Anyone Here A Compulsive List Maker?

I don't join unions.

I've been "distracted" by certain events in life for a number of years but now I've started to believe again that I could certainly do no worse than the last couple of presidents so perhaps it is worth putting some ideas together.

Actually, I personally do not think I'll ever be elected or even run for public office.

For that matter, I don't think I'll ever win a state championship as a head football coach (most coaches never do, the odds are way against them).

But it never hurts to have some ideas in case the opportunities suddenly present themselves.

You could. You would.

Nah. What's the worst that could happen.

^ I don't even want to think about it.

But if you think the rest of the world disrespects America now, just think what it would be if you were president. Look at how your behavior and ideas are received on Wordforge, and then extrapolate that to 7 billion people in 200-odd countries.

[?=Dayton becomes President][/?]

Relax. It's really just a list of his Johns.

You forgot to include his twisted view on religion. Because he would be ok with this.

Here's Dayton's list of reasons why he slaps his wife:

1) She won't support my Presidential bid.

2) She said that Obama looked very Presidential during his second [-]coming [/-]inauguration.

3) She served me meatloaf last night. She knows I despise meat loaf!

4) The uppity bitch just looked at me sideways.

5) She ate all of the green M&M's.

The opportunities it takes to become president generally don't "present themselves." You have to make them.

Most of our presidents were actively doing things that advanced them along that path for pretty much their entire adult lives. In some cases longer.

Tell that to Lincoln & Nixon.

Lincoln had basically abandoned his political ambitions after one term in Congress and figured on being a corporate lawyer rest of his life. But events in the U.S. moved him back into the political field.

Likewise, Nixon was given up for dead politically (and apparently even considered himself that way after 1962 for at least a few years), but once again circumstances brought him back.

Are grandiose delusions also symptoms of aspergers?

In both cases, you're talking about people who had already made political lives for themselves.

Nixon certainly didn't sit around waiting for opportunities to present themselves. His first campaign was in high school when he ran for student body president. In college, after being rejected by one of the "literary societies" that filled the role of fraternities, he founded a new one. In law school, he ran for and was elected president of the Duke Bar Association. His first run for Congress came about because of a connection he had made while serving on his alma mater's board of trustees.

You can keep insisting that these things "just happen," but they don't. People who get to be president don't wait around for opportunities; they MAKE them.

And that's also true of most endeavors.

Taft disagrees with you.

And anyone who doesn't do that would make a terrible president. Who wants a president who just sits around waiting for things to happen, rather than taking charge, planning ahead, and doing everything possible to make sure that the desired outcome, in every situation, comes about?

Sure, that means that the same caracter traits that make for a good president also mean he (or she) had to be "power hungry" to a certain extent, but you just can't be a good president without it.

Sitting around waiting for the opportunity to "come up" is a very clear sign that such an opportunity will never come up.

All right, let's talk about Taft.

Born into an influential political family, first of all. That tends to help. Did extremely well in school, then went on to law school, and started climbing the rungs of his chosen profession very rapidly, starting in his 20s.

Really, how desperate are you to cling to the fantasy of the right opportunities falling into your lap at exactly the right time? If this is what you want, why make excuse after excuse for why it isn't necessary for you to actually DO anything to pursue it?