[Hoot Gibson]

Quooter you left one thing out the military doesn't run this country you might want it to but that's not how it works or supposed to

we elect our leaders some want a dictator but thank God it's the minority.

No, vector, I did not leave one thing out. I am just tired of dumbing things down for you. Our generals and admirals retire at a relatively young age, as compared to both Biden and Trump. I never proposed that we appoint an active duty general to be a dictator. Almost everybody else who will ever read my post will understand its meaning without me explaining that we have had generals in American history who have retired and have then been elected president. George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, for examples. Most people know enough American history without me needing to tutor them.

Does that clear things up for your foggy little mind?

'That is just one example, but there have been other high-ranking officers who have also been very impressive leaders. Those are the kind of people who should be in charge of our government."
Quooter we have had only one general since the start of the 20th century Eisenhower and by the way didn't Eisenhower warn us about what's going on today ? And another thing they don't make them like that no more
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."

We have a traitor in the White House now who accepted bribes funneled through the proceeds his son generated by selling influence to his father.

Eisenhower was not suggesting that anybody with a military career should be denied their constitutional right to be fairly elected to the presidency. Most high-ranking officers are honorable people and many of them are considerably more intelligent and more articulate than the presidents who have served recently.

No self-respecting general officer would sit down to a meeting and mumble from notes prepared by his or her staff and avoid making eye contact with others in the meeting. Such a person would never be promoted to that level. Our president should be chosen from among the best and brightest people that this country has produced. That is not what has been happening.

TD Hounds said "Hoot has seemed willing to look past the politics" now that's funny

What is funny is that you made that comment in response to my apolitical post. Maybe you thought when I said "best and brightest people" that I was excluding all Democrats. Is that how you misinterpreted those words?

It is true that I believe Joe Biden was an idiot when he was elected to the House of Representatives at age 29 and that he has lost most of his marbles since that time, but there are some very intelligent and articulate people in this country who are Democrats and some of them are also generals and admirals. I certainly did not mean to exclude such people by my comments.

I am sorry that you just assumed that "best and brightest people" is synonymous with Republicans. The GOP includes its fair share of idiots.