Obama Steaks?
For my birthday I bought a small package of Omaha Steaks. Patty said the "Obama" steaks son buenos. I corrected her. Obama had nothing to do with the steaks, they were OMAHA Steaks. We laughed. It was ironic because Omaha Steaks had included some conversation starters for people as they stood around the grill.
The question that caught my eye was: if you could be president for a day would you? The follow up was what would you do?
Beyond a ride on Air Force 1 and a few hours at Camp David little interests me in the job in spite of the fact that both my parents promoted the idea that I or anybody else born in the country over the age of 35 could become president. I'm almost positive that the parents of every president from Kennedy to Obama told their children something similar.
Today I doubt there is any consensus regarding successes in foreign policy or domestic policy in any recent administration. The partisan nature of the criticism and the potential of more of the same as the election season never really ends is disturbing.
Even though I have a highly developed interest in politics I wouldn't take the job if offered to me. One day wouldn't be enough and two days on the job would be too many for a country divided as we are today.
The question that caught my eye was: if you could be president for a day would you? The follow up was what would you do?
Beyond a ride on Air Force 1 and a few hours at Camp David little interests me in the job in spite of the fact that both my parents promoted the idea that I or anybody else born in the country over the age of 35 could become president. I'm almost positive that the parents of every president from Kennedy to Obama told their children something similar.
Today I doubt there is any consensus regarding successes in foreign policy or domestic policy in any recent administration. The partisan nature of the criticism and the potential of more of the same as the election season never really ends is disturbing.
Even though I have a highly developed interest in politics I wouldn't take the job if offered to me. One day wouldn't be enough and two days on the job would be too many for a country divided as we are today.
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