Reply #21: Presidents [View All]

can do a lot to change world events. A fair observation is that the presidency can be used to do as much harm as good, and the presidencies of the past 40 years might be viewed as indicating that the office tends to be used more for the needs of one limited group within the bureaucracy we call the United States.

The ability of a democratic president to do good is directly tied to citizen participation in our Constitutional democracy. The ability of a republican president to do damage is, likewise, tied to the tendency of citizens to attend your wine and cheese party, expecting some heroic figure to save them. Sober up, and save yourself.