In the 2004 election, do you think Bush was the best person to be president?

Question

I am not talking about all the candidates. I mean out of all the people in the country who were eligible to be president, do you think Bush was the #1 best person for the job? How about in the top 100? Top 1000? And if not, do you think any of the other candidates were in the top 1, 100, or 1000? And if none of them were, does this show a flaw in the way we get people to become candidates?

Sorry, these are a lot of questions, but it is a lot to ponder.

Answer 1

No. That person has never run.

Nor do I think they would be allowed to run. First because only the wealthy may run now, and second off, what we need is a common man. And the people who actually run the US would not be interested in having such a representative in the White House.

Answer 2

There have been a number of studies done on why people become politicians, and the general conclusion is that those who want the job, ie. our choices, are usually the ones least suited for the task. The people who would make the best president are the ones who wouldn't take the job unless they were forced.

Schott (1992) working from Maslow's theory of Self Actualization and from Jung's work in personality types, hypothesizes why those who serve in administrative and political offices are not necessarily the best suited to the task. Schott states that Jung's theory is speculative but that it offers a solid explanation regarding why those who are self actualizers are not found within administrative or political positions. Jung (1961) identified four dimensions of personality continua, those involving extroversion/introversion (E/I), sensing/intuiting (S/I), thinking/feeling (T/F), and judging/perceiving (J/P).

Schott adds that statistics from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), show that the most popular personality dimensions found in management and administrative positions are of the Extroverted Sensing Thinking Judging (ESTJ) type. Schott identifies these types as the polar opposites of the ideal personality type most needed in administrative and political positions. Schott also describes the ESTJ personality type as those who would most likely seek public offices as an extension of their personality.

The ESTJ type has been called "Life's Natural Administrator" (Kroeger, Thuesen. 1992, p. 369). These personality types reduce problems down to pure objective decisions and they are not afraid to point out the faults with other points of view. They are genuinely confused when they encounter others who differ in opinion and often engage in spirited debate. Kroeger also points out that ESTJ types experience difficulty in social situations where they are not in control of the events. While the ESTJ type is highly motivated and, within politics, commanding the requisite power to influence legislative decisions, they lack the ability to critically evaluate differing points of view and will most likely dismiss information that conflicts with their own agenda.

Answer 3

My goldfish is a better candidate than Bush.

Answer 4

I doubt that in any election the best person of all of those eligible to run was elected.

Answer 5

Not one tiny peice of my mind can even begin to fathom why that idiot even tried running for president.

I was listening to a speech of his not long ago. In that speech, he said, "I am not a revengful person."

REVENGEFUL? What the hell?!? Vengeful, anyone?

No. He doesn't even scrape the top 5.

Answer 6

steve forbes woudlve been an excellent choice but the flat tax idea was decades ahead of its time.