[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Originally Posted by jaxie

You are a very smart, wise, and observant lady Maru. You put most of that in the first couple of paras a lot more kindly and sensitively than I would have! I hope it's received well. I fear not.

Hope for the best, expect the worst. My husband's motto at work

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Maru

Hope for the best, expect the worst. My husband's motto at work

I feel the US needs a strong leader at the moment. Particularly with how aggressively Putin seems to be behaving in the last few years. I don't think either of the candidates is a potentially strong leader, and I don't think Obama has been either.

In an ideal world who would you like to see as President and why, it doesn't have to be a current candidate, just someone you think would be a good leader?

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I feel the US needs a strong leader at the moment. Particularly with how aggressively Putin seems to be behaving in the last few years. I don't think either of the candidates is a potentially strong leader, and I don't think Obama has been either.

In an ideal world who would you like to see as President and why, it doesn't have to be a current candidate, just someone you think would be a good leader?

Oh wow, that's such a difficult question to answer. Anyone who takes the job will have their hands full just dealing with whatever mess has been left behind by the previous administration. I think I remember reading somewhere Obama had taken up smoking again after having quit

If I could Build-A-Bear a president, it would be someone who is a great parent, but who is also very practical, fair-minded, the opposite of an adversarial figure who is very receptive to the voting public and doesn't solely engage only when there is a David and Goliath story going around the media. Despite the disenchantment, the upside is that the population is actively engaged in the future of this country. This is a great thing and that energy can be tapped and worked with in a very positive matter if by the right hands... it's been a while since we've had a president who speaks to the public.

That said, Obama's 2004 DNC speech (the one that likely led to him being elected) is one of my favorite of all time.

Youtube video

The pundits, the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue States: red states for Republicans, blue States for Democrats. But I've got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God in the blue states, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the red states.

There’s not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United States of America.

[kirklancaster]

I cannot quote ALL your posts Maru but there is no need - Suffice it for me to say, that they are ALL brilliantly written, so well thought out, and irresistibly readable, and the points which you make in them are so difficult to rebut.

I personally think, that you are a very welcome addition to this forum - the intellectual quality of which, has been enriched by your joining.

Thank you.