The most important attribute of our next President should be ________

[npincus]

(fill in the blank).

I'll say "knowledge/ understanding of history and other cultures".

Tweety said recently that Americans vote on the next president as a correction to the foibles of the last; he said B*sh got voted in because Americans wanted a president who went to bed with his wife at 9:30. True or not, I thought this was interesting.

Name the one attribute you think is "most important" for our next president to possess. (I know, it's hard to name just one).




Our next president has to be a #8- not a #3 like this one.

[KingFlorez]

1. Honesty

[niyad]

2. integrity

[ananda]

3. Nottabush

x

[Xipe Totec]

4. More brain stem cells n/t

[Donnachaidh]

5. DEMOCRAT

;-)

[npincus]

7. Hell, YEAH.

:hi:

[theoldman]

6. Uniter

[Recursion]

8. pragmatist

[cassiepriam]

9. Knows right from wrong, and truth from lies. nt

[cgrindley]

10. CO Jones

Some sort of courage to do the right thing, even if it's an immediate pullout from Iraq.

[RoseMead]

11. A genuine willingness to care for the needs of the American people

rather than the wishes of the military-industrial-media-pharma complex.

[Colorado Liberal]

12. INTELLIGENCE!!!!!!!!

[meegbear]

14. You beat me to it!

:party: WELCOME ABOARD!! :party:

[newyawker99]

35. Hi Colorado Liberal!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Ganja Ninja]

13. sanity

[npincus]

15. To EVERYBODY:

Do the words "next president" cheer you up a bit, or is it just me?

[YOY]

17. Just remember it actually CAN get worse

What if this asshole (by some miracle) became pres:



Aw who am I kidding, anythings got to be better than this boob.

[npincus]

20. my parade is totally drenched....

:)

[Initech]

16. How about intelligence and decency?

We'll never get a president, let alone an elected representative, who has honesty and integrity (last one who came close was Bill Clinton), but at least we can get one who has intelligence and deceny, maybe even some common sense!

[ziggy_luv]

18. um.. he can read

not like shrub

[jobycom]

19. a soul.

[leveymg]

21. freely and honestly elected. All the votes counted.

:kick:

[John Q. Citizen]

22. a Dem who isn't a neo-con

[blm]

23. A belief in the American CITIZEN and our right to know the truth.

Open, HONEST Government for a change.

[Control-Z]

24. The capacity to empathize.

[mcscajun]

25. Compassion for all Americans...not just the wealthy.

If I got to pick more than one, I'd add Honesty, Integrity, INTELLIGENCE(!), Curiosity, Flexibility, Responsiveness and, oh yeah, could he or SHE PLEASE be a true Democrat as well? Please!?!!???

[MichiganVote]

26. Gender, too much testosterone is the world these days

[Armstead]

27. Just that he/she not be George Bush

My standards have been lowered over the last six years.

[MazeRat7]

28. Should not own a pit bull ? But should like Llamas

[Dervill Crow]

29. LOL

My pit bull is a liberal, but she was raised that way.

[sallyseven]

30. certified sane.

[spanone]

31. That he's elected by the people and not the Supreme Court.

[pointblank]

32. human

[Prophet 451]

33. Damn, I have a list but I'll go for...

...a functioning brain. I can accept that nobody knows everything but the ability to realise when you need to listen to outside advice would be a start.

[truebrit71]

34. NOT REPUBLICAN.

All the rest is pretty much gravy....

[Bretttido]

36. Liberal

[MrSlayer]

37. Intellectually curious.

I want someone who has a brain in his fucking head and will actually think and ask questions.