THE PERFECT POLITICIAN – Who Would That Be?

[lone wolf]

Joe Who?

 

[countryboy]

He got it because the electorate shorted out when Joe Clark was going to raise the price of gas to a full buck a gallon.

Yeah, and a bunch of us have said we want an honest politician. Didn't work that well for old Joe.

So let's see...should he/she tell all of them most of the truth some of the time, or some of them all of the truth most of the time, or....? I'm confused.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Careful.... Isn't that how Trudeau got his last term?

Did you miss the part about "great integrity?" :smile:

 

[lone wolf]

Did you miss the part about "great integrity?" :smile:

I figure integrity and politician are terms that cancel each other out which leaves "didn't want the job" - and that calls to mind his "martyr" speech....

 

[AnnaG]

"THE PERFECT POLITICIAN – Who Would That Be?" Someone that'd probably be dead inside a week.

 

[lone wolf]

Hmmm.... Clark came up a few times. Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing his lips move a great deal when he spoke either.....

 

[countryboy]

"THE PERFECT POLITICIAN – Who Would That Be?" Someone that'd probably be dead inside a week.

It's possible the really great people know that, which is why we don't see them running for office. In fact, I think some of them must be posters here as they surely seem to be a knowledgeable bunch.

 

[Chev]

Someone who would vote for what constituents want.. NOT what the government says they want. Unfortunately when the politician does that, they get the boot.

 

[Chev]

It's possible the really great people know that, which is why we don't see them running for office. In fact, I think some of them must be posters here as they surely seem to be a knowledgeable bunch.

Some posters on here would be great politicians. (However, they are smart enough not to.) :-?

 

[countryboy]

Some posters on here would be great politicians. (However, they are smart enough not to.) :-?

Yeah, A Canadian politician seems to share the basic function of a Secret Service agent on Presidential detail .... A TARGET! :lol:

 

[AnnaG]

Someone who would vote for what constituents want.. NOT what the government says they want. Unfortunately when the politician does that, they get the boot.

A populist? That's exactly what Martin turned into. At the end of his shenanigans he had dropped the idea that he knew what Canadians wanted and was simply too busy desperately clinging to power and simply clung to the polls to see if there was any support in those.
I'd prefer any politician that is able to think of what would work the best for Charlie Canadian and not necessarily for rich buddies, campaign contributors, and then if it still isn't clear what the public wished, then that someone shouldn't be afraid of asking Canadians in a referendum. That would actually be applying some real democracy.

 

[taxslave]

I'm wondering if it's possible to come up with a list of qualities that would make the “perfect politician?”
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Being dead?

 

[Walter]

 

[YukonJack]

A perfect politician would say:

"I ran to be elected to give my best in one term and one term ONLY, unless I am chosen to be the Leader of my Party, in which case I will stick around for my chance to be Prime Minister.

I will NEVER run for re-election, because it will inevitably mean conflict of interest.

I will never interrupt any of my fellow representatives when they speak, with either desk-thumping, hollering, screeching, etc., because my mother taught to me that only ignorant bastards do that.

I WILL not blindly vote party lines, if my vote will not be in the interst of the people who elected me.

Let me serve you for one term. Then I will go back to be to what I am most swuited for: being an ordinary citizen."

 

[darkbeaver]

A perfect politician would say:

"I ran to be elected to give my best in one term and one term ONLY, unless I am chosen to be the Leader of my Party, in which case I will stick around for my chance to be Prime Minister.

I will NEVER run for re-election, because it will inevitably mean conflict of interest.

I will never interrupt any of my fellow representatives when they speak, with either desk-thumping, hollering, screeching, etc., because my mother taught to me that only ignorant bastards do that.

I WILL not blindly vote party lines, if my vote will not be in the interst of the people who elected me.

Let me serve you for one term. Then I will go back to be to what I am most swuited for: being an ordinary citizen."

Taxslave is right I think. You are wanting a dead saint. Politics is a dirty game Jack, the nice responsible people are crushed out of it one way or the other. If you can't be bought you're no use to the political machine these days.

 

[AnnaG]

I'm wondering if it's possible to come up with a list of qualities that would make the “perfect politician?”
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Being dead?

It worked for Turdeau, didn't it? People grumbled about him until he died, then he became a hero. Well, almost; some are still grumbling. lol