"Our country needs a leader, not a politician" according to a journalist whose newspaper column I read only a day or so ago. Is that really all we need?
The young(ish) columnist was talking about the United States of course, as its citizens endure/observe the serial drama that is their presidential nomination process.
He could have been talking about Australia of course, or Great Britain, or even Russia. All over the World, most of us seem to yearn for a "great leader" who will solve our nation's big problems (thus giving the rest of us the opportunity to have "a headache pill, a cuppa, and a nice lie down."
Most great leaders", though, rapidly change into politicians, and even the best of these soon discover that good intentions and a year or so of voice and presentation coaching aren't a guarantee of presidential or prime ministerial success.
Won't it be wonderful if our new, enthusiastic PM can fulfil more than half of his campaign targets?
How many US citizens, I wonder, really and truly believe that the best Presidential campaigner is, the really great leader who'll restore their economy,and freedom and peace (and, of course "Democracy")to a significant number of countries through the wider World.
In Australia, having made our choice, we're waiting with a degree of hope and scepticism to see if we voted well.
If I were a US citizen just now, I'd be looking very hard to see if there were any practical policies within the presidential campaign rhetoric.
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