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  • autolex84

    Sept. 6, 2008 9:51 a.m. autolex84 New Reader

    Duke wrote:

    I've long since thought that anybody who WANTS to be president should be kept far away from the White House. I've advocated that being president should be a 6-month term like jury duty: you get a summons in the mail, you get interviewed like a prospective juror, and then poof you're president.

    "Awww, crap, honey, guess what: I just got a letter for President Duty..."

    "...one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well known fact, that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem." - Douglas Adams

  • integraguy

    Sept. 6, 2008 11:09 a.m. integraguy Reader

    Philip K. Dick (author of the books that "inspired" Blade Runner and Total Recall) wrote a book called Solar Lottery that featured the idea that the presidency would be "won" via a drawing. However, as was the typical PKD story, the person who won the Solar Lottery WASN'T really a winner. Sort of a more elaborate expansion of the previously posted "presidency as jury duty" concept.

    I also agree, anyone who WANTS to be president is immediately suspect.

    I also believe that the voting for prez and vp should be allowed to cross party lines, as in the person of a party who gets the majority of the votes gets prez and the runner-up...of whatever party gets the vp slot. This is a concept other countries have embraced, tho not necessarily to their benefits.

  • Duke

    Sept. 6, 2008 3:26 p.m. Duke Dork

    In many states (Delaware among them) Governor and Lieutenant Governor are run separately. Are all states this way?

    I believe in the olden days (pre-1820 or so) the VP slot went to the first runner up in the general election, but I could be mistaken about that.

  • Osterkraut

    Sept. 6, 2008 4:37 p.m. Osterkraut Reader

    Duke wrote:

    In many states (Delaware among them) Governor and Lieutenant Governor are run separately. Are all states this way?

    I believe in the olden days (pre-1820 or so) the VP slot went to the first runner up in the general election, but I could be mistaken about that.

    I believe you're correct.

  • Redhornet

    Sept. 7, 2008 12:19 a.m. Redhornet New Reader

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nona4V77NJE&feature=related

    go to 6:08

  • MitchellC

    Sept. 7, 2008 12:24 a.m. MitchellC Reader

    I think it would be nice having a president and VP of different party affiliation. Well, it would lead to greater party cooperation. Or violence?

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