What I'm looking for in a presidential candidate is not someone who's going to "make America great again". I want someone who wants to kneecap the bureaucracies, hand the power back to Congress, the States, and the people, and watch us do it.
The has to be more than just a man with a vision, a pen and a phone. That's no way to run a republic.
Nothing wrong with that. At all. If only these were transient issues! Both should have been abandoned or altered long ago. We seem to be bogged down in them- like quicksand.
Excellent bucket list! And that is a really an important point. No one is going to “save” us. We could use a leader & we *desperately* need to clear out our Congress (& probably our SCOTUS) of those who have become corrupt, lost the plot, &/ or are lazy. Our Congress is just a mess! But ultimately, it is up to us. Laziness/ complacency/ passivity got us into this mess. I wonder if our country has grown too large & too “diverse” for us to be able to function as the Founders intended, though.
A vision is helpful ( to provide focus). At this point, probably someone to point people in the right direction at times, but yes- “a pen & a phone” is not the American way. (I think about how we got to this point over the last 50 years & I vacillate between wanting to scream & punch the wall or sit down in the middle of the floor & cry. It’s probably why I’m so sensitive to warnings. We should have known!)