| Rpruett said: You show a real lack of understanding with what it takes to succeed at the position. In business everyone has their side too, as well as competitors and they aren't going "aww shucks, I'll let you win too" . You're going to need to do much better explaining if you want to pretend that they are vastly different. If we were to draw a Vein diagram, a multi billion, global business would draw a broad amount of similarities to running a country.
What the fans of Blue team and Red team think of the President doesn't matter. I agree that they will despise any candidate that isn't their own even making broad statements rooted in fallacy or exaggeration (This thread is a great example of that).
Not every President is a divider. Some unify the country more than others. Obama has consistently pressed the conservative right and pushed racial undertones, while also being far more of a Warhawk than what he advertised. He has splintered the country and increased the party divide. |
Now, I hate Obama as much as the next guy but to be fair the President doesn't get to make decisions regarding foreign policy. That aspect of American politics is obviously undemocratic and the Pentagon / CIA call the shots. A prime example is how the Reagan Doctrine was simply an extension of the Carter Doctrine because neither President was actually involved in what is a single, unified effort to prepare for the next global conflict (which I fear is in progress).
