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The Office of the President of the United States is controlled my the machinery of government. At this point, the person you put in there does one thing that we
by lr 13y ago
The Office of the President of the United States is controlled my the machinery of government. At this point, the person you put in there does one thing that we need to pay attention to: appoint judges. Everything else is just nuance of a system so entrenched, even the staunchest Green Party candidate would have problems doing anything he/she claimed as a candidate. Once the person is elected, "realism" kicks in, and the person is merely a guide on an already sailing ship.
- bcoates 13y agoThis isn't true at all, Obama has been extremely effective at getting whatever he wants done. Lots of presidents in recent memory have made sweeping changes in how the government operates. He has enormous and specific powers relevant to most of the things he promised (and the things he didn't promise but his voters imagined he did), he just doesn't actually want to do them so he doesn't.