Well, here it is another January of the year before an election year and in a few weeks, if not days, the usual suspects will step forward to throw their hats into the ring in a bid for the Presidency. So let me be the first to make a really important political announcement:
I am NOT running for the office of the President of the United States.
Occasionally some folks who have read what I have written or heard what I have said suggest that maybe I should run for President at which I usually answer that they haven't been paying attention to anything I've put out. Nobody needs a president as life is what one can make it and people who like to run for political office are usually authoritarian statist who just want the power and prestige of being the head thief or bandit. Oh, did I happen to mention:
I am NOT running for the office of the President of the United States.
They then explain that they understand what I meant but what they want is someone to lead the fight against such thieves and bandits and they figure a person like myself in the Oval Office would be a good start. What they are asking for is a St. Michael to slay the dragon, Leviathan. The only problem with that is that St. Michael is an Archangel and I'm just a mere (a very mere) mortal. And:
I am NOT running for the office of the President of the United States.
I can understand the point of these people. If one really wants smaller government and wants someone to shrink the darn thing then you really can't get much smaller than zero and that's my favorite amount of government. But under the Constitution the office of the Presidency is not supposed to be that powerful of a position and if I were to take an oath to uphold and the defend the Constitution then I would stick by that oath. Besides:
I am NOT running for the office of the President of the United States.
With that being said, I would certainly serve if called upon. So if anyone wants me to be President then on the next Election Day he or she can write my name on his or her ballot. It would be one heck of a "Protest" to vote for a nobody like myself. As I'm not a registered voter I certainly will not be voting for me either and the best reason for that is:
I am NOT running for the office of the President of the United States.
If I should be elected then I will take the oath of office in the Press Room at the White House. That would be one of my first steps to reduce the size and expense of government as there would be no sense in having millions of armed security personnel out and about to protect the thousands of citizens who brave the horrid weather to come watch the spectacle from the dozen or so really bad people living on the other side of the planet who might want to cause innocent people harm.
If you're interested in what other steps I would take to shrink the size of the U.S. Federal Government, then keep an eye on this blog as I will list a few other things I might do if I were the President of the United States. I would like to reiterate, though, so that everyone fully understands:
I am NOT running for the office of the President of the United States...
* My response to zenbillionaire is posted here.
It'd be fun sometime to write up all the reasons a normal person wouldn't want to be President. Just imagine what might happen if Mr Smith went to Washington in the 21st century, all the power brokers and image makers that would land on him with both feet, all the people who'd try to tell him how the system works (and in no uncertain terms). I expect it would be a nightmarish experience.
ReplyDeleteCorruption in the political arena is endemic worldwide. There's no place in it for a peaceful person without desire to run the lives of others. A person like you or I wouldn't be able to change a thing even if we were elected President. The only folks who can really change this country are its citizens, and each of them will have to do it by themselves.
There's a basic truth that few understand; you can't give a person liberty, if they don't have it, they must find it for themselves.