Bush knocked down the towers.

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I don't believe the President is a puppet, but I don't think he really has the power to enact real change because of congress. Congress has the real power and they know it... and all the people buying their votes know it too. Don't blame the president for the problems blame the Congress they are the ones passing bills filled with pork and money payoffs.

I don't think the President is a puppet either. But I do think that the President has plenty of sway. If a President wants to get a bill into Congress, he can't do it himself but he can get someone to do it for him. Also, it has been well-documented that the power of the executive branch has been steadily increasing over the past couple of administrations. The executive branch can do a lot of things without having to resort to Congress.

Please name the good things Clinton got done for the people of the United States.

A balanced budget, for one. Economic growth, for another. And no, believe it or not, it was not solely due to the Republican's control in Congress. Otherwise, common sense would dictate that a Republican Congress+a Republican president would have left us off in better conditions than we are now...?

No it doesn't. But it should show that if they are willing to break the trust and vows they have given to their spouse that they would be willing to break any promise that they have given to the public. If you know a person is an admitted liar with low morals who can't be trusted, do you want them to lead you and your family.

*shrug* If you know that a person knows that something is untrue, but tries to espouse it as truth anyway just to achieve his own goals, would you trust that person? Hell. Thomas Jefferson was believed to have a mistress, an belief now backed by DNA evidence, and people regard him rather fondly nowadays, don't they? I do believe there is a difference between what happens in people's private and public lives.

Does our government have problems... Yes, and without real reform to the congress this will never change. Why is it that the President has only a maximum of 8 years to try and make changes and gets blamed if things go wrong, but congress can sit on their seats for a lifetime and no one blames them for anything. I never hear anyone complain about the job their congress people do.

Actually, Congress does get blamed for a lot of things. :3 I remember reading an article from the Rolling Stones about how the 109th Congress has done very little. It's a good read. Highly recommended. In fact, I'll even find it for you. Worst Congress Ever. And the Democratic majority in Congress received very low approval ratings after the honeymoon period was over because the public blamed them for not accomplishing anything. But the President is the figurehead of the United States--he's a lot easier to blame than 100 senators and 400+ representatives.