What qualities should we look for in the next President??

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27. Neh. I wouldn't want to have a beer with just about any of them, especially the beer dude/Shrub

In general, it has become a personality venue, without that much effect in the built-in gridlock. It takes an FDR, HST, LBJ to handle it. But we can't wait 30 yrs for an LBJ to geek himself up the ladder while mastering all the intricacies of the rules and how to get around the rules.

So on the personality thing, having a beer ain't it. More like what Adlai said, "Talk sense to the American people." (But Adlai is one of my "nobel losers" not what I want: a WINNER).

It's a matter of SKILLS. I detest RAYGUN, but he started off (literally?) as a carnival barker, was a sportscaster, then got the best finishing school: the movie studio's training. Even a grade D movie actor had the basic skills. "If you can fake sincerity..."

Back to the Personality President, I just about don't believe that the person holding the title is doing that much decision-making, more like the beast of the machinery narrowing the policy options, even selecting the option, then shoving the President in front of the cameras.

It would help that the President, not actually doing all that work, would spend it meditating on what it means to be human and then project it.