mysteryman wrote:<b>David Beckham</b> wrote:<b>Bootsie Collins</b> wrote:Foxfyre wrote:Would you vote for Bill Gates?
I really don't know the man's politics, so I couldn't say. I know he knows how to manage money and lead effectively... which is HUGE.I also know he's probably donated as much as any philanthropist in history. And like Ross Perot, he's among the elite few who could finance his own campaign, painlessly
Hey - that all sounds a lot like George Soros. Can I interest you in a Soros candidature?

Soros cant run.
He isnt a native born US citizen.
He cant run for the same reason Arnold cant run.
You know that.
But in a 'what if' or 'would you' game it's all in good fun. (And I have to give Nimh kudos for picking up on a good line.

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For instance, would you vote for Arnold if he could run? He has accomplished some noteworthy things for California. He has also abandoned some of the conservative principles for which we once admired him. I'm pretty sure that if he was eligible to run for President he would have been at least thinking about it.
We once speculated on Henry Kissinger in the same way but he too is foreign born and would not be eligible.
How many do you think would vote for a George Soros if he was eligible?
Bill Gates never finished college though I think he was recently awarded an honorary degree. Would that be enough? Would we accept a president who didn't hold at least a bachelor's degree no matter how intelligent, well educated, and successful he or she was?
Considering the love/hate relationship America has with Donald Trump, would he have a shot if he decided to run? Great name and face recognition, even more than Gates.
What is the most important thing to get anybody elected?
McG has pointed out in the past that likability is likely a strong factor in the final outcome. And yet Bob Dole without a big on camera likability factor won the primary for the 1996 election,
So is it likability? (Good looks, personality, charm, etc.?)
Experience?
Education?
Ideology or Political Party?
Great ideas?
Strong on a few issues? (That won it for Reagan)
Having less negative baggage than the others?
Or is there no single factor?
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I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I?-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.