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[BFEL]

USE TELEPORTER TO GO TO THE BATHROOM FIVE FEET AWAY

[GreatWyrmGold]

Introduce well thought out and comprehensive education bill.

Okay, so this isn't a realistic simulation of our political system.

[BFEL]

Introduce well thought out and comprehensive education bill.

Okay, so this isn't a realistic simulation of our political system.

This made me chuckle.

[Joben]

Be Bill Clinton, sleep with everybody (past, present, future, living, dead, it don't matter)

((Don't Forget: "Somehow still be most respected President in recent memory."))

[GreatWyrmGold]

Introduce well thought out and comprehensive education bill.

Okay, so this isn't a realistic simulation of our political system.

This made me chuckle.

Mission accomplished.

Be Bill Clinton, sleep with everybody (past, present, future, living, dead, it don't matter)

((Don't Forget: "Somehow still be most respected President in recent memory."))

((Bill was amusing, and under his presidency we had a surplus rather than a deficit. Name a recent president that has even one of those characteristics.))

[BFEL]

((Bill was amusing, and under his presidency we had a surplus rather than a deficit. Name a recent president that has even one of those characteristics.))

((Well George Dubya WAS amusing
And to be honest given that the President has little actual power I wouldn't really relate any surpluses or deficits to the President of the time.
That's like saying a bank is poor because the teller isn't wearing diamonds ))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((We were talking about the respect Bill had, not the respect he deserved.))

[WillowLuman]

The President has more power than you'd think, roughly equal to Congress or the Supreme Court but in one person. A President can introduce Bills, and if they're persuasive they can get Congress to actually pass them. I know today it seems like Congress is both omnipotent and stupid, but there was a time when they could actually allow stuff to happen.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Technically, the President can't introduce bills, only convince a member of Congress to do so. In fact, that's their biggest source of power--the ability to convince Congress to do stuff. Only problem is, a fair portion of Congress will automatically be against him no matter what he says, so he needs to be persuasive to the rest to get almost all of them onboard.

[WillowLuman]

However, the President does have some serious clout, and with the right reputation they can have far more influence than any two congressmen. And if the President addresses the Nation, chances are more people will listen than if a Representative or Senator does. There are many things the President can do that don't need Congressional approval, like Excecutive Orders. True there may be legal challenges to those, but those come from the Supreme Court and take a while.

Skilled Presidents know how to play to the crowd and skirt around whatever red tape their opponents throw at them. They're not all powerful, but are certainly far more powerful than a bank teller wearing earrings.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Key phrase: "Skilled Presidents."

That's what it comes down to. Can the President use what power he has, and his visibility, to get done what he thinks should get done? That's how much power he has.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

Guys, the railway conductor is getting antsy.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

Run for office on removing governmental redundency.

[WillowLuman]

Key phrase: "Skilled Presidents."

That's what it comes down to. Can the President use what power he has, and his visibility, to get done what he thinks should get done? That's how much power he has.

Yes, and Clinton was skilled. Right up until, well you know

[10ebbor10]

Be Belgian

Get accidentally elected European president