who would you rather have as president right now?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Gates

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Gates

Care to explain your response? I'm interested in seeing why people would prefer a man they know barely anything about to a sitting President.

First off, welcome to the Forum.

I know far more about Bob Gates than Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan before they became President.

Mr. Gates' bio is more impressive than all of the aforementioned Presidents before they became President...  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates

I also believe he posesses the maturity and temperment for the job and he's clearly not "partisan" in the bad sense.

That said, I think he would like to retire as SoD and hang out on a beach somewhere.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Gates

Care to explain your response? I'm interested in seeing why people would prefer a man they know barely anything about to a sitting President.

First off, welcome to the Forum.

I know far more about Bob Gates than Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan before they became President.

Mr. Gates' bio is more impressive than all of the aforementioned Presidents before they became President...  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates

I also believe he posesses the maturity and temperment for the job and he's clearly not "partisan" in the bad sense.

That said, I think he would like to retire as SoD and hang out on a beach somewhere.

Thank you, and thank you for providing a more in-depth response. I was unsure of there being any reasons one may have other than dislike for Obama, but your response was decent.

NP, but I don't dislike Obama........I'm still one of the "somewhat positive" approval ratings posters....lol.