a representative congress.

It was an interesting experience, although I remember having a chronic headache during the week or two that we played the game.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
9. Same. But you could have spin doctors do some cool stuff.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:27 AM
Nov 2014

'The President is away meditating on world affairs.'

i.e., the president is playing video games, lol.

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
7. First thing I would do is make several recordings with me saying things like...
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:23 AM
Nov 2014

1. Senator, you don't know what you're talking about.
2. That's just more Republican lies.

..and so forth, maybe up to 15-20 sound bits.
That way, I could just press #12 and play "That's the most stupidest words I've ever heard come out of a Republicans mouth"
Etc....

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
10. You'd be like Max Headroom.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:28 AM
Nov 2014

Maybe you'd get really popular. You would be popular with me at least!

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
13. My recordings would say:
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:41 AM
Nov 2014

'Shove it back up your corporate lobbyists' butthole!'

and

'Wrong. Again.'

and

'Read Naomi Klein and get back to me Señor Dumbass!'

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
18. Me too. I'd take advantage of a good personal trainer too.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:48 AM
Nov 2014

I'm not sure though how they'd be able to spin my spending so much time in bed or posting on DU though. I guess I'd need a secure username here. Like 'Not The President'.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
15. i have no business being president. having said that
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:42 AM
Nov 2014

I would probably be better at it than a lot of them. I mean seriously, George W. Bush, Warren G. Harding, and several others sucked at it worse than I ever could.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
17. True.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:44 AM
Nov 2014

I'd make sure when I was at Camp David they'd say I was in serious discussions with top-level economists or some such bs. Then maybe run for reelection as 'the guy who didn't take bribes' or something.

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
19. I would be cruising...with the GOP still in obscurity since '08 vote
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:50 AM
Nov 2014

I would have blue dogs and 3rd way and no-labels crying for mommy. In other words, they get with our mandate in '08, or I'd lead the charge in primarying those suckas with real Democrats in '10.

We'd have a Medicare buy-in if you wanted it (public option), expanded Medicare for the less fortunate, and raise the cap on income to help out the Social Security trust fund.

Bin Laden would still be dead and I'd be bombing the hell outta ISIL.

And I sure wouldn't have a ton of nominations just blowing in the wind. I'd drag Harry Reid's ass to the WH every day to find out how many confirmations has he completed.

America voted for Democrats in '08...I'd give them just that.


treestar

(82,383 posts)
129. How?
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:04 PM
Nov 2014

Where would you get the power? Senators and Reps don't have to bow down to you. They don't have to "cry for Mommy." Generalized schoolyard bully language that does not apply. It's not middle school.

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
139. The power was given by the electorate in '08
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 04:34 PM
Nov 2014

I'm not like President Obama, who appears to be the most non-confrontational, non-partisan politician I've experienced.

Confrontation is perfectly fine when you are pushing for positions a majority of the American public support. Make the minority have to stand to account for their obstruction.

nilesobek

(1,423 posts)
21. I'm deeply disqualified for the job,
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:57 AM
Nov 2014

am prone to human error and occasional outbursts. I have biases and frequently am wrong on some issues. I'd be doing terrible at that job. Glad we have such a good President and I'm not in charge of anything.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
26. I know I would have changed my mind a lot.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:07 AM
Nov 2014

Like I'd have started out wanting the ACA then pushed for single payer then tried for free national health care - all before even getting the ACA passed!

MrScorpio

(73,630 posts)
22. I couldn't do the job, not smart enough
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:01 AM
Nov 2014

But I am smart enough to know my own limitations, in that I know that I'm not qualified for it.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
28. Yeah, I don't think I'm qualified either.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:14 AM
Nov 2014

Or that I'd want to hang around so many serious minded people all the time. Eventually they'd catch me making cynical jokes, and it would get public and I'd be embarrassed.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
29. They'd hide mine for a while
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:18 AM
Nov 2014

until even my advisers publicly question why I'm staring at the trees without answering their questions.

zappaman

(20,606 posts)
25. I'd be kicking ass and taking names cuz the prez can do whatever the fuck he wants!
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:06 AM
Nov 2014

Probably some Kung fu too!

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
33. I would be cursing at the republicans during the state of the union.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:21 AM
Nov 2014

I would be calling them every name in the book.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
40. Lord k ows they deserve it. i probably wouldn't last long but it would feel good to tell them off.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:23 AM
Nov 2014

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
42. Interestingly, it might increase your popularity.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:27 AM
Nov 2014

It'd be fun to go all out 'We're mad as hell and we're not gonna take it any more!'

Have Twisted Sister perform 'We're Not Gonna Take It' before every appearance.

WhiteAndNerdy

(365 posts)
37. I know I couldn't do the job.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:21 AM
Nov 2014

I'm not enough of a people person for it. Every time we elect a new president, I watch to see how long it takes their hair to turn gray. It's usually less than two years before they start showing signs that the job is prematurely aging them.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
41. Also their handwriting gets worse
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:24 AM
Nov 2014

and a few of them have become more dependent on alcohol and probably other drugs too.

Yeah, I just can't stand being around people that much.

And the opposition - yikes. I'd rather be in nature or daydreaming.

Yavin4

(35,437 posts)
44. I'd be cursing people out every day
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:30 AM
Nov 2014

Every day. All day. 24/7. My press conferences would be one long beep.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
49. Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:37 AM
Nov 2014

My fellow ______________. Recent developments have shown ___________ and a big _____________ and also a lot of ___________ and how about the _________________ so therefore _______________ we must ___________. God bless the __________________. __________________.

dilby

(2,273 posts)
48. I would be the first President to be publicly executed by a firing squad.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:37 AM
Nov 2014

But it would be after I had all the bankers crucified and burned on crosses along with most of Congress and the Senate.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
51. I would be Impeached immediately.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:48 AM
Nov 2014

I don't think I'd get to serve one day. My VP Angelina Jolie would have to take over.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
53. That would probably be the first order of Republican business
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:53 AM
Nov 2014

when I told them all my plans as well.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
59. I have a whole list of things prepared.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:01 AM
Nov 2014

I think if I told them before inaguration I would be asassinated. Or they would at least try to find my black ass in my hidey hole. Cause I would do a press release from an undisclosed bunker.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
60. They'd be calling me Hugo Chavez
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:05 AM
Nov 2014

when I announced my plans to nationalize the health care and banking industries. So I'd have to look for you in that bunker.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
61. I'd make room for you.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:06 AM
Nov 2014

Imagine how they would take it when they found that their nukes were all disposed of?

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
66. I hope they improve the Virgin Space Flights.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:12 AM
Nov 2014

Maybe we could get a space-boat and just live near the space station. Only way we could survive it.

Liberal Lolita

(82 posts)
52. I've concidered the ramifications...
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:49 AM
Nov 2014

Someone would look into my past, and find out:
that I experimented with drugs when I was young
haven't attended church since I was a child
am not a christian
had premarital sex
said things some people wouldn't like
Once those things came to light that would be my whole story. Nothing I tried to get done would have a chance to get accomplished.

Liberal Lolita

(82 posts)
65. Maybe not you personally
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:12 AM
Nov 2014

just your character.
I had considered running for state representative in my former district, because the Republican candidate was usually unopposed. I wouldn't have had a chance in such a red area. I decided, it wasn't worth having my character assassinated.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
57. Cracks me up thinking about it too.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:57 AM
Nov 2014

I'd probably invite Beyonce and the Pixies and other folks to run things and the corporate media would say 'He's lost his mind.'

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
58. You've got my vote. Truthfully, I don't have the energy to make through a day of that job.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:00 AM
Nov 2014

Even Republicans would have my respect for showing up, if not much else.

pa28

(6,145 posts)
63. In the first week I'd sit down with my AG and dust off the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:09 AM
Nov 2014

After hiring an army of DOJ staffers and twisting every screw possible on that front I'd begin canceling trade agreements and closing access to US markets for corporations who offshore profits to avoid tax.

So basically they'd have a grassy knoll party for me after the second week or so.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
68. What was the last Administration that vigorously
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:19 AM
Nov 2014

enforced anti-trust law? And with all the republican appointees now serving in the Justice Department I wonder if they'd even comply with your orders.

BlindTiresias

(1,563 posts)
70. Would be fantastic
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:20 AM
Nov 2014

I'd adopt the Diamond Joe personality and start browbeating right wingers in full view of the public eye, probably start my own television program that airs every Friday at 8pm.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
90. Yes, W. wreaked a lot of havoc, particularly with the tax cuts for the rich
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 10:39 AM
Nov 2014

and spending money we didn't have on a stupid war against the wrong people.

 

grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)
78. The treasury would be flush with the funds of jailed banksters, and war funds I
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:53 AM
Nov 2014

did not spend.

And we'd have medicare for all!

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
79. Okay, I'm guessing.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 06:14 AM
Nov 2014

The Federal takeovers of health care and education greatly lowered cost and raised quality, but the backlash from Cruz, Gohmert, King, and Ernst was so garbled by rage I had to have them sedated and put into protective custody for the decade being.

The wealth cap of 100 million dollars was wildly popular with 99% of the population so....good

Having Fox News bronzed and placed in the Smithsonian spiked attendance, It's more popular that the Aerospace museum this year.

We got a "Glad your getting well" card from the UN, it's nice.

Our new sprite of cooperation has resulted in Konye West and Trace Adkins doing an album of Bread and Carpenter cover songs.

The break up of the Media monopolies has resulted in programs more entertaining then the commercials.

Too Big to Fail has become pocket sized. Interest rate cap at 12%; Lifetime total cap on returns from loans set at 160% (including all fees, penalties, and surcharges) took a little getting used to, nearly a month.

Judging from the way his volume is winding down and getting fairly hoarse, I'd say David Koch's long drawn out scream of NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO is about to come to an end.



lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
94. Kanye and Trace duetting on We've Only Just Begun...
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:01 AM
Nov 2014

to liiiiiiive.

Oh man I love all your new policies Half-Century Man. We've gotta get more democratic candidates who make these populist policies a reality!

Prophet 451

(9,796 posts)
80. I'd be doing just great
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 09:09 AM
Nov 2014

I would have imprisoned most of Congress, appointed myself Benevolent Dictator For Life, imposed single-payer healthcare; ordered all corporations to turn themselves into partnerships; established a register of animal abusers; imposed universal background checks, firearms safety tests and a ban on magazines above 15 rounds; created a massive new WPA to fix the infrastructure and employ the unemployed and am currently working out the details of how to give all Americans free education through college.

The people often hate me and occasionally fear me but will sometimes admit that things are better for them.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
95. A new WPA and a register of animal abusers.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:03 AM
Nov 2014

A kinder, more productive country with good work for all who want it. That's what I'm talking about. Damn. There are so many great ideas on this thread. We need more candidates who actually listen to us and follow the will of the people. Jobs jobs jobs! Single payer health care!

Vinca

(50,261 posts)
81. I would have already been impeached.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 09:11 AM
Nov 2014

You can only call Turtle Man and Boehner "mother*cker" so many times.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
96. Yes, I'd be diagnosed with Tourette's by now.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:05 AM
Nov 2014

Heck I probably already have it considering how many times I swear at those mofos in my own home.

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
82. I dunno. If elected in 2008, I would done everything I could to achieve
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 09:32 AM
Nov 2014

what Denmark has achieved. I may not have been successful, but I would have moved heaven and earth to get there, and the entire world would know it. Everyone would know THAT AT LEAST I TRIED.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
97. Denmark - the happiest country in the world.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:06 AM
Nov 2014

Free health care, $20 minimum wage, free university, 33 hour work week.

It can't be said enough!

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
98. Same here. Especially the part about how I love and respect
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:09 AM
Nov 2014

all Americans. I really don't. I think a lot of them are selfish stupid ignoramuses. But I'd probably bite my tongue on that one. I'd have to spout platitudes about how they are all hard-working people who just need some incentives to keep on doing great things!

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
99. Many on this thread have said the same and I don't doubt it
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:10 AM
Nov 2014

considering most of us want to heavily curtail the military-industrial complex.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
86. The Bilderburghers would have long since assassinated me.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 10:07 AM
Nov 2014

My talk of the Citizen's Wage, public financing of elections and the outlawing of stock trading would have pissed them off.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
100. Citizen's Wage and public financing of elections
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:12 AM
Nov 2014

have been floated around for years. We really need to resurrect those policies again. Regarding outlawing of stock trading - yes, that would piss them off big-time. Democratically elected leaders in other countries have been assassinated for going against unfettered capitalism.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
87. Wait, you mean using the F* word about Republicans disqualifies one
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 10:09 AM
Nov 2014

from being President? You'll have to show me where it says that in the Constitution!

Seriously, I'd have been like "F* You, MotherF*ckers" the first time Boner or McChinless tried to pull any shit. Now I'm making myself giggle!

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
88. I think I would be assassinated or running scared
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 10:31 AM
Nov 2014

Right after I announced 50% taxes on anyone making more than one million dollars a year, no more wars without a Congressional vote and also a tax to pay for it or NO DEAL, immediate raising of the federal minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour, some form of national health insurance for every citizen, strengthen all labor rights, total legalization of marijuana for any and all reasons, no arrests for simple possession of any drug, immediate action on climate change, strengthen the EPA, no more suicidal "free trade" agreements that have devastated workers in America and cut our insane military budget by half at least and then we would have an ocean of money to pay for anything.

You think the wall street pirates that run this country would let me do all those things?

I kinda doubt it.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
103. All of those policies would benefit the country and strengthen our economy.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:15 AM
Nov 2014

We really need democrats in Congress who fight for these principles and actually implement all or most of them!

TheKentuckian

(25,023 posts)
91. I surprisingly have avoided assassination due to selecting Cynthia McKinney as VP and strict
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 10:53 AM
Nov 2014

scheduling that keeps us separate at all time (nothing beats a good insurance policy) but the 5th year of civil war ain't so pretty.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
101. The problems would start with "So help me God."
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:12 AM
Nov 2014

It would go downhill from there.

Actually, I've been chairing a faculty for three years now and I've actually developed a taste for it. When you have good people to work with, who have your back and you have theirs, the inevitable craziness (and crazies) get to be interesting, even when I want to slap the crap out of the lot of them.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
106. Yeah, actually respect the separation of church and state.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:18 AM
Nov 2014

Now that's adhering strictly to the Constitution. I'm all for it.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
127. Swearing an oath certainly should mean something.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:57 AM
Nov 2014

"And if I don't you can lock me in a room full of palmetto bugs" would work fine for me.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
132. I was sent to the principal's office in sixth grade for saying 'One naked individual
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:34 PM
Nov 2014

with liberty and justice for all.' I haven't changed much since then.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
105. I would be impeached for calling the Republicans "douchebags" too often.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:17 AM
Nov 2014

Obama's restraint has been pretty epic.

I hope he goes off on them after 2016.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
109. I will certainly read Obama's presidential memoirs
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:25 AM
Nov 2014

and I don't think he'll use that word even once.

JustAnotherGen

(31,811 posts)
107. I would have been removed from office by now
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:20 AM
Nov 2014

I would have come off of that podium a long time ago with both fists flying directly at some of the members of the so called 'press'.

JustAnotherGen

(31,811 posts)
119. See this is why
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:40 AM
Nov 2014

Obama is just better than me. He's just a better person. The first nasty bullshit about my mother I would have bloodied someone's nose.

And my VP Biden would have been standing right beside me with the ghost of his mother and the ghost of my father cheering me on!

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
110. A new word or phrase would need to be coined ...
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:27 AM
Nov 2014

... to adequately describe just how much I would "suck"

...but, It is highly unlikely that I would declare war or attack "anyone"

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
113. Yeah, the question I've been pondering is whether
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:32 AM
Nov 2014

my words & actions would actually be given enough time to help most people, before I'd be called crazy and booted out of office.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
116. Bullworth tells the truth and the elitists in corporate media
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:36 AM
Nov 2014

act like it's some kind of national crisis. About par for the course. Great movie.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
118. Your pr people can cover for you for quite a while.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:39 AM
Nov 2014

Because I for one would like to see what you and your staff would dream up to improve the country Tuesday Afternoon!

I think I'd get the hang of it eventually. Get out for lots of nice walks, and get support from a lot of pretty good people like those who care about improving the lives of working people everywhere.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
120. And you'd probably get some of your policies enacted
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:40 AM
Nov 2014

post-mortem, just as sympathy. At least a few schools and bridges would be named after you!

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)
117. not very well. I am high strung, very nervous and somewhat mildly autistic
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:38 AM
Nov 2014

I can do most things reasonably well with lots of practice. But being President of the United States would require a kind of steadiness along with communication and social skills that I admittedly lack. I still think my ideas are right though -. I'm sure at the right time and place someone else with similar views could do a decent job though. I'm not so delusional so as to imagine that someone could be me.


Now Ambassador to . Andorra, Liechtenstein or Monaco - That sounds like a great gig that I could probably handle and I bet the food is great.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
122. Yeah, someone with my views but much more steady in their execution
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:43 AM
Nov 2014

would be much better than me as well.

By the way I read yesterday that Jerry Seinfeld has some mildly autistic symptoms too - so you're in good company.

Spazito

(50,290 posts)
121. Well, it would depend on whether I had at least the Senate or the House, preferably
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:42 AM
Nov 2014

both controlled by my party. If I were President and both houses are controlled by the opposition then I would be limited to vetos and Executive Orders if I didn't want to make deals with the opposition.

As President, I don't even have a vote, lol.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
124. An excellent point Spazito.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:46 AM
Nov 2014

Thank you for acknowledging basic civics. You're the first one on this thread to mention this. Gold star for you. Have a great day.

LondonReign2

(5,213 posts)
123. Act #1: Executive Order removing the secrecy of documents
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:44 AM
Nov 2014

from Bush the Slightly Smarter and Shrub's presidencies.

Once those documents were open to the public, no amount of Secret Service protection could forestall the pitchforks and torches brigade from giving the Bushes what they deserve. And Darth, too.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
126. There would be a lot of crap in there, for sure,
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:48 AM
Nov 2014

but I think a lot of it would be spun and spun and spun by the corporate media and paid shills for the right wing, to the point where it would make much of a positive impact, imho London Reign2.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
128. I'd be awful at it
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:01 PM
Nov 2014

Du would like my politics, but I'm not extraverted enough. I'd be sick of the constant attention. I'd want to hide in the Oval Office with no photographers and try to solve the problems.

OTOH, I think I would like having so many people to do things for me, look things up, give advice, and not have to worry about the little things like cooking and dry cleaning. The travel and meeting different people would be fun, but I'd need some down time that does not fit into the schedule.

The constant criticism I would likely ignore as it being simply too much, or being irrelevant because of what I know that the critic doesn't know. I would have a temper control problem too, when stupid reporters asked stupid questions.

Since my SATs were the same as Duyba's, it gives me another hint. I would feel overwhelmed at times and so the advisors would get their way a lot.

RadicalGeek

(344 posts)
130. I'd be seen as steadfast
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 12:27 PM
Nov 2014

By folks like Amy Goodman and Rick Smith, but stubborn by AM-Radio and it's cable news(?) affiliate.

Alas, my "Living Minimum Wage" initiative would be stymied by the "%1" in the Senate and House.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
136. We should have a living minimum wage.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:29 PM
Nov 2014

Many have considered it at various times in our nation's history. I think it would help stimulate the economy. I agree the 1% in the Senate and House would oppose it.

I think we should pressure Democratic candidates to get behind it or lose their friggin' jobs.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
137. I appreciate your honesty.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:30 PM
Nov 2014

Always have & always will La Lioness Priyanka. That made me laugh too. Have a wonderful day.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
134. I would have been eliminated in an early primary when someone uncovered an old photo of me
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:55 PM
Nov 2014

wearing a tee shirt that said 'I'm on Acid'.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
138. Photos of me in my 'Fuck Censorship' t-shirt
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:33 PM
Nov 2014

probably wouldn't help me much either. Not to mention the one of me smoking a bong.

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