ksnecktieman
Member
What do you want a president to do?
I want him to look at any law that comes before him for his signature, and compare it to the US constitution, and BOR, and if it is compatible, he should sign it. If it is "repugnant"? to the constitution is the only reason he should veto it. We have lawmakers to create laws, and we select them ourselves. I do not think one man should impose his opinion as final on the law making process.
I want him to be the face of the American people, and the voice of the American people to deal with leaders of other countries. I do not want him to deal with them guided totally by his opinions. I want him to deal with them using the opinions of the american people.
I do not want him to make laws by presidential executive orders. That is an emergency override, and should be an exceptional occurrence. If/when he thinks a law should be written, he should either address the fact to the senate, or have a press conference requesting public support, and public action to initiate it.
I think his most important act as president is the appointment of US Supreme Court judges. I think his main criteria for selection should be their understanding and support of the constitution, as it was written. IMHO The words of the constitution have not acquired new meaning in the last 200 years. When the first amendment guaranteed free speech, at the time it was a quill pen on parchment, and how loud you could yell, now free speech is radio, television, and internet. When the second amendment was written the term "arms" meant muzzleloading firearms, now it means saturday night specials and machine guns. The meaning of the words have not changed.
I do not think GW Bush started this war we are fighting. I think this war has been going on for years. I think history will say that this war started when the marine barracks in Beirut was bombed, or when the destroyer Cole was attacked. What GW did was respond to a multitude of attacks on our country with force. The only response our attackers will understand.
I did not vote "against John Kerry" I voted for GW Bush, because I think he has shown me in the last four years that he knows what I want from my president. If his next four years go as well as his last four years I think history will consider him one of our greatest presidents.
I want him to look at any law that comes before him for his signature, and compare it to the US constitution, and BOR, and if it is compatible, he should sign it. If it is "repugnant"? to the constitution is the only reason he should veto it. We have lawmakers to create laws, and we select them ourselves. I do not think one man should impose his opinion as final on the law making process.
I want him to be the face of the American people, and the voice of the American people to deal with leaders of other countries. I do not want him to deal with them guided totally by his opinions. I want him to deal with them using the opinions of the american people.
I do not want him to make laws by presidential executive orders. That is an emergency override, and should be an exceptional occurrence. If/when he thinks a law should be written, he should either address the fact to the senate, or have a press conference requesting public support, and public action to initiate it.
I think his most important act as president is the appointment of US Supreme Court judges. I think his main criteria for selection should be their understanding and support of the constitution, as it was written. IMHO The words of the constitution have not acquired new meaning in the last 200 years. When the first amendment guaranteed free speech, at the time it was a quill pen on parchment, and how loud you could yell, now free speech is radio, television, and internet. When the second amendment was written the term "arms" meant muzzleloading firearms, now it means saturday night specials and machine guns. The meaning of the words have not changed.
I do not think GW Bush started this war we are fighting. I think this war has been going on for years. I think history will say that this war started when the marine barracks in Beirut was bombed, or when the destroyer Cole was attacked. What GW did was respond to a multitude of attacks on our country with force. The only response our attackers will understand.
I did not vote "against John Kerry" I voted for GW Bush, because I think he has shown me in the last four years that he knows what I want from my president. If his next four years go as well as his last four years I think history will consider him one of our greatest presidents.