WHY, OH WHY?
Every time we have national election I find myself wondering what would ever make a man want to be President of the United States of America.
There must be a reason and behind it all, I realize/ which has something to do with a type of personal egotism at its ultimate points.. I can't imagine anyone being that sure of himself or so unthinking of the merits of others. Any individual who gets the idea will also finds himself, or herself, able to “tune out” any questioning views and to view them as weaknesses. Certainly there are few individuals = very few- who could look at themselves and always make a positive evaluation as to their worthiness to take on such a demanding task.
It may well, of course, that it has less to do with one's self-knowledge and much to do with respect for the judgment and opinion of others. A mentor such as a mother, wife, a revered father or grandfather or other relative, family traditions which favors the political life, -possibly might play a major role in urging the prospective candidate forward in spite of any temporary misgivings along the way. Such factors nay well cause the aspirant to see many things other than what .they might prove to be, or become, in reality. The individual may be the last to see such things as flaws in any comprehensive plan and to view them. Rather, as challenges
Much of this this, of course, is readily explained away by saying that the candidate will be representing his political party's views, standards,, idea and ideals – plus a few quirks here and there - other than his own, individual and, sometimes very personal, even privately-held views. The willingness to be subservient to such machinations will continue to puzzle me. How many of our political leaders at what levels live such a patterne. Some may be following a political pattern long isnce obsolete which others may be dreaming of unlikely developments to justify their thinking, Emulation can be a fine thing, i some circumstance's,but not in all situations. I would think a potential president might might well be aware of of how some little mis-step of the past could bring the future down in humiliating ruin.
I can see how it is natural that an incumbent president might wish to stay where he is, but anyone seeking the oval office job faces some very real charaxteruestionof character.. Why does he wish to win/? Different reasons are suggested.” I am against big government.” “ I am against whatever the incumbent favors/”. Such statements are sometimes “rifled” to specific voter targets while others are best “shotgunned” in a more general sense. Much of such verbal fire splatters into meaningless special effects decoration.
If you want to be our president you might well refrain from asking yourself why you wish to do so. It's a job few man would aspire to if they looked at the harsh realities to be overcome in getting there and, even more, in fulfilling the assigned as well as the unassigned -tasks which you have never even thought about, which will become yours while you are there.
A.L.M. May 3, 2004 [c540wds]
