[mylife]

#1 they suck
#2 they suck with teeth
#3 the suck and tell
#4 they suck
# 5 Did I mention they suck?

[ThunderSleeps]

I have more respect for anyone with a real job than any political office, including president of the United States.

If politicians want to have my respect, they are welcome to earn it. No more hiding behind the office and the presumed dignity of the office.

Very, very true. Remember people, politicians are elected to serve we the people. I have far more respect for the waitress that served my son and I lunch today than I do for any politican. These days, political "leaders" seem to think their **** doesn't stink. Ha. I willingly gave the waitress a tip, I begrudge every penny the politicians confiscate from me.

[ThunderSleeps]

Five Reasons Why Liberals Shouldn't be in Charge of Anything

Hmm, how about:

1. Idealistic. A little idealism is a good thing, keeps us dreaming, keeps us longing-for and working-for a better world. Liberals take this way too far, and become disconnected from the reality of our world. Not a trait you want in a leader.
2. Situational ethics. Liberals are all too willing to compromise on things that simply should not be compromixed on. Remember Oprah's idiotic "...well, it wasn't rape rape..." comment? Emblematic of the species. This inconsistency is death to a leader's ability to lead - more specifically, to others' willingness to follow said "leader."
3. Capacity for self-delusion. Related to #1, liberals have this amazing capacity for self-delusion. Don't confuse them with facts - literally. They have an idea, an ideal of how things should be, all evidence of reality to the contrary. Resistance to, or inability to adapt to the reality of the situation makes for a failed leader.
4. Know what you don't know. Conservatives tend to recognize and acknowledge their limitations. Not so with liberals. They believe they know it all, that their viewpoint is the correct viewpoint. Few if any liberals will even acknowledge the validity of a viewpoint at odds with their own. Again, inability to process new information and adjust objectives makes for an automaton, not a leader.
5. Hypocrisy. Face it, a liberal couldn't get through the day, any day, without a dozen or more wildly obvious instances of rampant hypocrisy. Celebrate diversity, be accepting of others - just don't say you don't like X, Y, or Z. Liberals will jump all over you. (but what about accepting me? - forget about it!) We're all equal - but don't touch quotas or affirmative action. Love your brother - but the notion of a "hate crime" sets certain demographics above others. Freedom of choice - but we'll confiscate income from you to redistribute as we see fit. Hypocrisy makes followers lose all respect for a leader.

[dajeeps]

I don’t think it takes 5 reasons. I can make my mind up in one.

[central_va]

1. Wilson
2. FDR
3. LBJ
4. BJ Klinton
5. BHO

Next question.

[GraceG]

1. Detroit
2. Detroit
3. Detroit
4. Detroit
5. Detroit

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Five Reasons Why Free Republic should return to the old format and scrap this useless one, which pops up every once in a while and eventually goes back to the one we (IMHO) have learned to love and used for years:

1. It sucks
2. It sucks
3. It sucks
4. It sucks
5. It sucks

[mountainlion]

This is way too long and deep for Sunday morning.

[mo]

They play at everything they do. ..they play at building cars, they play at being bankers, they play around with our doctors and hospitals, they play at being mortgage brokers, they play at being Americans and at representative government......I really can’t think of anything they do seriously other than grab power for themselves .