In five pages this paper discusses how the American Founding Fathers viewed the presidency and considers how the office has changed with the times and what it represents today. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.
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presidency has meaning. His White House antics cost the nation not only its pride but its tradition. Many believe that the president should be symbolic of the will of the
American people and also, a person that people look up to. For example, in the NBCs West Wing, Martin Sheen exemplifies what his fellow characters call "the real thing." The
idea that there is a "real thing" or someone so special he could represent the people better than anyone else is what romantic images are made of, but some think
it is what the presidency is all about. Many presidential campaigns are indeed romantic and composed of imagery and sound bites. People sometimes vote with equally romantic notions in mind.
They believe that the president will save the world or that they may even vote for him because he seems to have a nice, fatherly image, or perhaps he is
sexy. When George Bush ran for president however there was a great deal of concern about his image as a bumbling fool. The presidency has in fact been represented by
men who were able to speak well, and while George W. Bush had trouble with his words sometimes, as it turned out--when the nation was in crisis--he came through. His
famous words which were something to the effect that the people who knocked down the buildings where he stood in New York City, would soon be hearing us all soon,
continue to be reiterated. In fact, articulation is an important aspect of what one looks for in a president. James Monroe has been closely associated with pristine articulation.
In fact, his effective articulation of political principles, and his warning of an emerging aristocratic faction, won support for the Republican party (Burstein, 1998). He was a president who