The drawbacks of being President of the United States

[Defensive_Indifference]

@ThelmaLou

I have often thought that the desire to be President immediately and paradoxically disqualifies the person from the office based on questionable mental stability.

Doc Daneeka would approve of this conclusion.

[gaffa]

@Nava

Sounds like that’s an advantage to being Pope over being POTUS, then The guy in the white dress gets to try on all kinds of funny hats!

…and some seriously fly shoes!

[Iggy]

@ThelmaLou

I have often thought that the desire to be President immediately and paradoxically disqualifies the person from the office based on questionable mental stability.

Douglas Adams would approve.

The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—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 must 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.

― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

[Little_Nemo]

@Skald_the_Rhymer

Wouldn’t surprise me if either pair did meet periodically.

Well, it would surprise and disturb me a little if Carter was still meeting with Ford.

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@Little_Nemo

Well, it would surprise and disturb me a little if Carter was still meeting with Ford.

I was using “did” to create past tense, not as an intensifier.

[Nava]

Subjunctive, Skald. sorry

[ThelmaLou]

@Velocity

Do you want a President who doesn’t want to be President? How effective would such a person be?

I know. That’s part of the paradox.

I like the story of Cincinnatus at the Plow.

[Urbanredneck]

@Velocity

Do you want a President who doesn’t want to be President? How effective would such a person be?

I think what happens is a person becomes president without really thinking about what it all entails. Unless a person was a governor of course then often being president is just a step above.

I’m not trying to be political here but one can sense that with the Obama’s it was a rude awakening when they actually won and had everything put on them all at once.

[Ethilrist]

@Nava

Subjunctive, Skald. sorry

“People called the Romanes…”

[X.L.Lent]

No matter how hard you work you can never be promoted.

[Mr.Goob]

The last few episodes of The West Wing showed a little of this. The new family having their house turned into a fortress and adjusting to staff and security 24/7.

For me an issue would be smiling and meeting with leaders you find repugnant and not being able to call them on their bullshit without it becoming a riot.