Irate,
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Originally posted by irateplatypus
I have no idea how saying that the President is more powerful than a congressman is a double-edged sword... I'm not even sure how that could be made gramatically congruent.
It's not half true, it is completely true. If you'll not cede me that point... we really don't have any common ground in which to discuss this.
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Did you read the whole paragraph?
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Originally posted by pan6467
By saying the President is above a member of Congress is a double edged sword and only half true. Yes, he has more power than that one member, but he has more and should be held to higher standards of responsibility and accountability to the people.
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My point is, on one edge yes he does weild more power, but on the other edge of that sword, is the fact that being the most visible member of government, he is most representative of us, therefore he should be held more accountable and responsible for his public actions and how he does his job and is accountable and must make responsible actions for every citizen of the US.
A member of Congress is only representative of his district or state and therefore only accountable to them.
That is what I meant.
Smooth, a person's vote does count. Yes, the electoral college votes for President, but they are elected by the majority of the people in their state, and I do not know of any election where the electoral college reps. from a state did not vote for the person the state populace's majority they repped voted for, so it is still the common man voter who puts the president into office. And how that means the President is not answerable to the people, in your opinion, I would like to know.