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What would be wrong with the President of the United States being single?

I had this thought yesterday(I don't know why). I'm not one to look at the president as my moral leader. I don't believe he/she would be a player or unstable if he/she didn't have a mate. For some reason, I believe the public would have a problem with a unattached President of the United States.

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  • 9 years ago
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    Absolutely nothing, however perception is reality...people perceive a married person as more stable...secure...and ethical than they perceive a single person

    Please note that I said perception is reality....NOT TRUE...because there have been plenty of married presidents with questionable stability, security, and ethics...

    Source(s): JFK Slick Willy Cliton....
  • 9 years ago

    A mate often gives the other mate moral support and ideas on how to do different stuff. Most likey only some people will have problems if a president has no mate but I dont

    Source(s): THE BRAIN
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    The Public wouldn't have agreed for a black president some years ago too. Times change. GO rest your thought for a few years and a bachelor might be in the white house in maybe year 2040.

  • lare
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    hopefully nothing wrong with that because we elected two single presidents, James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland. Grover wimped out and got married while in office.

    i am not a social scientist, but having a single president most likely became politically taboo once women were allowed to vote.

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  • 9 years ago

    The last single male to run was Adlai Stevensen, Dem, against Eisenhower, Rep. Because he was a bit of an intellectual and bookish it was thought by many that he might be gay.

    He lost for various reasons, basically Eisenhower had very strong support just after WW II and Truman, Dem prez, still hadn't been appreciated for what he did.

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  • 9 years ago

    Nothing. Only that maybe if a president is married (possibly with kids) then they may have a better understanding of family life for the families of aMERICA and they may feel like they can relate to them better?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    even liberals are quite conservative in the US .By conservative I just mean stick to tradition . even though theyre go ahead in science , business etc.

    In the UK we had a single prime minister (almost ) no problem.

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