Reply #70: See, I'd differ slightly there...

[ghostsofgiants]

I don't consider presidents or leaders "better than" people. Nor should they be. The important thing is that they have the intellectual and humanistic capacity to lead and make decisions to benefit the people. To me, that's what Americans should look for in a president. Assuming they're better raises them onto a pedestal and enables them to opress more easily. If they're viewed as "better" people would be less likely to question their actions (though the questioning of Bush's actions have been somewhat suppressed) when those actions aren't in the interests of the people.

The ironic thing is that people assume Bush is "just like them", when he's clearly not. He comes from money and he's subservient to money. He said it himself, "some people call you the elite; I call you my base." His interests aren't in what's good for the people, his interests are in what's good for his business buddies.

That's probably not the most coherent thng I've ever written, but I'm tired, so cut me some slack, haha.