*Presidents*

I love learning about the Presidents. They fascinate me. Everything about the Executive Office fascinates me.

There was a thread on 2Peas about Jed Bush running for President in 2008. People were boo-hooing this notion and others were lauding it. Me, I dont' know what to think. Actually, I do. I know who I want to be President in 2008.

I want a President who:

1. Is God-fearing.
2. Will honor God in all of his decisions
3. Will make the decision that is best for humans created in the image of God, not just the decision that is best for the party, or America.
4. Will protect America, but will be respectful even in matters of war.

I want a President that has integrity and honor. That values human life whether it be American or Asian or whatever. I know that a President is human. I know that all humans are sinful and none are perfect. I also know that there is a way to live our lives for God, to the best of our pitiful human ability. THAT is what is important. And, unless we have a President that realizes this and actually does it I don't really care who is President. Honestly, I'll pick someone and root for them. Honestly, they will be conservative most likely. But, unless they are God-fearing, they won't have my heart. They will only have my vote. And THAT is extremely different.

I leave you with two quotes from The West Wing:

President Josiah Bartlet: I was wrong. I was, I was just... I was wrong. Come on, we know that. Lots of times we don't know what right or wrong is, but lots of times we do, and come on... this is one. I may not have had sinister intent at the outset, but there were plenty of opportunities for me to make it right. No one in government takes responsibility for anything any more, we fuster, we obfuscate, we rationalize. "Everybody does it", that's what we say. So we come to occupy a moral safe house where everyone's to blame, so no one's guilty.

[sigh]

President Josiah Bartlet: *I'm to blame.* I was wrong.

President Josiah Bartlet: "We hold these truths to be self-evident," they said, "that all men are created equal." Strange as it may seem, that was the first time in history that anyone had ever bothered to write that down. Decisions are made by those who show up.