"Does government continue to function as it should, when the elected officials don't do their jobs???? Why would the American public allow this to continue? The second part of the question has to do with the current chapter...What are the characteristics of a good President? A leader? Do they quit before the game is over??"


While I believe that there is a lot more going on in our government than we are lead to believe, there are to many people that believe the government is more corrupt than it actually is. Sure there are a few bad "apples" and these, because of the media, and the publics expectation that their is rampant corruption in government, are blown out of proportion. There are many more officials who do their job with the utmost integrity - and since there isn't anything interesting about that, the media ignores them, in favor of the one mayor in one small town in Maine, who had sex with his neighbor in exchange for money. This is like the story of Ted Haggart and the Catholic Church sex scandal. Sure there are some bad priests out there, but they don't make up the majority, and should be reprimanded and then move on. In government there are a few bad officials, but they are in no way the majority.

Many people feel that our government is completely inefficient but I feel that this isn't the case. If it was, nothing would ever be completed. Instead we have standards for factories for how much pollution they can put out, medicare / medicaid, and racial segregation has mostly come to an end. While parts of the government can seem horribly inefficient, such as trying to bail us out of this economic recession, I feel like they do the best that they can under the circumstances. Part of the reason why everything takes so long to pass is that 453 members of Congress, and one president, have to decide what is best for over 300 mililon people. The American public allow this to continue because even if they feel like they could do a better job themselves, they are inherently lazy, and don't want that type of responsibility.

"Presidents should be black. This makes it easier for them to hide at night, makes it easier to run from terrorists, and reduces the chance they will be assassinated." - Kirk. I vote for presidents based solely on race. I believe that my black brothers are better than the white folk, just because they can "shadowmeld" at night. History shows that most leaders tend to be very charismatic, while most Americans today seem interested in random stuff, such as how many marriages they've been in, what religion they are etc. Personally, I look for intelligence, poise, ethic, and integrity in a leader. Effective leaders generally last until their terms are done, trying to do the most work they can, and rarely quit before the end.