To: Da_Shrimp
The President in particular is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
8 posted on
03/09/2018 12:12:39 PM PST by
KarlInOhio
(I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own.)
To: KarlInOhio
The President in particular is very much a figurehead - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. When I first heard of Donald Trump running for president, this is the exact passage that ran through my head. I'm like "oh great. President Beeblebrox".
66 posted on
03/09/2018 7:55:44 PM PST by
zeugma
(Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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