I’d take a jock strap full of starving ticks over Trump.
Moderating:
Ok, this is rapidly becoming the sort of non-serious thread that is better suited to the Pit.
To @EnolaStraight, your objectives for starting this thread have been in question since its inception. I’m going to close it for now. Please let me know if you want it reopened in the Pit so as to include non-serious answers, or if you want mod guidance to keep it on a more serious track in P&E.
After discussion with the OP, this is reopened in the Pit.
I remember being envious when countries like Greece and the Czech Republic, in the wake of the 2008 crash, appointed non-political “technocrats” as prime minister. Find one of those folks here in the US and I’ll vote for them. Extra points if they don’t even want the job.
Right, because hiring someone who doesn’t want to do what you’re hiring them for is always a good idea.
It worked out the first time we did it in 1788.
An exceptional man in exceptional times. I don’t expect the circumstances to repeat themselves.
The OP of this thread is essentially asking us to fantasize.
Not the hero we deserve but the hero we need.
Anyone that popular would also be extraordinarily dangerous.
I don’t think people realize how lucky America was that Washington was the real deal. He could have ended the fledgling democracy any time he wanted; he could have crowned himself emperor like Napoleon and nobody would have blinked an eye. Are you sure you want to take that risk again?
How is that a bigger risk with someone who doesn’t want the job? The whole point of my post was that I didn’t want someone who was popular or charismatic; just skilled.
I am of the opinion trump didn’t want the job, either. (I mean, sure he wanted to be president, but not actually to do the job. He wanted to be president to improve his brand.) And he fucked things up more than Harding.
Or he wants to stop legal action against him.
He certainly has no capacity or will to do the job beyond helping himself. I think his wife was likewise upset. She much preferred having cocktails in New York than having to stand around for political speeches and whatnot.
I don’t want someone who doesn’t want the job. It would be great though if we could figure out some ways to make the job different in a way that makes hanging onto it less appealing.
Oh also, I’m good with Kamala, so I don’t need an instead of, but we have a long list of good candidates to choose from.