Will the next american president be an honnest man who will not blatantly lie to us?

Question

and will he take what the majority of us want into consideration or just try to ram what he wants down our throats...regardless of what we think...maybe even call us names when we oppose him?

Answer 1

Yeah the only honest candidate out here is Ron Paul. He won't lie to you he'll tell you how it is..the reason why much of the hardcore righties and lefties won't vote for him.

Answer 2

They all start off with the same intention of being pure in heart, but it's politics and lying is the nature of the beast. They compound their lies by saying something like they wanted to do this instead but their advisors convinced them something sleazier was the thing to do.

As for the majority: that number changes with each issue. Abortion is going to have a different majority than say gun control. If you mean the overall climate of the country, s/he'll probably take it into consideration, but that doesn't mean we'll see the decision as what we want. We do have to remember that as open as American govt is, there is so much more information we're not privy to. Not that they're secret meetings, just ongoing committees, lobbyists working their trade, amendments constantly being added/deleted to bills, that it's almost impossible to be the complete "insider".

I think a far more serious issue is will the media turn a blind eye to the next administration and let it get away with half-truths, report fairly and accurately, or skewer it over an open-pit barbecue. What the "majority" knows and ultimately believes comes from the media and they can present the facts in such a way that only special interests get the benefits.

[edited] Bill regarding your answer: you're joking, right? Read Who Let the Dogs In (Incredible Political Animals I Have Known) by Molly Ivins. It's a retrospective of some of her best articles. Maybe you're not old enough to remember the days of Nixon or Reagan. No matter what your political affiliation or inclination is, this is a good book to read before the heavy-duty campaigning starts. It'll remind us of how much the average American person has lost.

Answer 3

The government currently lacks credibility. I find myself doubting and even scoffing at comments made by the Bush administration. For every bit of information we receive, there is another bit that is in complete conflict with their statements. Some even in conflict with common knowledge.

Whoever the next president is, they will be under a microscope because I believe the American public has had enough. Some people are more concerned with the government than they are the terrorists. "Prove it" may be a common phrase. Most presidents have their own agenda and assume that is the reason they were elected.

Answer 4

No way, no how.

The system is such that no "honest" person can achieve higher office for anyone rocking the boat (by being honest and truly representing the common man) will be stifled and silenced.

Armageddon is our only way out as it will predicate the survivors to create a new system which takes care of the 80% who create 20% of the wealth.

Sorry to be so bleak in my theory, I just cannot see anybody reversing the course of the snowball rushing downhill for the past 25 years.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Oh, yes, absolutely. My thoughts exactly but in my in-eloquence I could not properly express them. Thank you, thank you, thank you for finally putting into perfect prose what only some liberals - like 100% of them - have only been hinting at for the past few years.

Seriously, Skippy, even the Republicans and Conservatives are off George Bush like a dirty shirt and his term is rapidly drawing to a close. Why don't you give it a rest.

Answer 7

Honesty and politics are incompatible with one another. The game is played by the rules or you are disqualified. Wake up. Every four years everyone forgets that it's not working and runs out to vote- in the next corporate shill. Four years later they're disgusted with the results of the choice they made and run out to vote-in the next corporate shill. Four years later.........

Answer 8

The next president will be a lady. Hillary will raise the $500 million needed to win. Obama and Edwards will not. I would not hold my breath on the truth from anyone in politics.

Answer 9

Unlikely, since the next president is most likely going to be a career politician.

Then again, the next president may not be a man.

Answer 10

Dude, get real. They all have sacrificed their morals to get where they are. Bush isn't the first self-serving president and he won't be the last by far. So the answer is obviously no.