Saturday, July 28, 2007

President Bush, Now Is The Time To Be A Leader


Many in the media, the political and radical left, the ultra and moderate right; as well as President Bush's most vocal detractors have accused him of "Failed Leadership". From where I sit, President Bush has not led this nation since he was elected.

Bill Clinton wasn't a leader and neither is Hillary.
Well, you say..Bill Clinton is still very popular...so was Adolf Hitler. In fact, only one of the current group of presidential candidates, has shown any real leadership ability..and that's Rudy Giuliani.

These 3 actualities are very obvious:

1. Managing government is a failed strategy.
2. The President's advisors and political cronies have failed him.
3. His standing in public opinion polls has no where to go but up.

Therefore, the timing is right for President Bush to become our national leader by words, deeds, actions and activities. He must take charge of every aspect of his administration and become the point man on all the major issues confronting America.

Before we can begin to understand why managing government is not leadership, it will be necessary to define what is meant by lead. Lead means to show the way, by going along with or in front of, or to guide. From this definition, we can deduce that a leader is someone who has taken the responsibility to show us the way or to guide us. Management is simply organizing and monitoring activity. Leadership is directing activity.

George W. Bush was elected President by a democratic process. Therefore, he has a duty, an obligation and a responsibility to lead America, not manage government. Underlings can do that. Leadership requires courage and instinct, and by it's very nature must be in some direction or toward the accomplishment of something. That something America is being led toward must be clearly defined and simply stated because this becomes the goal to be reached, the objective to be accomplished or the destination we are suppose to arrive at.

Once the goal has been defined and stated, President Bush, as our leader, must decide on a plan of action or set a course or direction that will reach the goal, accomplish the desired objective or get us to our destination. If it is determined that a course of action has failed or is failing to reach a desired objective, as America's leader, the President must be ready to change course and personnel if needed. Misguided loyalties can be devastating.

Now that we understand the nature of leadership, we can ask ourselves some questions: Where has President Bush's past and present management taken us? What has he really accomplished with it?...and if he has not accomplished anything, we need to know why? In addition, what has been the result of his administration's management philosophy? Is America better off, the same or worse?

It is time for President Bush to take the helm of the ship of state. It is obvious his captains can not read the political charts. When management fails, it is time to lead.