Posted on Aug 8, 2015
What Presidential qualities are you looking for in the 2016 election?
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What are you looking for in your next President?
Politics
Office of the President (POTUS)
Election 2016
Posted >1 y ago
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I'm prepared to vote for anyone who advocates that government leave us the hell alone. I'm prepared to support your right to be left alone no matter how crazy your beliefs so long as you don't impose them on me and allow me to my own crazy beliefs. Government can't create jobs. It doesn't have the right to take anything from anyone just to give to another. It can't do any of the thousand of things for which it has created bureaucracies any better than we can do them for ourselves. Anyone who promises any of these things immediately disqualifies themselves in my eyes. Defend the nation. Enforce criminal laws. That's about all I expect. Sadly, none of the goons in the District of Calamity is doing any of this well because they're too distracted taking from the rich to buy the votes of the poor. Thus, any candidate who promises to stop those practices will get a chance from me. If they fail to keep that promise, let's vote the bum out and try someone else. Political parties? Don't have much use for them. They all fail...
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PO1 Rick Serviss
They must swear, smoke and/or chew tobacco and offer an alcoholic drink to anybody who enters the oval office.
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SPC David Hannaman
And THAT is why I "throw away my vote" on the Libertarian candidate every election.
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SGT Anthony Rossi Someone who looks to the constitution and morality for guidance. They treat all American's with respect and work with all parties to achieve results for the American people, not their party or click of influence.
Someone who has enough character and integrity that they don't need public appreciation and a constant pat on the back from sycophants.
Someone who has enough character and integrity that they don't need public appreciation and a constant pat on the back from sycophants.
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Honesty is most important followed by intelligence. You have to show charisma and have a great personality too. Last but not least, the President has to put thier pride aside and work with Congress to develop laws and policies that will help our nation regardless of what political party has come up with the potential changes.
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I am looking for a candidate that represents the people, not their party. I want to see someone who learns and adapts, not someone stuck on the same plans they had in the 70's. but most of all i want someone who isn't a politician or at least doesn't fit in with the other politicians.
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Integrity.
Would love a Veteran.
Race/Sex are unimportant.
Someone looking to put America back where she belongs. Institute strong borders.
Someone with the stones to institute some overhaul of a few major financial issues-Welfare and Taxes.
Don't see it happening, so it may come down to who appears to be the best possible candidate...
Would love a Veteran.
Race/Sex are unimportant.
Someone looking to put America back where she belongs. Institute strong borders.
Someone with the stones to institute some overhaul of a few major financial issues-Welfare and Taxes.
Don't see it happening, so it may come down to who appears to be the best possible candidate...
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SGT Anthony Rossi
Agree! Give me somone that loves freedom, and puts citizens rights above illegal aliens "rights".
If your not willing to try and work then you don't deserve any welfare.
If you can't pass a drug test than you don't deserve welfare.
If your not willing to try and work then you don't deserve any welfare.
If you can't pass a drug test than you don't deserve welfare.
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Quality rhetoric. Lots of pointing out everything that is broke and how they will do something different to fix it.
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LTC John Shaw
SFC Mark Merino Wow, I can't say I have ever seen Quality Rhetoric as a criteria...but I get what you are saying.
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Strong on defense, enabling the force to shape itself for a future conflict, allowing experienced leaders to disagree and actually consider their position when forming policy.
Secures the border and treats illegal immigration as the crime it is.
Suspends NAFTA until North American countries participate in measures to stop illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Once the measures are satisfactory, renegotiates NAFTA to encourage higher rates of export and a return of incentive for companies to manufacture goods in the US.
Returns the country to a position of respect within the international community by establishing diplomacy with peace in mind but strength to back their position.
Addresses taxation to encourage growth through private sector investment instead of debt accumulation. (Lower tax rates encourage higher financial flows, resulting in overall higher tax revenue.)
Returns the country to work by taking the painful but necessary step of returning to
the workfare idea, and using taxation policy to encourage private sector growth as described above which will enlarge the available job numbers.
Removes the NSA from the lives of private citizens and returns to the concepts of investigation and evidence gathering described in the Bill of Rights. Turns the NSA resources back toward the foreign bad guys.
Drop the ACA. Remove state borders from previous competitive insurance system and allow higher degree of choice when choosing companies and plans. Explore tort reform to help reduce medical practice insurance rates and in turn help reduce overall health care costs.
End the birth control debate by enabling county level health departments to screen patients, prescribe birth control, and provide it free of charge ending the requirement of religious institutions to provide it that is taking up way too much time and resources in the courts.
Get out of the private citizens bedrooms.
Once out of the bedroom and birth control is free of charge, end the on going massacre of abortion except in cases of rape, crime, and situations effecting the health of the mother.
Ask the DOJ to investigate the IRS targeting scandal and prosecute Lois Lerner as well as her accomplices if reasonable suspicion exists.
Secures the border and treats illegal immigration as the crime it is.
Suspends NAFTA until North American countries participate in measures to stop illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Once the measures are satisfactory, renegotiates NAFTA to encourage higher rates of export and a return of incentive for companies to manufacture goods in the US.
Returns the country to a position of respect within the international community by establishing diplomacy with peace in mind but strength to back their position.
Addresses taxation to encourage growth through private sector investment instead of debt accumulation. (Lower tax rates encourage higher financial flows, resulting in overall higher tax revenue.)
Returns the country to work by taking the painful but necessary step of returning to
the workfare idea, and using taxation policy to encourage private sector growth as described above which will enlarge the available job numbers.
Removes the NSA from the lives of private citizens and returns to the concepts of investigation and evidence gathering described in the Bill of Rights. Turns the NSA resources back toward the foreign bad guys.
Drop the ACA. Remove state borders from previous competitive insurance system and allow higher degree of choice when choosing companies and plans. Explore tort reform to help reduce medical practice insurance rates and in turn help reduce overall health care costs.
End the birth control debate by enabling county level health departments to screen patients, prescribe birth control, and provide it free of charge ending the requirement of religious institutions to provide it that is taking up way too much time and resources in the courts.
Get out of the private citizens bedrooms.
Once out of the bedroom and birth control is free of charge, end the on going massacre of abortion except in cases of rape, crime, and situations effecting the health of the mother.
Ask the DOJ to investigate the IRS targeting scandal and prosecute Lois Lerner as well as her accomplices if reasonable suspicion exists.
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COL Ted Mc
SSG Trevor S. - Staff; I think that your idea of encouraging trade by enacting protective tariffs is very ingenious.
And, if the countries that the US imposes those protective tariffs against attempt to impose illegal protective tariffs against American goods and services then those countries will simply have to pay the price for their illegal aggression against America.
BTW, you do realize that Mexico is NOT the only country (other than the US) that has signed on to NAFTA, don't you?
As far as "establishing diplomacy with peace in mind but strength to back their position" is concerned you might well get somewhere PROVIDED that you could shake off the more than fifty years worth of "establishing diplomacy with supremacy of America, legal immunity for Americans, and absolute dominance of American companies by using either armed strength or economic blackmail to back it up" that most of the world outside the United States of America remembers the American government(s) for.
As far as "tax reform" is concerned, why not limit the first step to making sure that everyone ACTUALLY pays tax at the rate which the government says they pay tax? That would probably (almost) double the US government's revenue.
As far as "medical insurance" is concerned, you do know that almost 50% of all "medical insurance premium dollars" go towards either [a] insurance company advertising, [b] insurance company operations, or [c] insurance company profits, don't you?
And, if the countries that the US imposes those protective tariffs against attempt to impose illegal protective tariffs against American goods and services then those countries will simply have to pay the price for their illegal aggression against America.
BTW, you do realize that Mexico is NOT the only country (other than the US) that has signed on to NAFTA, don't you?
As far as "establishing diplomacy with peace in mind but strength to back their position" is concerned you might well get somewhere PROVIDED that you could shake off the more than fifty years worth of "establishing diplomacy with supremacy of America, legal immunity for Americans, and absolute dominance of American companies by using either armed strength or economic blackmail to back it up" that most of the world outside the United States of America remembers the American government(s) for.
As far as "tax reform" is concerned, why not limit the first step to making sure that everyone ACTUALLY pays tax at the rate which the government says they pay tax? That would probably (almost) double the US government's revenue.
As far as "medical insurance" is concerned, you do know that almost 50% of all "medical insurance premium dollars" go towards either [a] insurance company advertising, [b] insurance company operations, or [c] insurance company profits, don't you?
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I want a candidate that will stand up and say "The federal government has no business writing policy on that issue, next question please."
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SGT Anthony Rossi
Totaly agree. I'm getting tired of seeing the federal government bully the state governments around. I like the fact that states are different just like people are. I like the fact that states are a microcosm of the way our society works even on the most basic level. We are all different and guid our lives by different moral beliefs yet we live in realitive harmony.
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SPC David Hannaman
Yup, gun control, a bit more necessity for regulation in New Jersey than in Alaska.
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SP5 Rex J Mcnealy
I want Gov.that is going to take care of the Military and its family and restore our repect around the world (REPECT OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES)
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