...is not the present incumbent, nor is it that we are somehow more able to choose better leaders than other political systems. The genius of our system is that we are better able to get rid of our elected presidents, nonviolently, by simple passage of time, as they are term-limited out under the 22nd Amendment, to two terms in their own right. A couple more if they succeed to the throne after the departure of an incumbent whose term they fill out. It's not a perfect system, but it probably beats the next best choice.
This reminds me of something I read about prostitution in connection with the recent scandal involving the former New York governor, to the effect that what a man is really paying for, in addition to whatever else he is paying for, is for the woman to stay lost after he leaves. No call, no visit, no tsuris. Sex without the tail.
Sounds like a plan.
The new president takes office on Jan. 20, 2008, provided we don't screw up the election as we did in Bush v. Gore in 2000.
Keep your fingers crossed. Changes in power where so much is at stake are fraught with drama and much agony.
Y'never know...some people don't want to give up power.
Today's news, if the 'Net is correct:
Sen. McCain's camp has confirmed that his recently chosen running mate Sarah Palin, the Alaska airborne wolf-shooting princess, has a daughter, 17, who is pregnant. Good for her. The daughter, that is. Plans to become a mother and marry the father, not necessarily in that order.
So?
So these are Republicans we're talking about here, and some members of the GOP can be unusually sanctimonious about such things. If the daughter of a Democratic Party bigwig found herself in a family way, one could count on hearing claims that the Republic stood in mortal danger were folks such as this allowed anywhere near the seat of power.
But since we're talking major GOP stakes here, I expect a more philosophical line to come forth. From the Repubs, at any rate. The Dems can be pretty sanctimonious themselves...
Lord spare us the sanctimony and hypocrisy of candidates for high office, or more correctly, their supporters and spinmeisters.