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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Apr 11, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Marie McHarry wrote:

> I'd rather not see them dissected over issues that they have no
> control over or that are irrelevant. While doing so might be highly
> satisfactory to the dissector, it serves no purpose except to
> discourage anyone who might serve well from even thinking about it.
>
> I think we're left with the politicians we deserve, and it ain't  
> pretty.

Sadly, our system discriminates against those who are highly capable  
decision makers but poor campaigners.

It is too much to expect any person to be expert in the myriad  
disciplines needed to keep our country strong. Theoretically, that is  
what cabinet secretaries and advisers contribute. Alas, power does  
corrupt and a very strong executive overrides or simply dismisses wise  
advice for more politically calculated decisions.

Our founders did a helluva job but they could not foresee conditions  
two hundred years ahead. But who today has a superior plan? We can  
fine tune only.

Until the last seven years I had held the belief that any president  
does not hold sufficient power to seriously hurt our country. Now, I  
hope for balance. Swinging the presidency and the Congress from right  
to left to right, etc., may be the only way to avoid fascism or  
socialism.