Do we want our president to be a great leader...or a great comedian?

From a a news article here:

Like his French forebear, Alexis de Tocqueville, Rapaille has an intriguing analysis of democracy in America. It is his perception that we Americans, despite our claims to seriousness, are really a nation of adolescents.

 

What we demand in our politicians is not competency but entertainment value....

 

...a fact that explains the success of Hillary's husband, Rapaille said.

"Bill Clinton is a comedian," he said. "He is the entertainer-in-chief, with a girl in the Oval Office and a cigar."

The Republicans made a big mistake in impeaching Clinton, said Rapaille.

 

They thought we Americans wanted a serious president when we really want an amusing president.

 

And the impeachment process just made Bill Clinton more amusing.

As for his successor, George W. Bush was loved by the American people when he was seen as an amiable bumbler, said Rapaille. But "the big mistake from Bush was that after 9/11 he thought he had a mission."

Now "Bush is rigid and boring and is surrounded by people who are boring and rigid," said Rapaille. And that explains his unpopularity."

 

Could this French guy be right??

 

Nahh, that's silly....

 

 

Then again........

 

xoxo,

iza

 

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Comments

[Nion]

I suppose having W. in office, does kind of make me feel like there might be lofty positions in the future for even a goober-nugget of my stature. However, I also sort of feel that even as stupid as I can be, I'm being represented by a man who could lose a debate with a monkey - over which of our species evolved from the other.