The partisanship and thinly-disguised attack questions in the politics and government section of Y! Answers is blatant, so I'm just wondering: if you think you know how to run the country better then everyone else, how many of you could honestly go three days in the Oval Office without suffering a nervous breakdown?
Warren v: I am hardly a Bush-basher. I supported Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
Anonymous
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Nope! Never said that. Never thought it.
Big Wig
I could. First off, I wouldn't listen to the bias media. Both sides. I was elected to do a job and I'm going to do it. The people trusted me to make the right decisions, so if I ran for president, I went into it knowing what was expected of me. Tough decisions come with the job. I wouldn't care about pleasing everybody. It won't ever happen. I'll make the decision based on what's best for the country. I also will show everybody what I stand for. Even if it means creating enemies. "If you have enemies, good. That means you stood up for something."-Winston Churchill. Also, the president is the C in C. That's his primary job. Congress handles the economy. If a bill comes across my table that I don't agree with, then I'll veto it. I may not be the most popular, but at least everybody will know what I stand for and what my beliefs are. Instead we have a president that tries playing to both sides causing flip flops. I may not agree with positions that presidents take, but if they take a side, I respect them for that.
eileen4330
One method could be to only take care of Government business and let the people handle the people's business.
Our state governments are our immediate helpers. We don't need the government, federal that is in education, welfare, health care, etc.
Protect our borders, make sure that our Constitution is upheld, collect our taxes for the running of government as stated. Don't invent "committees" or "departments"or entities that are not responsible to us...the employer.
Use the same health care and Social Security for Government workers and stop the incredible retirement payments for Congress.
We should not have to pay these people forever. When they leave they leave. Then at sixty 5,6,7,8
they get Social Security.
Make sure laws arw written in English that can be understood.
Make English the official language that will save a bundle.
Then make the Tax Code Simple.....eliminate the IRS and let everybody know that the taxes are to be used for citizens, any other us requires approval except for war in the case of an attack.
In other words , Keep it simple....don't try to rule.
Let them travel like citizens, they are not ROYALTY, somebody tell Nancy .
Anonymous
I have never said I could do a better job than any president, one reason I have never run for office, I have never been a pro football player either. But using your standards, all criticism of the CIA, FBI, Police Departments etc is unjustified since you do not know all the facts and or have never done the job or might not be able to handle the job.
Any bets you were on the front lines condemning Bush at every turn, but NOW it is a problem.
Concerned
Yes I could. I would have 3 main principals to start.
1. Do what is best for the country, citizens & follow the Constitution. This would be the cornerstone on every decision I made.
2. Bring jobs back to the US.
3. Unite our citizens.
I would also have allot of meetings with congress so they knew that they had to work together and what my main objectives were. I would also have allot of Oval Office addresses with the citizens to unite our citizens.