"Let's make America great again," says 'the Donald.'

Here's my rant for the week:

Back in the Great Depression, America experienced a historic low in their socioeconomic position. Cities collapsed and millions of people were left unemployed and without hope because of the nature of the American system under which they lived.

Americans reached out to their leaders of industry and to their government to create jobs and systems that would help improve the state of the country. In 1933, they looked to Franklin D. Roosevelt, a democrat. Regardless of political affiliation, his administration helped to create new government departments to create jobs in a time of rapid expansion, both technologically and socially. The point I'm trying to make is that things got done. The President was revered and admired.

Now, we live in a country where, again, regardless of your political affiliation, the President seems to make a mistake and be the root cause of the lack of progress in a country. I'm not ignoring the fact that our Congress is completely divided and probably won't agree on anything serious for many more years, but at the very core the President is an elected position who should be admired and respected. Not to say we should revere Obama or Bush or Clinton, but we need to respect the effort put forward by these courageous men to absorb, embrace and dole out fairness in the most complex socio-political era the world has ever seen.

My point is that our presidency, that is, the acceptance of the responsibility of President, is not taken seriously by any source of media. I am not saying that the American public is ignorant or that we're not considering the ideas of every serious candidate, but what I am saying is that it's not that easy to get things done in the system under which our government operates. The President can't have all the answers all the time. Ultimately, there aren't many people that respect the office of the President and the enormous scope of responsibility under which they operate as the "'leader' of the free world."

What I seriously still don't get is how the people who are running for President even got to the point where they are. I'm completely serious, if someone can tell me I'd really love to know. Do they tell someone in government that they're running? Do they have to fill out some paperwork? Or do they just say, "Hey, I'm gonna run for President," and hope for the best? I started to wonder if the people who are in the running are the best people for the job. It makes you wonder if society has placed such a negative connotation on the presidency, that it turns off our best & brightest--those who may have a chance to make a difference.

I don't have all the answers, but if the two main candidates are a real estate mogul/TV personality and a former first lady, who served as one of the worst Secretary of States of all time, then I think as a whole, we need to reconsider who has the most powerful job the world can offer.

That's my rant.

Cheers.