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Old 11-28-2009, 06:52 PM
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What is the most important quality in a political leader?

Obviously there are many qualities that are important and necessary, but before we even get to those other things, what should be the first and foremost quality in a president or other high-ranking government official?

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Old 11-28-2009, 06:57 PM
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Upholding the laws he swore to obey and protecting our nation from enemies abroad and within .
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Old 11-28-2009, 07:09 PM
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The ability to tell modern conservatives to go f#ck themselves, when necessary. Something that Bill Clinton wasn't very good at.
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Old 11-28-2009, 07:23 PM
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Upholding the laws he swore to obey and protecting our nation from enemies abroad and within .
Darn, P&M wins.
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Old 11-28-2009, 07:25 PM
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Darn, P&M wins.
No offense, but I like agreeing with you even less than I like agreeing with P&M, but I do.
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Old 11-28-2009, 10:00 PM
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Upholding the laws he swore to obey and protecting our nation from enemies abroad and within .
You pretty much eliminated leftists.
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Old 11-28-2009, 10:11 PM
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A penis. Sorry Sarah Palin fans. That bitch should be making us all a sammich!
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Old 11-28-2009, 10:54 PM
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No offense, but I like agreeing with you even less than I like agreeing with P&M, but I do.
What I had in mind was not being a traitor (loyalty to the constitution and the country) ... but what p&m said is almost the same thing.

The reason I brought this up is because without this, all the other things really don't matter.
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Old 11-28-2009, 10:55 PM
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Intelligence.
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Old 11-28-2009, 11:00 PM
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A penis. Sorry Sarah Palin fans. That bitch should be making us all a sammich!
A penis is great for some things, but evidently it hasn't been very good for running a country. I think we need a woman president, (i'm not saying it should be Palin though) since women are less likely to be thugs, criminals, warmongers, etc.

And you can go get me a sammich.
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Old 11-28-2009, 11:08 PM
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Intelligence.
You're so predictable. But wrong again. As I said on the other thread, intelligence without character or loyalty can make a positive thing into a negative thing.

We don't need an evil genius, who works behind the scenes to stab us in the back, bringing about his own selfish agenda.

Then again, you cheerlead for crooks constantly, so what I said above probably doesn't even compute, in your amoral head.
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Old 11-28-2009, 11:14 PM
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I didn't know this was a right/wrong question. We already figured out that 'character', 'loyalty', and 'morality' are all subjective, so I didn't even know that was part of the equation. Of course we'd all say someone who thought exactly what we all think (the same definitions of 'character', 'loyalty', and 'morality' included) would be the most important quality in a leader, but I thought that was a cop out.

Intelligence though...yeah that's incredibly crucial.
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Old 11-28-2009, 11:20 PM
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I didn't know this was a right/wrong question. We already figured out that 'character', 'loyalty', and 'morality' are all subjective, so I didn't even know that was part of the equation. Of course we'd all say someone who thought exactly what we all think (the same definitions of 'character', 'loyalty', and 'morality' included) would be the most important quality in a leader, but I thought that was a cop out.

Intelligence though...yeah that's incredibly crucial.
Well, you proved me right again. Those things don't compute to you. You're reminding me of Pontius Pilate, who asked Jesus, "What is truth?"

Not being able to recognize truth, justice, honor, lawfulness, etc, when you see it... that's your first problem. I don't know if I can help you there. But you and Ganja would probably make great buddies.
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Old 11-29-2009, 12:15 AM
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The ability to identify and lead people.

And yes, I am a Sarah Palin fan.
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...I am a Sarah Palin fan.
AlbertJ is responsible for 72 of the 169 threads about Palin
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Old 11-29-2009, 02:41 AM
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AlbertJ is responsible for 72 of the 169 threads about Palin

Thats because his mind is clouded by all the promises the forked tonque candidate has given to illegals .

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Old 11-29-2009, 04:41 AM
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The self respect to tell conservative psychotics from the Zionist Regime to go blow their horn somewhere else, preferably up their butts as a stomach expansion device.
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Old 11-29-2009, 06:58 AM
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A penis. Sorry Sarah Palin fans.
i';m sure that accusation has been on some blog

i think a good quality is the ability to know when to hold ground on what you want and the ability to know when to compromise

and then there is listening skills is good too
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Old 11-29-2009, 09:46 AM
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Well, you proved me right again. Those things don't compute to you. You're reminding me of Pontius Pilate, who asked Jesus, "What is truth?"

Not being able to recognize truth, justice, honor, lawfulness, etc, when you see it... that's your first problem. I don't know if I can help you there. But you and Ganja would probably make great buddies.
And all is well in the world in black-and-white. Thanks for the update lily!
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