As I have been watching the news, the debates, and the tv commercials that now frequently interrupt my Scrubs reruns, I've had a couple thoughts on the presidential election.
First, I noticed that there sure are a lot of promises being made on both sides. Big promises too about all the big issues like Health Care, Tax Breaks, Economic Plans, The War in Iraq.... and the list goes on. That makes for a lot of nice campaign talk, but it's a little reminiscent of when we had elections for the Jr. High class officers. You know, where those running said that if they were elected they would put vending machines in every class room and do away with math classes completely...stuff that was impossible to accomplish with out the principal and school boards approval.
The solutions that Obama and McCain are proposing are nice, and they sure sound like they will solve all of our problems. Correct me if I'm wrong though, but doesn't any plan or action like that have to be approved by the House and the Senate before it becomes a law? And do you remember how hard it was just 2 weeks ago to get something passed that everybody agreed was needed immediately to help the economy?
So no matter who becomes President, they have to get most of congress behind them to get anything done. With the petty, partisan way congress has of doing things now (no matter which party is the majority) that will not be easy.
Also,
I decided I hate negative campaigning. Instead of making me like one candidate over the other, it makes me hate both. If there were ever someone who ran for President that never used a single negative campaign, but only focused on his own strong traits and ideas, I think I'd vote for him no matter what party he belonged to. A good leader is not someone who spends his time pointing out everyone else's faults, but who uses every one's strengths to do something great.
2 comments:
It's true that the President won't be able to pass everything they're proposing (thank goodness since Obama is leading right now). The most important thing is that the President chooses Supreme Court Justices and they can be in for life. We need a conservative president to select conservative Supreme Court Justices. That's really the biggest thing for me.
Also...
I found this article that talks more about the Presidents power: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/41617.html
This is from Wikipedia:
"his or her role is to enforce national law as given in the Constitution and written by Congress. Article Two of the Constitution establishes the President as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and enumerates powers specifically granted to the President, including the power to sign into law or veto bills passed by both houses of Congress. The President also has the power to create a cabinet of advisers and to grant pardons or reprieves. Finally, with the "advice and consent" of the Senate, the President is empowered to make treaties and appoint federal officers, ambassadors, and federal judges, including Justices of the Supreme Court. As with officials in the other branches of the United States government, the Constitution restrains the President with a set of checks and balances designed to prevent any individual or group from taking absolute power." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States)
Thank goodness the President of the United States doesn't have total and absolute power. But they do have enough that I want the right person to be elected.
Oh, and I'm with you on the negative campaigning, Shaina. It's annoying.
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