The Word "Socialism" Is Toxic in This Country

[MineralMan]

33. I agree. And I'm not surprised that many like Biden.

We need to win, and that's going to take someone with broad appeal, not narrow appeal.

I realize that's difficult for some to accept. Many people have very specific goals and are unwilling to consider anyone who doesn't share their exact goals. But, that's a mistake. A President can't actually cause much of anything to happen. Presidential powers are limited, and collective action by Congress is always needed to do most important things.

So, the President's job is to work on getting Congress to send him things that accomplish goals, not to tell Congress what precise actions that collective should take. That's hard to understand for many people. Many want a President who will push through their specific goals. They know what they want, and that's the main thing for them.

There are about 320 million individual people out there who have things they want. The President is not where wishes are granted, though. The President, if he or she is a good President, wants to achieve goals that help the most people, most of the time. Good Presidents do not take narrow views of long range goals. Instead, they push toward a larger, general goal of improving people's lives.

I hope we remember that as we move toward 2020 and look for a person who has that sort of idea of what a good President is. The narrower the view of a candidate, the less likely that candidate will be to win. We saw the result of that in 2016. We must not make that mistake again. We need to unite in our general goals, not separate due to narrow, personal goals.

I don't know if that's possible. For all I know, 2020 may be my last presidential election, based on statistical data on aging. I hope I go out in a hopeful time, rather than a fearful one.