2006-09-30 08:15:17 · 21 answers · asked by catarina 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Saulg21- you assume I didn't vote. You also assume a lot about the system we have as far as the people electing officials. You seem to be uninformed. Go back to school.
Beerbohms, dear, really? You must be in that top 3% of the American population that is ultra rich. Otherwise, sorry hun, you are not being very well represented.
Kaththea s- you should not assume that I did not take civics and that I don't know the functions of the 3 branches of the government. Nor should you assume that I would think that every American is going to have the same interests, let alone that there will never be a way they could all be represented. I am talking about the basics. Education, environment, more fair distribution of wealth. The jokers we get in there represent their own interests, that's what I am getting at. Wake up. Maybe you are less informed than you think.
2006-09-30 09:25:12 · update #1
Not as long as campaign finance continues in its present state, because it means that in order to be elected, you must be wealthy or you come into office beholden to myriad special interests. If you come in to office wealthy, you are looking out for the interests of the wealthy, not for the best interests of the nation.
2006-09-30 08:24:03 · answer #1 · answered by spongeworthy_us 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer is sadly no, as we as a nation can not decide what we want. Look at any survey, does it ever list AMERICAN, when it asks for a nationally, don't think so. There is too much division within the county and a lot of that is caused by our political parties and politicians as they vie for control. When a politician promises you one thing and then turns around and promises me another. Do you think either of us will get what we want. Every election I have voted in I have yet to vote for someone, but again someone. And I could not tell you how many times that offices were filled that I did not even get to make that choice as there was only one name on the ballot. So will we, maybe someday when one of them tell the same story to you as they tell to me and the next person and the next and then when they are elected hold to that story.
2006-09-30 16:06:16 · answer #2 · answered by Cars 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have one, and the Democrats have bent every effort to discredit and hamstting him, not because he isn't a good President, but because he isn't Democratic. As Commander in Chief--which is the primary function of the President as head of the Executive Branch of the government--his primary job is the protection and defense of this country against agression. He has done that, when most of his predecessors did not, thus opening us to the efforts of the terroritsts--and all he's gotten from the government and the people is maligned.
Fact remains that it is not the President's job to make laws or to enforce them, but to protect and defend this country--if you didn't take civics, look it up! GW Bush has done that, not the way I would have done it, but well. And thus, has done his job in our best interests. Period.
And, try to recognize that there are a plethora of interests and goals and people's in the US, so he can hardly make all of them happy, and that isn't his job, anyway. So do us all a favor and stop posing these biased and denigrating questions. The Dems lost because they deserved to lose. And the only thing they've done in all their years in the majority is run the country to favor the liberals, regardless that it is emphatically not in the best interests of this country or its people.
2006-09-30 15:30:36 · answer #3 · answered by kaththea s 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since nobody can seem to agree what "our best interest" is, I doubt it. Every president thinks he is doing so when he takes the oath, but gets pulled off course by trying to please all the people all the time while at the same time trying to do all those things we sit and home and say "If I were president I would..."
It's a tough job, and I don't envy Bush for having to do it. Unfortunately, his own boneheadedness is only making it tougher.
2006-09-30 15:26:51 · answer #4 · answered by dbackbarb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We could start with a president that does not belong to secret societies or big oil. We could get rid of the electoral college and truly have a one man/one vote system. We could stop being so lazy and writing our representatives about important issues that affect us. Just a few ideas.
2006-09-30 15:22:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Geez, as a devout Democrat I think we have had a great run. Bush has increased entitlement spending more than any other President in the HISTORY of the US except for FDR. At the same time he has kept us safe from terrorists.
My best interests as an African-American woman are being pretty well represented!
2006-09-30 15:18:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I cant think of anybody I would rather see in office right now. This isn't a president that takes opinion polls before he makes a decision and he has the fortitude to stay the coarse despite unbearable criticism from the left.
2006-09-30 15:27:14 · answer #7 · answered by Captleemo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well their is too many restrictions on WHO CAN be president. I think we should lower the age limit so some smart young Americans with not so many commitments can have a shot. Thats for starters although sometimes I think extreme like whoever can storm that whitehouse and claim the throne(Metaphor).
2006-09-30 15:20:48 · answer #8 · answered by Thin King 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Each president does exactly that, the only thing is that the group of people that he strives to appeas may or mat not be the group you approve of, or care for.
2006-09-30 15:24:16 · answer #9 · answered by Evil One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not as long as we have corrupt presidents that get elected because of money and or parents.
2006-09-30 15:23:17 · answer #10 · answered by Donovan G 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋