respect

Guide the country with honor, honesty, and accountability. We need to regain respect, not by kowtowing to foreign demands or bribing them with Americans' jobs, but by dealing fairly and honestly with other nations, and by getting our own house in order - by building a first class educational system, by encouraging scientific and technological innovation and excellence, by building a strong economy, and by implementing a best-in-class healthcare system.

Most people have a sense of appropriate level of action, as well as a sense of fairness. Countries need to acknowledge the sovereignty of other nations, and expect the same from others. America has enough nuclear weapons readied to destroy anywhere in the world, probably wipe out all life in the Earth; and has other WMD types too. Do not use more force than was originally applied to yourself, or maybe only a few percent more. Display respect for other nations, and expect respect in return.

Send George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Condaleeza Rice to the Hague for trial. This is the first step towards bringing the country back into the community of civilized nations.

On the first day of the next administration, the new president should project a new vision to the world - a vision of hope, strength, and respect for the human condition, and one that calls for the empowerment of all women.