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18 October, 2008

There is a belief that the American Presidents do not lie to their people. Abraham Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy all had this aura of truth around them. But President George Bush has proved numerous times that he lacks this aura.

I WAS told when I joined duty as a young officer in the government of India that "American Presidents do not lie to their people".The country of United States of America is so powerful that its leaders do not tell lies as they can face the consequences of any truth, even the uncomfortable truths. We were discussing the U-2 spy plane being shot by Russians and the possibility of Eisenhower accepting the incident.

When I heard the recent speech of President George Bush about the financial crisis facing America and recommendation of a bailout plan of $700 billion, the above quote came to my mind. His speech is not even believed by his party’s nominee for November 2008 election, Senator John McCain, that he joined his opponent Senator Obama and issued a common statement not approving the bailout. Abraham Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy all had that aura of truth around them while we know that Lyndon B Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and now Bush have reduced the aura of truth around American presidency.

Bush told Pakistani Premier Gilanni that Pakistan’s territorial integrity will be respected even though the American special forces were inside the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) conducting an operation. He should have told Gilanni the truth and faced its consequences. American media is also culpable to a large extent in this creation of lie-into truth business for the sake of their presidency. Bush promised Indian Prime Minister in 2005, to make India a nuke power nation without the need of signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT or NNPT), but now he is of the opinion that those were just “political promises”. Of course, Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and recently, his warning to Iran and the bluff was called by the Iranian President. “Talk softly but carry a big stick” was the advise given by an earlier President, but Bush did not learn this important lesson.

Why is it important for the American President to speak the truth or keep quiet when posed uncomfortable questions?

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1. He is the most powerful human being leading the richest nation and commanding the most powerful army on earth. If this human cannot speak the truth without fearing its consequences, then who else can.

2. It is also morally important for American President to speak truth because he is perceived as the leader of a Christian nation. Nobody thinks about Pope Benedict when they talk about Christian leaders. Normally it is the American President who is perceived as a Christian leader of the West by the third world countries.

Even in India we have this aura around Laloo Prasad Yadav, Priyanka Gandhi and Arun Shourie among the politicians, while in tinsel world, Preity Zinta had this aura about her.

Does Obama or McCain have this aura? It is the American people who elect their leader and a man who speaks truth and is ready to face its consequences. This should be an important criteria for the election in November 2008.

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COMMENTS (2)

Roberto

.Elect Bob Barr and the Libertarians

Ramesh Manghirmalani

.President Elect B. Obama aura. He will bring American back to Leadership again.The president of the United States functions in many capacities: head of state, head of government, commander in chief of the armed forces, and leader of the president's political party. The president is thus the most unifying force in a political system in which power is highly dispersed, both within the government and between the government and the people.Activities as head of state are not limited to the White House and Washington, D.C. The president is expected to travel within the country occasionally, a practice begun by George Washington, who undertook several grand tours to make the presidency visible to the people. Today presidents also travel extensively abroad and appear before the people of many countries. As head of state, the president symbolizes the sovereignty and power of the United States; presidential words and acts radiate an aura of significance that no other American can command.