Should there be background checks of the Presidency, so we don't end up with another George Bush?
408984
most definately, yes. god really help us if we were to get another president like bush again.
491393
I say Pres. Bush needs to be impeached and sent to the country he seems to be loyal to. How did you like the s.s. identity theft being forgiven. Identity theft is a felony.
1057549
There is one! \n\nhttp://www.thebushcountdown.com/\n506 DAYS\n15 HOURS\n44 MINS\n06 SECS\n\nUNTIL GEORGE W. BUSH IS NO LONGER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
509959
I also think in terms of... what is America founded on... and how to maintain these freedoms that we hold so dear... some of the things this administration has done (wiretapping, CIA leak) verge on un-American... and this is the president, the man elected to represent America... it's just sad...\n\nI also fear that a future president may take Bush's interpretation of the constitution and stretch it even more... in other words, Bush is  undermining the constitution and that could have horrible effects down the road if future presidents continue to undermine it...
69121
I really didn't want another Bush in office because of Sr George Bush was about when he was in office. Unfortunately his son is in office and then 9/11 happened. Now we have our troops over seas fighting against an enemy that they have no real experience in fighting (guriella war-fare). Troops are dying everyday and we really haven't found any weapons   of mass destruction or Osoma Bin-Laden as of yet. The real reason why we are over in Iraq is to get our bid in on their black gold. Is Bush the right person for presidency? NO. But he has to finish what he started.
449304
While I have some concerns about some of the actions initiated by the President Bush (such as some elements of the Patriot Act) but by and large he is a dedicated and sincere President.\n\nI say this though I have never supported him in an election, but I make a distinction between such reservations and the blatant, unsubstantiated assertions made about the President.  I have no doubt that there are those who want a different president, that is obvious with the virulent yelling of hatred which is so often seen here.  However, I suggest that those who sincerely want a change that there should get involved with political actions which will lead to such change.  To do that is an act of a mature person.  To continue to scream hatred is childish and ineffectual.
701079
No.  That's part of the reasoning behind the pres only being an American citizen.  You can never fully trust that a person who has dual alliances is going to look out for your best interest if a conflict of interest arises.
48155
Ok, How about this... How many presidents came before George W. Bush?
751576
No it'd probably be something like Clinton's biography. And I guarantee he has most of it written already. Of course, often times they don't actually write it. It's ghostwritten by someone else, because, you know, they might actually be busy at times. I say three years after leaving office.
312646
Actually we hold job as president too important in my opinion. The president works for us, not the other way around. Bush has been telling the American people what to do and how to think about certain situations and i find this to be completly wrong. Like I mentioned above, the President works for us and he should do what we want. My loyalties belong to this country, not its president.
166456
While this president has not served in any war, many of our presidents have.  In fact Grover Clevland was once a Hangman while he was serving as sherriff before he became president.  As Commander-in-Chief he is responsible for all the armed forces do, however this in no way makes him a killer.  If Bush is a killer then in the broader sense we should have that cigar playing with sexual pervert that last lived in the White House registering as  sexual offender!
383031
I think he would have to be.  Article II clearly states: "No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President".  So if, for some odd reason, this did actually happen, then Bush wouldn't be a natural born citizen.  I don't quite know what the political repercussions would be, since he would always have been illegal, but I suppose that's a question for people more versed then I.
13674
Our political system actually filters out decent, ethical and talented candidates.  We have elections, but no democracy in the USA (elected officials generally represent lobbyists and crony friends).  A possible solution is to employ the jury system (random selection of representatives) to fill our legislatures and have them select the President.  Realistically, of course, nothing like this will happen so we remain destined to suffer from Presidents who are so beholden to a few that no real leadership can emerge.  Yours is a great question, however, and the more folks ask it the more likely some changes will result.
466349
ABSOLUTLY NOT.  One's loyalty to the USA should never be weighed against the native nation of the president.  Last thing we need is either a manchurian candidate, or a president who is second guessed because of their nationality.
865915
I think - hooray - one more gone - hopefully more and more will be let go now that Bush is going to have to face scrutiny for his grossly illegal acts.\n\nFP
913465
Bush did not run in this Election. It was not a Presidential election.  He cannot run in the next Presidential, because he is limited to 2 terms in office, and he is in his 2nd term now.
768261
i think youre talking about the checks and balances idea we have in the us. and its so one branch can't run away with power the problem is that right now with bush there is no one checking him. i heard a stat that clinton administration got 'checked' over a 1000 times by congress and the bush administration just once. some thing is wrong with that. but benefits is to keep a dictatorship from happening.