Re: OT - A scenario if one of them wins?

I guess I disagree for a couple of reasons.

1: Our congressmen and representatives are elected to represent us in the
laws they present to the president for passage.
2: The president is elected to do the one job in the land no one else can do
whether we, as laymen, agree or not.

A president cannot be swayed by what this faction or that faction thinks of
his performance. He knows, better than any faction or segment, friend or
foe, what the situation is and does not depend upon his own understanding
when discerning how to deal with it. He listens to everyone, then makes his
decision. That is why there is one person as president; it is his decision
alone to make.

An analogy would be for each of us to be concerned whether everyone else
here agrees with our decisions and beliefs. Their thoughts are important,
their judgment immaterial because of there are three or four differing
opinions, they cannot all be acted upon. When one diligently tries to
please everyone . . . they please no one. It doesn't matter what President
Bush does, there are some who will continue hating him even if he does their
bidding. Every president has had his detractors; this is no different. No
war is every popular, but they've been fought for thousands of years. The
difference this time is some people want us to lose this war on terror
because a) they only think they understand what war is, b) they only think
they know how a war is fought, c) they only think nothing bad is going to
happen if we lose this war, d) they want one more thing for which to hate
President Bush.

In my opinion, President Bush's job is to run the country and all that
entails. It isn't to preserve or annihilate the Republican or Democratic
parties (although perhaps annihilation of both wouldn't be a bad thing in
the end). If a party is to survive it is the job of the people to make it
happen, not a president. If people refuse to vote for a member of a
particular party because they don't like what the sitting president has
done, that seems (to me at least) very shallow and certainly it doesn't give
any crediblity to the election process of voting for a person because one
believes he is the right person for the job.

Frankly, after looking at this sitting Congress, I believe there is enough
blame to go around for everyone.


"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:asednUbpkaw-lwDbnZ2dnUVZ_tC3nZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phyllis, you are right that hate hurts no one but the person who hates.
But you are absolutely wrong that public opinion is immaterial.

The president is elected to represent us. When public opinion is
overwhelmingly opposed to what is happening, it should matter to him, and
it should influence his actions. I was frankly surprised that the
electorate gave him another chance, but it did, and now many are
regretting their actions. Ignoring the people is not going to help his
party or the people who may want to support issues other than the war that
his party represents. I believe he is committing political suicide for the
Republican Party.

Barb C.


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