WHO should be President in these Strident and Troubling Times?

[opihimoimoi]

Whoever He/She is.....should be in possession of:

Reason
Logic
Sanity
Common Sense
A Full Deck of Cards
Love
Compassion
Emphaty
etc

A Clean record...
History of productive and profitable accomplishments.

and is altruistic and benevilent...

Where do we find them that fit ???? No one becomes a 747 pilot without training... WE MUST TRAIN our Leaders.....filter out the bad ones and go with the good one...Dats whot the NFL and ABA does...

Dats what the Bar Exam is for

and the Med Guys have their ways of training doctors

etc etc

There is no training for the President....to confirm...just look at the disaster sitting there now...in the White House...

[electropop]

1. Boxer or Conyers

Tough, intelligent, and decent.

[ladjf]

3. The American people aren't smart enough to pick such

highly qualified people as Boxer and Conyers.

[opihimoimoi]

11. Then there should be an EFFORT to help peeps vote with wisdom

and accruacy...going for the candidates who has the best odds to do the damn job...not because of his sexuality or fantacies or whatever..

we should be asking ourselves who has the ability to deliver what is best for the Nation/State/Community

[opihimoimoi]

7. Tis the Season for Reason.....go Sanity....get someone Truly Qualied

Boxer, Gore, Kerry, Conyers, etc etc....

The Challenge: To find a way to get the best other than what we use today...too many flaws....

[valerief]

2. I say the one we voted for in the first place: Gore

[wurzel]

6. Absolutely! The Best president we never had. Yet!

[opihimoimoi]

13. 9/11 would not have happened....Gore woulda listened to the warning

and see to it that America is informed...under Bush...we got shit...no warning, no nothin...

Watch my Drive....

[valerief]

63. Gore wouldn't have been complicit in the 9/11 attack, unlike…

I'm not taking off my tinfoil hat just yet.

[marmar]

12. Exactly....

If the president chosen by the American people, that would be Al Gore, was in office rather than the court-appointed one, I suspect that we wouldn't be dealing with a good deal of the crap we're dealing with.

:patriot:

[A Brand New World]

32. President Gore has such a delightful ring to it. Just think

how different our world would be if the rightful inauguration had taken place. Vice President Lieberman, though, I could do without. I truly believe he dragged down the ticket to within the level of being stealable.

[opihimoimoi]

41. I fully concur....

[longship]

4. Al Gore would have been great.

I love Conyers, too. Fellow Detroiter, liberal, intelligent, resourceful.

[Booster]

5. I really believe if they hadn't robbed Gore, we wouldn't even be

going through these troubling times. IMO, all blame goes to Bush's arrogance and total lack of diplomacy, not to mention his total lack of intelligence.

[porphyrian]

8. Of course, we wouldn't be.

We never would've gone into Iraq, and we'd have most of our soldiers home from Afghanistan by now. Also, we wouldn't have raided our record surplus treasury to put us into the unimaginably-gigantic record debt we're currently in. Future Americans are going to wonder why we didn't lynch these pieces of shit.

[opihimoimoi]

10. I totally agree....Future generations are gonna give us some well deserved

HITS for allowing a fuckup to continue unabated.

[opihimoimoi]

9. Bushies deck as about 6 cards...odds for Royal Flush is outta sight

[blm]

16. Gore would have read the Hart-Rudman Report on Global Terror the day it

was handed to him.

Bush refused to read it.

[opihimoimoi]

21. Bush cannot understand the report...Gore CAN...and, woulda done some

thing to avert any attack...at least Gore would have TRIED...while Bush handed the whole thing to Cheney who did zero...basically, They LIHOP

[blm]

36. Gore would've implemented the urgent measures in HartRudman IMMEDIATELY.

And I would venture that Gingrich would've pushed the GOP lawmakers to stay out of Gore's way on this, as he was part of the panel that worked on that report for 2 1/2 years.

[opihimoimoi]

39. A pathetic waste of time and effort for 2 1/2 years with a tragic result..

Shameful and in my book, criminal

[blm]

52. Probably the worst in American history, and the media hardly mentioned it.

Most Americans don't even know ONE thing about the Hart-Rudman Report AT ALL.

[opihimoimoi]

53. They were informed of this in many ways..but the Pub Spin Machine

had gotten to their brains first resulting in a rejection of Fact and Common Sense...and the acceptance of the Pub BS lies foisted.

Auwe Auwe, E ka Haole Booosh Pilau O kaaina nui loa. Ole'lo pa'i'ai.

[oasis]

44. No tax breaks for the rich. FEMA would still be intact. The world wouldn't

hate us.

[blm]

14. Bush CHOKED at his pilot training. Fear of landing. His character was set

then.

Wanna know why Kerry had poor grades in his freshman year at College? He was preoccupied with getting his pilot's license.

He can even do stuntflying like loopdaloops. Tested nerves.

[opihimoimoi]

24. Kerry was an excellent op for America to heal and right itself on the

better path...

He would do well to upgrade his approach/plans/vision to higher levels...

[blm]

35. Or expose GOP control of the broadcast media and voting machines.

;)))))))

[opihimoimoi]

40. Yup, he can do that right now with a lotta supportive ammo

[blm]

60. He and Dean and some trusted allies are working on it.

.

[dogtag]

15. Bill Cliinton, again. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

26. I too would love to see that, baggage an all

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Chavez, Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, Noam Chomsky.

If one is dealing in hypotheticals....might as well dream big.

[Chan790]

20. um

Aren't they all foreign-born? I'd rather not do any favors setting a precedent for the CA grab-ass.

[opihimoimoi]

31. Dreams lead to reality...nothing wrong there....only goodness.

[Richard Steele]

18. Howzabout the guy who ACTUALLY WON THE ELECTION?

We have TWO; take yer pick:

[blm]

37. Those two would NEVER hesitate to act for the good as president.

.

[fujiyama]

47. Oh what could have been...

:(

[LittleClarkie]

19. Three guesses what my answer is

Le sigh.

[Greyhound]

61. Where can I find a Clark for sanity board?

I'm just a little sick of the same ol, same ol, espoused all over this one. A break would be nice.

[MN ChimpH8R]

22. This man

[kentuck]

23. Me.

:)

I would go over the head of both Parties and request a windfall profits tax on the Big Oil companies. I would repeal every single executive order of George W Bush. I would request a return to the tax rates of the Clinton Administration, with an extra surtax on the super wealthy to help pay for the deficit run up in hte last 5 years. I would call a world-wide conference with all the major leaders in the industrialized world, and the third world, to see how we could restore our credibility with them and how we could work together to make the lives of our citizens better. I would begin withdrawal of all troops from Iraq in 3 months, in levels of 25,000 per withdrawal. I would demand an increase in the minimum wage to 7.50 per hour. I would put a temporary halt on all trade agreements until they could be studied further and any companies that leave our shores simply to increase their profits would pay an import fee if they brought their products back to our country. I would put the National Guard on our borders so that the immigration could be controlled in a sensible manner. However, we would not punish those immigrants that wish to work in our country and become US citizens. There would be guaranteed employment for any person that wishes to work. The Defense budget would be cut 50% off the top to pay for programs for our people. I would take the health insurance out of the hands of employers and have the premiums paid into a national healthcare system. Everybody that works would pay 5% into the national healthcare system and would receive a healthcard that they could go to the doctor of their choice. Price controls would be put on the drug companies. I would request repeal of the Patriot Act and the end of the war on terror. I would start a national program for youths to work for credits to the college of their choice. and more.... :)

[opihimoimoi]

30. Your ideas should be out there in competition with the others...you

have good odds for a bunch of them...

[Greyhound]

62. I like your ideas, and would go even further.

Your health-care program would work, but how do you get it past the politiwhores that live on their contributions?
Can we seriously talk about dismantling the federal reserve system?
The "war on drugs" could be ended by Presidential fiat. How about that?
A $400 billion DoD budget? Ridiculous! Cancel all of the over-priced, under performing weapons systems that we're currently advancing in order to prepare for a war that can't happen.
Begin a national debate on the 14th amendment? Make it applicable to only persons?
Withdraw from NAFTA and the WTO.
Go Kentuck! :bounce: :woohoo: :bounce:

[stanwyck]

25. Mario Cuomo

fits your criteria.

[opihimoimoi]

29. I too love that man....he is so full of wisdom and thoughtfulness

I nom him to be part of the Dem School for Higher Office....which is what the Dems should be considering..

The Pubs do it already...they have talking points faxed all over the country, etc

But the Dems should be focusing on what is best and how to attain, how to succeed, and how to inform, inspire more voters to come forth and vote smarter...its like learning to taste wine...ya gatta learn which is better by practice.

[FSogol]

27. George McGovern or the late Paul Tsongas n/t

[Village Idiot]

28. Shit. If McCain had just won the nomination in '99...

[begin_within]

33. Dennis Kucinich

[s-cubed]

34. Bill Moyers (spelling?) the former NPR commentator

If you listen to him, or read his essays, he has all those qualities in abundance. Most of the others are small people in comparison.

[Gloria]

38. Wes Clark. Now.

eom

[opihimoimoi]

42. All mentioned so far are much better caliber than Bush...who is not

a LISTENER....he is a dictator....

[hopeisaplace]

43. Who won the last

"Survivor" episode? ..skills may be needed in the future *yikes*

[oasis]

45. Let's give Fritz Mondale another shot at it.

[opihimoimoi]

46. Whot ever happened to that man??? Where is he?

[oasis]

49. Fritz is Chairman of the Panasonic Foundation Board of Directors.

The foundation promotes education. He was Ambassador to Japan from '93 to '96 so that's probably the origin of the hookup.

[opihimoimoi]

55. All the Dems had better get off their ASSES and congeal, coalese

whatever, into something of a Force to contend with the largest Crisis known to MANKIND...the INTENTIONAL Profiliation of Mass IGNORANCE.....

Is he there in name only? or does he actually contribute positive stuffs?

Time to get on the Dime.

[CJCRANE]

48. Clark...

Clark Kent.

[Puglover]

50. I still think Al Gore was the real deal. n/t

[zippy890]

51. add SECULARISM to the list

way too much religious frothing of the mouth going on in this country.

I would like the democrats to actively support the promotion of science, art and the humanities and most of all SECULARISM

Yes - the Renaissance Party - thats what we need a SECULAR CANDIDATE

PLEASE, eject the religious baggage - most people in this country want a return to sanity

[opihimoimoi]

56. I hear you loud and clear....

[StellaBlue]

54. AL GORE IS THE PRESIDENT

[progressivebydesign]

57. Al Gore. Hands down the one we need right now. n/t

[Clark2008]

58. Wesley Clark

Diplomacy and foreign policy skills, not to mention military skills, to get us out of the idiotic war in Iraq.

A masters in economics to get us out of the Bush economy.

PLUS:

Reason
Logic
Sanity
Common Sense
A Full Deck of Cards
Love
Compassion
Emphaty


And, he's handsome, too.

[opihimoimoi]

59. No one has the FULL Deck of cards....but the more cards ya have

the better the odds for a good hand...Bush is running on 6 to 8 cards.
Very poor odds...Clark...imho...he has about 44 cards in his brain..able to solve with good odds.

I agree, Clark would be an excellent President...

But then, so would some of the others.

The Dem Party should set up a litmus test of sorts.....to determine card count...How to Solve 362 requires a 40+ count prerequisite, is an excellent course/class.

The Teachers/speakers should be our wise and tested Dems...Mario, Clinton, Kerry, Gore, Sharpton, etc....

We should have periodic symposiums for the younger wannabes...that they can learn good paths to take from the passing guards. Fresh Blood needs good tools and philosophies for the next battles....

[oasis]

64. Good pic of Clark scolding Fox New's Assman. "Don't you dare accuse

me of desparging our troops." Clark was ready to reach through the screen and stomp the shit out of Assman.

[opihimoimoi]

65. Our Dems are taling shit anymore from the Pub whores....

Any hint of shit and they go nuts...like Clark did...