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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (361900)12/8/2007 8:28:33 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1576862
 
CJ, > Which is what Clinton was saying. He told America he was taking their concerns seriously, unlike his opponent. And that is an important component of leadership.

The thing about Clinton is that he is much more of a politician than a leader, a guy who is always concerned about what the public might think every time he does something. (The exception, of course, would be his trysts with Lewinsky.)

Sticking to one's ideals on limited government will always come off as aloof or even uncaring to those who have it bad or think they have it bad. Take this mortgage crisis, for instance. I'm with those who think those who are going to get foreclosed on their homes should be foreclosed on their homes because they took the risk with the low teaser rate.

But if I were president, how would I make that case? Just say, "Sorry you poor suckers. Suffer!" Then take Air Force One to whatever white-tie fat-cat event is expecting my presence? (Personally I think Air Force One should be replaced by a Learjet, but that's another argument.)

It's never easy for a leader to actively do nothing. We now live in a culture where both sides of the political aisle expects government to do something. The result is what Bush brought, which is the worst of both worlds.

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