Can a free country like USA produce a good leader

[bhkad]

Think it through carefully what is wrong with this country's leadership. Its not what you think. How about a real assessment of our nation's leaders:

Bush was an okay leader, but lacked innovative political tools to lead effectively. I say that as a Democrat, mind you. Keep in mind, prior to his administration, the most crisis to hit a presidency were 2. Regarding 9/11, he did okay keeping America safe but did not take the opportunity to take out Bin Laden when he had the chance. After 9/11, Bush figured he would do okay. But for the War in Iraq he tried to fight guerilla warfare with conventional weapons because that is what America is good at. For Hurricane Katrina, he deferred to local leaders instead of taking control of a national disaster. For the economy, he kept secret his attempts to keep the DOW from falling below 7,500 because of some suppossed Constitutionality and took a hit politically for a bank bailout that transferred the burden from the homeowner to the taxpayer. Bush's biggest problem was taking risk, and not about taking action.

Now, let's take an honest look at our new president. Obama did push for the Recovery Act, but deferred to Congress on the details. He also defers to freemarket economists, Fortune 500 execs, Wall St. advisors so that his one-winged economic airplane would never take off - never thinking to consult with educated small business leaders, renewable energy technology companies, and community-minded middle-class. Obama did seek Credit Card Reform, but after penalizing offshore tax loopholes corporate CEOs really lobbied to tear that down into something ineffective. Concerning health care Obama again defers expertise, but this time to seek advice from pharmaceuticals, insurance companies, attorneys, and health care providers so that the result is the broken system does not really get fixed. Obama is being told by his economic advisors that America is heading into its twilight years, and that we need to make these steps toward preservation, but that is the same sucker's choice that Herbert Hoover made. Obama's biggest problem is a lack of innovation of policy.

Oddly enough, the kind of leader this country needs and is crying out for, is not the kind we are looking for. We think we want one kind of leader, but then are disappointed when we don't have the kind we need. The expectation for modern leadership is that they take risks and use innovative ideas. What is needed is a president that keeps Congress' hand out of the cookie jar, and employs a variety of unproven political tools when the old ones no longer work. The political environment for modern leadership is the opposite. The model for how modern leadership works with the political machine is to network and defer. The model for how modern leadership acts is to use tried and proven means. What we need is someone who is not a politician, but an innovator with real world experience. That is what you are looking for when you go to the polls, whether for Governor or President: an innovator, someone out-of-the-box but not out in left field. That is what this country needs and is crying out for.

Welcome to Debate Politics.

 

[RDS]

Think it through carefully what is wrong with this country's leadership. Its not what you think. How about a real assessment of our nation's leaders:

Bush was an okay leader, but lacked innovative political tools to lead effectively. I say that as a Democrat, mind you. Keep in mind, prior to his administration, the most crisis to hit a presidency were 2. Regarding 9/11, he did okay keeping America safe but did not take the opportunity to take out Bin Laden when he had the chance. After 9/11, Bush figured he would do okay. But for the War in Iraq he tried to fight guerilla warfare with conventional weapons because that is what America is good at. For Hurricane Katrina, he deferred to local leaders instead of taking control of a national disaster. For the economy, he kept secret his attempts to keep the DOW from falling below 7,500 because of some suppossed Constitutionality and took a hit politically for a bank bailout that transferred the burden from the homeowner to the taxpayer. Bush's biggest problem was taking risk, and not about taking action.

Now, let's take an honest look at our new president. Obama did push for the Recovery Act, but deferred to Congress on the details. He also defers to freemarket economists, Fortune 500 execs, Wall St. advisors so that his one-winged economic airplane would never take off - never thinking to consult with educated small business leaders, renewable energy technology companies, and community-minded middle-class. Obama did seek Credit Card Reform, but after penalizing offshore tax loopholes corporate CEOs really lobbied to tear that down into something ineffective. Concerning health care Obama again defers expertise, but this time to seek advice from pharmaceuticals, insurance companies, attorneys, and health care providers so that the result is the broken system does not really get fixed. Obama is being told by his economic advisors that America is heading into its twilight years, and that we need to make these steps toward preservation, but that is the same sucker's choice that Herbert Hoover made. Obama's biggest problem is a lack of innovation of policy.

Oddly enough, the kind of leader this country needs and is crying out for, is not the kind we are looking for. We think we want one kind of leader, but then are disappointed when we don't have the kind we need. The expectation for modern leadership is that they take risks and use innovative ideas. What is needed is a president that keeps Congress' hand out of the cookie jar, and employs a variety of unproven political tools when the old ones no longer work. The political environment for modern leadership is the opposite. The model for how modern leadership works with the political machine is to network and defer. The model for how modern leadership acts is to use tried and proven means. What we need is someone who is not a politician, but an innovator with real world experience. That is what you are looking for when you go to the polls, whether for Governor or President: an innovator, someone out-of-the-box but not out in left field. That is what this country needs and is crying out for.

Welcome! Good points.

 

[Charles Martel]

Oddly enough, the kind of leader this country needs and is crying out for, is not the kind we are looking for. We think we want one kind of leader, but then are disappointed when we don't have the kind we need. The expectation for modern leadership is that they take risks and use innovative ideas. What is needed is a president that keeps Congress' hand out of the cookie jar, and employs a variety of unproven political tools when the old ones no longer work. The political environment for modern leadership is the opposite. The model for how modern leadership works with the political machine is to network and defer. The model for how modern leadership acts is to use tried and proven means. What we need is someone who is not a politician, but an innovator with real world experience. That is what you are looking for when you go to the polls, whether for Governor or President: an innovator, someone out-of-the-box but not out in left field. That is what this country needs and is crying out for.

Excellent post, Stephen, can I take some issues with it. I think what this country needs most of all is personal accountability and responsibility. Perhaps you make a good point here in that we need a leader who can lead by example and offer some of these traits. But, I feel people are looking for someone to show them the light or path if you will, it seems less and less are willing to do this themselves.

I read a lot of history, I've read much on early America. We just don't have that mentality today. Of course there were always Federalists, people who looked to a stonger and centralized government, I've rarely seen this nation as dependent on its government as it is today. I think America needs a leader who will point back at you and like Kennedy...ask not what your country can do for you but ask...what have any of us done for our country?

I was discussing early Americans with a friend recently...he had read an op/ed about "are American's happy", he was noting that long ago, people had nothing in this country and were happy! Today, we have everything...and we're miserable. When polled, people don't speak positively about the future, they worry for their children's generations, they worry about their own legacy...almost like we know we're not doing the right things as a nation, almost like we feel guilty about somthing.

 

[EpicDude86]

Think it through carefully what is wrong with this country's leadership. Its not what you think. How about a real assessment of our nation's leaders:

Bush was an okay leader, but lacked innovative political tools to lead effectively. I say that as a Democrat, mind you. Keep in mind, prior to his administration, the most crisis to hit a presidency were 2. Regarding 9/11, he did okay keeping America safe but did not take the opportunity to take out Bin Laden when he had the chance. After 9/11, Bush figured he would do okay. But for the War in Iraq he tried to fight guerilla warfare with conventional weapons because that is what America is good at. For Hurricane Katrina, he deferred to local leaders instead of taking control of a national disaster. For the economy, he kept secret his attempts to keep the DOW from falling below 7,500 because of some suppossed Constitutionality and took a hit politically for a bank bailout that transferred the burden from the homeowner to the taxpayer. Bush's biggest problem was taking risk, and not about taking action.

Now, let's take an honest look at our new president. Obama did push for the Recovery Act, but deferred to Congress on the details. He also defers to freemarket economists, Fortune 500 execs, Wall St. advisors so that his one-winged economic airplane would never take off - never thinking to consult with educated small business leaders, renewable energy technology companies, and community-minded middle-class. Obama did seek Credit Card Reform, but after penalizing offshore tax loopholes corporate CEOs really lobbied to tear that down into something ineffective. Concerning health care Obama again defers expertise, but this time to seek advice from pharmaceuticals, insurance companies, attorneys, and health care providers so that the result is the broken system does not really get fixed. Obama is being told by his economic advisors that America is heading into its twilight years, and that we need to make these steps toward preservation, but that is the same sucker's choice that Herbert Hoover made. Obama's biggest problem is a lack of innovation of policy.

Oddly enough, the kind of leader this country needs and is crying out for, is not the kind we are looking for. We think we want one kind of leader, but then are disappointed when we don't have the kind we need. The expectation for modern leadership is that they take risks and use innovative ideas. What is needed is a president that keeps Congress' hand out of the cookie jar, and employs a variety of unproven political tools when the old ones no longer work. The political environment for modern leadership is the opposite. The model for how modern leadership works with the political machine is to network and defer. The model for how modern leadership acts is to use tried and proven means. What we need is someone who is not a politician, but an innovator with real world experience. That is what you are looking for when you go to the polls, whether for Governor or President: an innovator, someone out-of-the-box but not out in left field. That is what this country needs and is crying out for.

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