For my next President I want someone who is both smart and honest

[madokie]

smart enough to not repeat the bad lessons of history and honest enough to tell me the truth about all things including the things I'm not sure I want to know. A person who is not afraid to tell us that we are up a shit creek without a paddle when we are and believe me we are at this point in time. A person who will make decisions based on what is good for the people of these United States.

[MemphisTiger]

1. Dare to dream

I would like that too but realistically it will never happen.

[blm]

6. It can happen - elect an OPEN GOVERNMENT candidate.

Someone who believes in opening the books to the American people and respects them enough to give them MORE information they need to make their decisions, not less like BushInc prefers.

[burythehatchet]

2. Homo Sapien works for me n/t

[grasswire]

3. I'd like him to look like Karl Malden...

...and talk like Harry Truman.

[ret5hd]

4. I think Jimmy Carter has refused to run.

[Virginia Dare]

5. Yeah, and somebody who is sane and not a...

raging drug/alcohol addict would be nice too.

[catmandu57]

7. I'm with you

I'm thoroughly sick of the good ole boy act, I want someone who is head and shoulders above my level of intelligence, someone who speaks in paragraphs not monosylabic utterances.

[ComerPerro]

8. Right now I'd settle for even one of the two

cause I figure a honest moron or a smart liar would have to be better than a lying, alcoholic idiot

[Benhurst]

9. That sounds like

Jeb Bush to me. The corporate media says he is extremely popular and has all the attributes of a great president.

With a little help from his friends at Diebold, he should have no trouble following in Big Brother's footsteps.

And the corporate media, playing Teddy White, will explain to us in loving detail how his election showed the deep-rooted desire of the electorate to continue the royal family's reign.

[catmandu57]

15. I think the bush* name

has lost it's luster forever, it'll be a cold day in hell before we willingly have another one of these cocksuckers in any kind of power.
Of course that's assuming that lil georgie* doesn't declare himself dictator for life.

[zeemike]

10. Al Gore is as close to that description as we have now

But the press if they think he will run will tell us that he lost once so he is not a good choice for us now.
Maybe we need a military man now because of the wars going on, like we did in 2004. Or a Hillery because she is a woman or a Zell Miller because he will appeal to the NAS car dads. How can we win without the NAScar dads?

[Arkansas Granny]

11. Yeah. By the time we've had 8 years with someone who doesn't

possess either of these attributes, we'll be ready for a person who does. Unfortunately, the next president will enter office with the biggest mess on his/her hands than any U.S. president has had to deal with to date.

[Clark2008]

12. That's why I like Wes Clark.

And, he has the added benefit of also being handsome (which, unfortunately, is important in this television-driven country).

[The Cleaner]

13. It is so unbelievable to me that Bush was voted in

in the first place. But then my friend the other day ran into somebody at work who likes Bush because "That's the way he talks. He's a good 'ol Texas boy."

Disgusting!

Stupid is as stupid does.

[catmandu57]

16. Actually he wasn't

unless you consider the sc 5-4 election legitimate.

[The Cleaner]

18. true-

semantics. Maybe a better word would have been "installed."

[rubberducky]

14. hhhmmmmmm........

An honest, smart polition?? I`ll settle for 1 out of 2!!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Well, that eliminates 99% of all politicians.

Especially the "honest" requirement. And, the remaining 1% are usually considered unelectable because of the qualities you demand.

[KansDem]

19. Ask the Supreme Court who they want, then pick the opposite...

You're bound to get "smart and honest."