I am sure both of them, and everyone who has ever run for President, think they can make the country a better place. But I also think the thirst for power plays a role as well. With the possible exception of George Washington, I think the desire for power has been a prime motivating factor of everyone who has held that office. I think the people out there who would best be suited for the office would never in a million years seek it out.
Sorry about the typo in the title.
one of the things I look at in candidates is .. how badly they want the job.
the guy who I think wants it most, loses points with me.
Romney and Obama and have very few points left on the board with me as it is... and I think they both want the job ( or to keep it) far too badly.
The guy that wants it most, is a factor that I like, but most important is his/her policies that count with me.
None of us know whats in anybody else' heart and mind but why do you think the candidates want to be President? Its probably one of the most stressful jobs in the world. His decisions could and likely will cost people their lives. Half the country is going to hate his guts. Privacy is gone forever due to the necessity of Secret Service protection. There will be hundreds of people employed full-time who's job will be to stop everything you try to do and drag your name through the mud. A tough and thankless job but somebody has to do it and thankfully quite a few patriotic people apply for the job. Why do you think the two current candidates want to be POTUS? My opinion?
Obama-
Grew up poor and raised by a single mom and wants to be an example to young people from similar upbringings. Robinhood complex and wants to help the poor who he thinks are exploited by the rich. Wants to make his mark on history.
Romney-
Has achieved high professional success in everything he's ever set out to do. Wants to end his professional life having achieved ultimate success, being a great President of the United States of America. Wants to lead a life that would have made his dad proud.
So do I. Romney's ambition is almost palpable (and is tied in, I think, with his father's losing).
But when I go to the poll, a primary factor for me will be competency. The current President has demonstrated to me time and again that he's not up for the job. I'd rather give a new devil a chance.
So do I. Romney's ambition is almost palpable (and is tied in, I think, with his father's losing).
But when I go to the poll, a primary factor for me will be competency. The current President has demonstrated to me time and again that he's not up for the job. I'd rather give a new devil a chance.
Lets be fair and honest. In terms of policies that have actually been enacted, are at work today that he introduced and are causing harm to the economy.
-Taxes: never raised them, only cut them.
-Healthcare: won't take effect for a couple more years (btw: imho not the best solution but not in effect yet).
-Auto industry bailout: saved manufacturing jobs in MI as well as sales, parts, repair and advertising nationally; GM instead of being defunked is the number one auto company in the world; money being repaid with interest.
-Stimulus: increased the deficit but since we're not paying it down yet its not taking money out of anyone's pockets until we start. If I rack up credit card debt, its no money out of my pocket until I start paying them. The worse is I get collections calls asking me to give it up. Until I do I still have the same amount of money. I agree we're going to have to pay the piper eventually but to say we're not doing well today before we've even started I don't get. I think his plan was to tax the super rich at higher levels but has been blocked. Not saying any of it was a good idea but I also don't see how that's impacting the economy until we start paying it down.
- Oil drilling/pipelines: I do see this one but I'm also hopeful about the new energy technology jobs coming soon.
IMHO Ross Perot nailed it on the direction we were going in wrt the economy back in 1992. He was talking about NAFTA but it encompasses the Pacific Rim too. We paved the highway for jobs that were in America to be farmed out to the Third World and the full impact of that came to fruition two decades later.
Giant Sucking Sound - Ross Perot 1992 Presidential Debate.flv - YouTube
just to clarify.. Obama's record on taxes is a mixed bag... he has increased some and he has cut some ( mostly through temporary deductions/credits)
to say he has not increased taxes, only cut them... is false.
it's silly to ride his ass about tax increases ( thus far).. and it's silly to ride his coattails over tax cuts ( thus far).. he's done both.
There's no mystery about Romney's motivation. His das was a successful businessman, so Mitt goes into business. His dad was a governor so Mitt runs for governor. His dad ran for president so Mitt runs for president....
To bad he's not as smart or humble as his dad.
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