be afraid

[rm]

I ranted about why on earth do people have this desire for the president to be "a regular guy"

This being Gather, some people replied with what I considered pretty terrifying responses.

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977219392

Comments

[phaenix-ash.livejournal.com]

I personally don't need a specifically intelligent president, just one who has a lot of common sense, and has a good speach writer

Oh dear.

Of courses I want a President who is more intelligent than me. And yes, that probably does boil down to someone better educated and wealthier because while he knows how to balance a check book the fact that he isn't agonizing over paying the heat or having gas to get to work means he has been able to focus exclusively on his education and career. The people who don't get that are the same that think they somehow "deserve" a big screen T.V.

That being said, I agree with a lot of what x tabber says. I'd like a leader who knows the price of milk and gas and understands very clearly the state of the every man. Of course, I also want to believe his second point ("really smart, talented people get ahead, no matter what their obstacles.") But mostly I want someone to hold the office who possesses a real heart and who has values that no politician could ever have. While we're dreaming I'd actually like to see an honest to goodness hero in the White House, a real leader, not a puppet CEO that exists solely to read speaches [sic].