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 Aug 20 2008, 12:23 PM
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 Rebbe  Group: Members Posts: 1,220 Joined: 6-May 03 From: Baltimore Member No.: 7  |
QUOTE (Moshi @ Aug 20 2008, 01:21 PM)  I think asking "What qualifications does he have to be President" is a bad question, because first you'd need to agree on what those qualifications are, and then see how he measures up. Otherwise the person answering you would be shooting at an ever-moving target. Ok, I'll bite. What qualifications does a president have to have to do his job? |
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Aug 20 2008, 12:24 PM
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 Little Reb Sunshine  Group: Members Posts: 13,064 Joined: 16-September 05 From: Washington, DC Member No.: 1,838 |
Thanks.
QUOTE (aishel @ Aug 20 2008, 01:23 PM) Ok, I'll bite. What qualifications does a president have to have to do his job? "Biting" means actually listing some qualifications though, not just re-posting the question 
-------------------- Kabel et ha-emet mi-mi she-omro.
"All is by the hand of Heaven, except colds and fevers" -Ketubot 30a. Why won't my wife let me pee against the fence when we have company for a barbecue? -melech ~My Blog~ |
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Aug 20 2008, 12:25 PM
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 Rebbe Group: Members Posts: 1,434 Joined: 6-August 05 From: עיר של שלום Member No.: 1,709 |
1)Be a politician. 2)Know how to lie. 3)Be corrupt. 4)Prefer supporting Arabs to supporting Israel. 5)Have an affair.
I think that pretty much covers it... -------------------- על כל אחד ואחת להוסיף בתורה ובמצוות כדי להכריע את עצמו ואת כל העולם כולו לכף זכות!
'It is every Jew's duty to add in Torah and mitzvot in order to bring the geula.' |
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Aug 20 2008, 12:26 PM
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Little Reb Sunshine Group: Members Posts: 13,064 Joined: 16-September 05 From: Washington, DC Member No.: 1,838 |
QUOTE (Majorthinker @ Aug 20 2008, 01:25 PM) 1)Be a politician. 2)Know how to lie. 3)Be corrupt. 4)Prefer supporting Arabs to supporting Israel. 5)Have an affair. I think that pretty much covers it... You need to change your screenname. -------------------- Kabel et ha-emet mi-mi she-omro.
"All is by the hand of Heaven, except colds and fevers" -Ketubot 30a. Why won't my wife let me pee against the fence when we have company for a barbecue? -melech ~My Blog~ |
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Aug 20 2008, 12:39 PM
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member of h.com Group: Members Posts: 5,467 Joined: 10-November 05 Member No.: 1,994 |
QUOTE (Moshi @ Aug 20 2008, 01:26 PM) You need to change your screenname. well done -------------------- My dog doesn't lick his own butt. He doesn't eat poop or step in it. I'll concede that he does smell other dogs' butts and he does lick "himself." I'd prefer it if he doesn't lick me right after that, so I employ a few minutes of buffer time between licking other things and me and I try to get him to drink some water too. - VLG
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Aug 20 2008, 12:48 PM
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 חסד ואמת Group: Members Posts: 8,843 Joined: 16-November 06 Member No.: 4,063 |
QUOTE (aishel @ Aug 20 2008, 01:23 PM) Ok, I'll bite. What qualifications does a president have to have to do his job? Besides for those laid out by the Constitution, I'd like the president to have: - international and domestic political experience - international and domestic concerns - a modest wife and happy family - clear goals about what they plan to accomplish, the legacy they want to leave - a preference for honesty - religious belief system - sense of accountablity to G-d - advisors who are in some ways superior to the president - appreciation of diversity - experience dealing with crisis and disappointment -------------------- "If they would allow one dead soul to visit an assembly of philosophers, that would be the end of all their teachings."
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Aug 20 2008, 12:50 PM
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QUOTE (existwhere? @ Aug 20 2008, 01:48 PM) - a modest wife Sound the klaxons!!! PC VIOLATION ALERT!!! |
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Aug 20 2008, 12:51 PM
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QUOTE (existwhere? @ Aug 20 2008, 12:48 PM) Besides for those laid out by the Constitution, I'd like the president to have: - a modest wife and happy family - religious belief system - sense of accountablity to G-d But do you think they need those qualities? -------------------- When a small man casts a large shadow, the sun is setting.
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Aug 20 2008, 01:30 PM
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חסד ואמת Group: Members Posts: 8,843 Joined: 16-November 06 Member No.: 4,063 |
QUOTE (Darkness Within @ Aug 20 2008, 01:51 PM) But do you think they need those qualities? For what? To become president- no. To be good for America- yes. -------------------- "If they would allow one dead soul to visit an assembly of philosophers, that would be the end of all their teachings."
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Aug 20 2008, 01:48 PM
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QUOTE (existwhere? @ Aug 20 2008, 05:48 AM) Besides for those laid out by the Constitution, I'd like the president to have: - international and domestic political experience - international and domestic concerns - a modest wife and happy family - clear goals about what they plan to accomplish, the legacy they want to leave - a preference for honesty - religious belief system - sense of accountablity to G-d - advisors who are in some ways superior to the president - appreciation of diversity - experience dealing with crisis and disappointment What are those? -------------------- "Shake off all the fears and servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." --Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1787
http://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell?ob=1 Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.---Norman Mailer |
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Aug 20 2008, 01:50 PM
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Godol Hador Group: Members Posts: 3,282 Joined: 6-December 05 Member No.: 2,078 |
QUOTE (existwhere? @ Aug 20 2008, 06:30 AM) For what? To become president- no. To be good for America- yes. QUOTE - a modest wife and happy family - religious belief system - sense of accountablity to G-d Atheists are part of America too; in what way will those things be good for us? -------------------- "Shake off all the fears and servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." --Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1787
http://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell?ob=1 Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.---Norman Mailer |
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Aug 20 2008, 02:13 PM
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Resisting imamother, resisting imamother, resisting imamother .. Group: Members Posts: 3,223 Joined: 20-October 05 Member No.: 1,939 |
You have to have been born here.
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Aug 20 2008, 02:17 PM
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Godol Hador Group: Members Posts: 3,253 Joined: 7-April 05 Member No.: 1,372 |
QUOTE (melech @ Aug 20 2008, 01:50 PM) Sound the klaxons!!! PC VIOLATION ALERT!!! Or husband. Happy? [I don't think a woman should be president either.] -------------------- A: ...no matter what, we have Hashem and each other
B: Aww, how BY Production of you |
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Aug 20 2008, 02:20 PM
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a president needs to be stupid enough to want the job.
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"be kind to the newbies, or Sporky R will come to get you." "when our dreams die, we die" ~Mrs. Ramen |
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Aug 20 2008, 02:23 PM
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Little Reb Sunshine Group: Members Posts: 13,064 Joined: 16-September 05 From: Washington, DC Member No.: 1,838 |
QUOTE (existwhere? @ Aug 20 2008, 01:48 PM) Besides for those laid out by the Constitution, I'd like the president to have: - international and domestic political experience - international and domestic concerns - a modest wife and happy family - clear goals about what they plan to accomplish, the legacy they want to leave - a preference for honesty - religious belief system - sense of accountablity to G-d - advisors who are in some ways superior to the president - appreciation of diversity - experience dealing with crisis and disappointment a great start i think. I can quibble with the bolded items, I don't think they are relevant, but it's ok. Some more random items: - intellectual curiosity - interest in compromise - ability to present persuasive arguments on camera - experience managing organizations successfully -------------------- Kabel et ha-emet mi-mi she-omro.
"All is by the hand of Heaven, except colds and fevers" -Ketubot 30a. Why won't my wife let me pee against the fence when we have company for a barbecue? -melech ~My Blog~ |
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Aug 20 2008, 02:26 PM
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Godol Hador Group: Members Posts: 3,282 Joined: 6-December 05 Member No.: 2,078 |
QUOTE (outspoken @ Aug 20 2008, 07:20 AM) a president needs to be stupid enough to want the job. Why is it stupid to want the job? -------------------- "Shake off all the fears and servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." --Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1787
http://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell?ob=1 Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.---Norman Mailer |
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Aug 20 2008, 02:32 PM
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