Hmm...that's a poser.  Let's see, he should be handsome with thick white hair, a slightly jowly face that makes you want to pinch his cheeks...he should play a wicked sax and  smoke cigars...he should be capable of being humbled as well as becoming righteously angered when called for.  He should care passionately about his country and his fellow countrymen.  I don't care what he does on his own time or who he screws as long as it's not me...well maybe, under the right circumstances...

Okay since there is little chance we are going to get William Jefferson Clinton back into the White House as anything other than first hubby, here is more realistic description:

I want a president who has been poor, who has struggled and overcome.  One who knows what it's like to not be able to pay your doctor bills AND still buy the prescription meds that are keeping you alive.  One who has sent an unsigned check to the power company and an empty envelope to the phone company, hoping to buy a few more days to come up with the money...I want a single mom who knows how to make 101 things out of hamburger or a dad who worked for Boeing for 20 years and was laid off due to budget cuts in a struggling economy.  I want someone whose never had a haircut that cost more than $15 and wears a suit that is either a hand-me-down or was purchased off the clearance rack.  How about someone who used to be a waiter or a dishwasher or drove a city bus or taught third grade.  Someone who knows how scary it is to live in a world where violence and poverty and drugs are more than "issues" to be used to garner support.  Someone who has been touched by those things in their own life.  Someone who wakes up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night worried that their youngest child may be called to serve and die in a war they don't support, for a country they are struggling to still believe in.   

I want an American.  Not a politician.  Not a democrat or republican.  A human being.  With a soul and a heart and eyes wide open.  

Anyone who knows someone who fits that bill..lemme know where I sign up to support them