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

[sociallyawkrd.livejournal.com]

This is exactly it for me. I am tired of rich white dudes who struggle to understand the middle - lower class.

I also for the record want a president who represents the entire constituency, not just those who voted for him. I want him to surround himself with a cabinet of varying opinions, genders, races, sexual preferences and class (and I think it is even more important for the cabinet to by highly intelligent). I want him to listen to people and not to corporations.

I don't want to have a beer with him, I just want him to have a concept of what it is like to work your ass off to put yourself through college and not have a phone or car. I want him to understand that sometimes you are doing the best you can and still struggle and it isn't being lazy.

Mostly I think that means I don't want neo-con as a president though.