OK, George. You've obviously given this some thought. Delegation is great. Got to be absolutely confident in your people, though, as president : Will they do as you want them to? Got to herd these cats in the direction you're envisioning.
"leading the world to peace by using force" hmmmm Haven't others attempted this in the past -- and failed? I DO think the US COULD lead the world into peace, and is in fact in many ways already doing it -- but without a kind of awareness that that's what they're doing.
Might you want to take a more considered approach to this issue as president -- and lead us into a peace using peaceful means : perhaps recognizing the ways in which we already live in peace and build upon that, rather than go at something as delicate as world peace with rough hands. Maybe more than a day might be necessary to investigate a means of doing this, perhaps?
I'm confident here that it can be done, too. I admire your chutzpa in thinking you could take on a task like this. I think there are millions of others just ready to support someone taking on this task.
I think Barack Obama is one of them. Maybe you should send him a letter outlining your plan -- that it, YOUR plan, should supplant Mr. Obama's plan and course of action, since you're the one who believes he can do a better job than Mr. Obama. Mr. Obama could use your help, don't you think?
I think at heart he is a man of the people, looking to lead by example as much as by legislation. Or perhaps not. But really, should that not be that you are man of the people, with the common touch, the understanding of humanity -- of Americans' hopes and dreams, and of how these have suffered through cynicism and greed and confusion?
And should you not come to understand that upon taking the mantle of leading this country, you are in fact its most obvious servant : answerable to each and every soul within this nation? You serve massa, George, you serve all us massas : you serve us masses, the masses, the peoples, each and every person unique and a universe unto himself or herself and precious and full of hope that maybe, maybe, yes maybe you can indeed understand their confusion and lack of perspective and use your power wisely as a wise and humble leader answerable to each soul within this nation.
Ah : A great man you must be, sir, great and humble and with great understanding to believe you could do this! Surely you could inspire others with such a depth of understanding and a keen sense of purpose and of just exactly what needs to be done and who best it would be to enlist their help to accomplish your vision.
Go for it, man! If you are such a man of such vision and understanding, I can understand your frustration with others who think they can lead this country as wisely as you and who fail to for lack of the understanding and vision you have. You must indeed be heartsick at all you see, of the vainglorious attempts of others who do not see as you do. You must suffer at seeing the mistakes of others : for power, for gain, for greed, for satisfaction of ego rather than submission to the good of all... I can understand how frustrating this must be for you.
So, get going on your plan. The details must be wonderful!
And if you develop a detailed, thoughtful, well-thought-through plan, submit it in good faith to Mr. Obama through the means available to U.S. citizens through email, fax, phone, blogs, forums like this, universities, letters to the editor in major newspapers, articles in journals, sending your plan to thought leaders and think tank members, sharing your plan with those whom you would like to carry out your ideas.
And if you find after making a concerted effort, in good faith, at this level of depth and with such heartfelt, thoughtful, passionate purpose, that again and again your good plan is being thwarted by those who cannot see its common sense, then you have a couple of options:
One : actually run for president yourself (I know that's a bit silly, given that you're supposed to already actually BE president, according to the question). Of course, to do this according to the parameters of the original question, you must not reveal who you are, you must forego any recognition for your achievements, no one must know your name, so actually running for president might be problematic.
Two : According to our constitution, you have every right to organize to overthrow tyranny if that is how you perceive Mr. Obama's political stance : as a man of tyranny, a tyrannical leader, an oppressive leader.
How far do you want to take your wish ? How compassionate and dispassionate and kind and understanding of far-reaching consequences do you think you can actually be as president? How understanding could you be that your life would no longer be your own? Nor the lives of those close to you. You would be answerable to each person in this entire nation regarding the fate of this country. You, I gather unlike Mr. Obama who is of mixed race, would bypass the uncomfortable feelings that gives rise to in some Americans.
Yet you must still be keenly aware that at any given moment moving among the American public, your safety would be the matter of an entire staff - and of your family. You would be keenly aware that you are answerable to not only your own conscience, but to the national conscience -- which takes into account the moral fibre of each and every person living in this country and attempts at its best to strengthen that delicate fabric.
Our constitution gives you the right to overthrow a tyranical leader : Is that not how this nation came to be? You must be wise, George : As wise as those who founded this nation. You have, of course, studied "The Federalist Papers," I'm sure. You comprehend constitutional law to its very depths, you know the constitution backwards and forwards, and have studied each opinion rendered over the past two hundred some years to understand how others have wrestled with constitutional ideals and actualities and what is justice and how can one uphold the right to freedom -- so courageously wrested from the jaws of tyranny before, so intelligently, so compassionately, and yet with mistakes too that generations of Americans have wrestled with, the inconsistencies of our founders.
AND, you are willing to do all this incognito, as it were, without anyone knowing it is you who are doing all this. Without ego, without recognition.
Well, you are the ultimate hero, I guess.
Yes, indeed, my hat's off to you.
