Do you believe you could be a good PRESIDENT?

[AnArmyVeteran]

ARE YOU PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL?

While enduring the GW Bush era I constantly thought I could be a much better president than Bush. A lot of my friends thought they could easily be a better president than Bush too. They even said their pets could do a better job, even saying they knew insects that could do better. The presidency, when performed competently, requires a lot of skills most average people don't possess. Bush didn't have the necessary skills, but he ended up in the office anyway. But this poll isn't about having the money to get into the office. It's about whether you feel you could actually do the job, and do it well.

Anyone remember the 1993 movie 'Dave', starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver? It's a cool movie about a regular guy who looks like the president in the movie, and was asked to substitute when the president had a stroke. Dave thought like a regular American and in his short period as the pretend president he did a lot of great things for people. And he did it in a common sense way, requiring talents most of us use in our daily lives. Do you think you have enough qualities and talents to lead the country?

Having said the above: Do you think you could be a good president? Better than Bush? Better than Obama? Or somewhere in between?

In addition to the poll, could you rate your belief in yourself to be president on a scale from 1-10 in the comment section, with 1 being totally incompetent, to 10 being a great president?

(NOTE: I wish DU would offer a 'multiple choice' option for polling. it would be a nice feature to incorporate.)

[BlooInBloo]

1. My left testicle would be a better POTUS than bush.

Not the right tho. He's shall we say "special".

[AnArmyVeteran]

4. If you have just one, that's one more than the AWOL coward Bush...

[madokie]

16. That would be my right one :-)

WE are going to feel the bad effects of bushco for the rest of my life and if I was a betting man I'd bet on that.

[AnArmyVeteran]

20. Great tag line!

Your tag line: "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg." Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was not just a great president, he had a great sense of humor too.

[Lyric]

2. Yes, I would be a fantastic President.

I'm not the least bit electable, unfortunately.

[Turbineguy]

3. We do not have a dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2QVipK2o

[AnArmyVeteran]

19. Not that's hilarious! Thanks!

But you can still vote saying any dog could be better than Bush.


AWESOMELY FUNNY VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2QVipK2o

[flvegan]

5. After thinking about it, and a long hard laugh at myself

I don't know how I'd do as president. I know how I *think* I'd do, but I don't think that this country would endure such drastic and immediate changes. Some things, no problem. Equal rights for everyone, women having the right to choose, voting overhaul, ending two wars, etc. But I also know I'd abuse that power over my personal pet issues. And lets face it, sending a small naval fleet to the Southern Ocean to protect whales won't go over well.

[HipChick]

6. We'd at least have a new war every 30 days if I was President..

My PMS is something evil, not that I'm the least bit eligible to run..

[madokie]

17. Hey

:rofl:

[Fla_Democrat]

7. Damn skippy, I would be a 10

Now, I suspect every president would rate themselves as a 10, at least going for the job. Who in their right minds says... "Yea, I suck, will make a hash of it, but what the hell, may as well give it a go."

The question isn't how I would rate how I would be, the real question is how the voters and historians (if I succeeded in being elected), would rate me. :evilgrin:

[Rex]

8. Duh.

Obviously you need no qualifications, but to show up and say what people tell you to say. A sockpuppet could be POTUS, one was for TWO TERMS!

[madokie]

18. two more terms starting in 1981 too

[Rex]

21. True, good point.

[old mark]

9. I do not have much ability to be politically polite to others. I would not be a good president -

but then I do have a very smart and handsome dog who would have been a better choice than W.

mark

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. too much flying about, too many public events, no privacy. I'd hate it

[Morning Dew]

11. 1 and 3

I don't have a dog right now, so 4 is out.

[AnArmyVeteran]

15. You win! #1 & #3 combined is the winning answer!

I'm sure the nation would rather get sprayed by your dog than go through another eight years of the Bush bozo...

[Dappleganger]

12. My lab would make a great president!

She would demand socialized medicine, socialized naps, socialized play time, socialized belly rubs, socialized rides in the car, socialized poop cleanup, socialized housing, socialized exercise...

Emma would change this country for the better!

[CreatureFeature]

13. Oh Hell NO!!

But I would make a kick ass Emperor!

[Dappleganger]

14. The Emperor with no clothes??

[AnArmyVeteran]

22. If you want to be a dictator that is fine. We pretty much had that between 2001 and 2009...

[CreatureFeature]

26. Is Dick Cheney's middle name "Tater"?

Just curious..... :)

[csziggy]

23. I'd be a better president than George Bush

Since I would know that I could not handle the job and select the best person for Vice President, then resign and let them do it.

Otherwise, I don't own a dog but my cat would be a better president than GWB. Hell, the flies on the horseshit would be better presidents than GWB.

[MrSlayer]

24. I would be an awesome President.

For the week I held the office before I was assassinated.

[AsahinaKimi]

25. I CAN see it now...

WHERE ARE HER PAPERS??? ITS CLEAR SHE IS ASIAN!! She must have been born in Asia..what the hell is she anyways?? JAPANESE? ..OMG!!... MANGA AND HENTAI IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!

[AnArmyVeteran]

31. What does your tagline say? And what is the meaning of the dolls?

BTW, I'd vote for you.

[AsahinaKimi]

35. It says...

Kimi ga boku wo utagatteiru no nara (きみがぼくをうたがっているのなら )
If you have doubts about me

...Nihon no bunka ga daisuki desuyo! (日本のぶんかがだいすきですよ )
I just love Japanese Culture.

Kokeshi = こけし

The dolls are kokeshi dolls.
You can read more about them here: http://www.japanya.co.uk/Kokeshi.aspx

[Dr Morbius]

27. I think I'd be a 7 or an 8.

I think of Bush as a 2, on his best day, and Obama vacillates between a 7 and a 10. I think Obama's our best President since Kennedy, and may well prove better. I wouldn't do as well as he.

Intellectually, I have no doubt I could do the job well. My weakness would be inspiring confidence in Americans, but in truth if I could manage to get elected I'd probably overcome that.

[Quantess]

28. More than one answer.

I wouldn't be a good president, but I would be a better president than Bush.

[cherokeeprogressive]

29. If I were President, the 22nd Amendment would be repealed before my first term was over.

Mount Rushmore would be renamed Mount MoreChris and the four faces would be erased and replaced with mine and those of my progeny, who would surely be elected to multiple terms after mine.

My 18 1/2 year old gay daughter would most certainly be the first woman President, the first Gay President, and the first President with a piercing in her eyebrow, and there would be a Constitutional Convention to reduce the age requirement to whatever age she was when I died in office.

Other countries would BEG to be allowed to join the United States, war would end, there would also be an end to hunger, and the weather would be fair and mild until the end of the century, worldwide.

The Statue of Liberty would be taken down, and the Statue of Chris would be erected in its place. The Statue of Chris would be 4,000 feet tall, lighted, and visible from outer space so visitors from other places in the universe could see it when they first entered the Solar system, and understand that the human race had given up its warlike ways and was absolutely no threat.

Global Climate Change would resolve itself simply because it knows President Chris could kick its ass like Floyd Mayweather kicked Shane Mosely's ass tonight.

It could be soooo easy, if you'd all just write my name on the ballot in 2012. Chris. Remember it. Write it down. Prepare yourselves for a better existence. It's possible. My campaign motto will be "You're Fucking Right We Can, and Chris Will Show Us How".

My name is Chris, and I approve this message.

[AnArmyVeteran]

32. Ok, you have my vote. Is it Chris? Oh yeah, ok, I can remember that....

My dad always said, "What we need is a good dictator". Actually, that isn't a bad idea. If one person could be found who wasn't owned by a corporation or special interest and only thought about and did things for the good of the country a dictator could quickly change our country for the better. Such a dictator could use the military to seize all of the corrupt Wall Street thugs and throw them in prison, no trials, no nothing, just put them in jail. Same goes for BP and Halliburton executives. Put them in prison too. And then once all the corrupt corporate leaders are safely in prison go after everyone in the Bush Regime, arresting all of them for war crimes and torture and putting them behind bars where they belong.

A dictator who acted in the best interests of the people would be an instant hero. You would see a complete change in the way things are done in Washington, because if you were a representative who is caught whoring yourself out to a corrupt corporation you would be rounded up and thrown in prison.

If this is the kind of dictator you want to be I'll vote for you. I'll even help build the statue...

[phasma ex machina]

30. I wouldn't make a good president

"There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House" - Martin Sheen

[TexasObserver]

33. I wouldn't make a good president

How would I hate it? Let me count the ways.

I can't imagine a worse job. Talk about never having a private moment.

[Stinky The Clown]

34. I would be a terrible president

I have principles.

I have no patience.

I am politically incorrect.

I have a potty mouth.

I call an asshole an asshole.

I don't suffer fools well.

[LWolf]

36. I would'nt be a good president.

I'm too blunt and straightforward.

That said, my dead cat would have been better than GWB, and my dog would be better than Obama.

She is friendly, non-aggressive unless pushed, and a master at oozing her way into the position she desires, and moving others where she wants them. She is a herding dog.

She'd be guarding the people, chasing off power-mongers.

[ecstatic]

37. No. And at least 15% of DUers are delusional nt

[bobbolink]

38. I can't play power games.

If it was just a matter of "doing what is right for the people", then yes, I would do well.

But, it isn't. Its one series of games after another, and knowing how to outcrap the crap.