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Title: What is the President's job?
Post by: AlliedPowers on February 21, 2007, 02:07:20 PM
What is the President's job?

Head of state - which means that his task comes down to ministering to the emotional and symbolic needs of the country. during great moments of great sorrow and stress - given that there are now more disasters than victories.

The assistant secretaries and the deputy assistant secretaries actually run the govt through the interagency groups and special interagency groups - and these are the figures who control the principals in the later principals' committees.

Presidency is symbolic, while the permanent beaucracy (plus the White House Palace Guard) make up a kind of collective prime minister who actually makes decisions and runs the govt.

On 9/11, the government was being run by Richard Clarke of the permanent beaucracy, who coincidentally also made the call on it being al Qaeda before anyone knew anything.

Your thoughts?
Title: Re: What is the President's job?
Post by: 240 is Back on February 21, 2007, 02:18:01 PM
makes a lot of sense.  i don't see Bush having the mental capacity to understand a lot of what is going on.  Didn't he admit recently he didn't really know how it was going on the ground in iraq, because he was tucked away in the nice white house? 

If it was indeed his decisions running this war, it would be morally bankrupt not to make the consequences of these decisions one of his priorities.
Title: Re: What is the President's job?
Post by: youandme on February 21, 2007, 03:38:34 PM
Quote from: 240 is Back on February 21, 2007, 02:18:01 PM
Didn't he admit recently he didn't really know how it was going on the ground in iraq, because he was tucked away in the nice white house? 

Yeah it was pretty disgusting to hear. Supporting troops but not knowing the conditions of their survival ::) great commander in chief
Title: Re: What is the President's job?
Post by: mightymouse72 on February 21, 2007, 04:55:41 PM
Quote from: 240 is Back on February 21, 2007, 02:18:01 PM
Didn't he admit recently he didn't really know how it was going on the ground in iraq, because he was tucked away in the nice white house? 



it would be safe to assume, if it is remotely true, it was taken out of context.

sorry if i question anything 240 says about our govt.   :-[

continue on ladies.....
Title: Re: What is the President's job?
Post by: 240 is Back on February 21, 2007, 07:12:17 PM
Quote from: mightymouse72 on February 21, 2007, 04:55:41 PM
it would be safe to assume, if it is remotely true, it was taken out of context.

sorry if i question anything 240 says about our govt.   :-[

continue on ladies.....

you should watch the news more dude.
Title: Re: What is the President's job?
Post by: BRUCE on February 21, 2007, 07:14:13 PM
Quote from: 240 is Back on February 21, 2007, 07:12:17 PM
you should watch the news more dude.

CNN or Fox?
Title: Re: What is the President's job?
Post by: 240 is Back on February 21, 2007, 07:22:58 PM
Quote from: BRUCE on February 21, 2007, 07:14:13 PM
CNN or Fox?

FOX, of course.  CNN is inherently evil and is owned by terrorists, silly.
Title: Re: What is the President's job?
Post by: BRUCE on February 21, 2007, 07:24:44 PM
Quote from: 240 is Back on February 21, 2007, 07:22:58 PM
FOX, of course.  CNN is inherently evil and is owned by terrorists, silly.

Phew, I thought we were about to have a debate or something.