Suggested criteria for being the President of the United States. The traits I look for, having experienced Presidents since 1947, are similar, but go to enabling wisdom and kindness. When I was a young boy I wished for a single things, wisdom. I still think wisdom is #1. By the way, tweeting, or in any way sending messages to the entire world every other day, or five times in one day, is not and never will be on the list of traits fo a good President. Tweets are UNWISE, and show a LACK of wisdom (not to mention a serious lack of self-discipline/self-control)
Public Persuasion
Crisis Leadership
Economic Management
Moral Authority
International Relations
Administrative Skills
Relations with Congress
Vision / Setting an Agenda
Pursued Equal Justice For All
Performance Within Context of Times
George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Teddy Roosevelt top one list. Of course a President needs 4-8 years to make their mark. So is Tweety on the right path to make the list of "good" Presidents?
No, of course Tweety is not on the path to becoming a "good" President, not yet. Yes, there are a lot of reasons Tweety is doing poorly, but he is on a learning curve, and we all hope he becomes a good President in time. He is NOT likable, but he can still be a good President if he does good things.
Think as objectively as possible, what do we come up with on Tweety. Of course we have to allow him time to learn the monumental job of government a country of 350,000,000. We have to acknowledge and forgive his mistakes in his early months.
#1 His tweets are killing him. They DO NOT make him a great communicator. He communicates a lot, but gets more trouble than benefit from doing so. Yet he continues.
#2 His TV interviews are killing him.
#3 He thinks dictators are people he should meet and learn from. Turkey proves him wrong as they blame the United States for their beat down of a peaceful protest. This is America, dude, where we allow peaceful demonstrations!
What Tweety needs:
#1 Love country music.
#2 Stop thinking no one loves him. His mom loved him . . .
#3 Stop being paranoid. No one cares enough to hurt him.
#4 His ratings will go sky high when he starts helping people who need help, like the poor, illegal immigrants who have not committed serious crimes and pay their taxes, Muslims who are peaceful good citizens, police who do not murder citizens of any color ("serve and protect), states, cities infrastructure aid no matter what politics are, respect for women and elderly, and allow entitlements when essential to survival.
#5 Support the health care plan HE proposed during his campaign, cheaper, 100% coverage, overall better than the Affordable Care Act for all Americans.
#6 Stop giving tax cuts to the rich thru business tax reductions that are already subsidized through the tax codes / IRS.
#7 Propose a honest, realistic budget that favors people, not war mongering, since our nation's security depends on people in America being free and incentivized to contribute to the American dream.
#8 Ensure college students get all possible support, forgiving debt they incurred to LEARN how to contribute to the American Dream. America NEEDs the highest college / university educated workforce on the planet, and we have a SHORTFALL of that commodity!
