Should it be treason for a President to break their promises made to get elected?

All candidate make promises to the voters. Some are kept, some are not. A candidate usually makes promises based upon things going HIS way if elected. But things don't always go as planned. Any number of variables come into play once a candidate is elected to office. Promises can be broken if the opposing political parties throw up obstacles to those promises. And, other party members (as well as some politicians from the candidates own party) will often cross party lines or get snarky over some perceived "slight" from the candidate -- and end up voting the opposite of the candidate. Know what I mean, Vern? So, candidates who honestly run for office on promises of this or that, and then once elected, are forced to break those promises for whatever reason, should not be considered traitors. If they WERE considered traitors, there would be so many of them holding office across this nation, that the governments couldn't execute them fast enough, and the prisons would explode with such over-crowding! And yes, treason is a federal offense, punishable by execution.

However, if a candidate comes along and promises mighty things but then if elected, he fails to even make any attempts to keep those promises, or he flat-out lied to the voters to get into office...then that candidate could be considered a traitor, especially if his being elected ends up severely damaging the US in such a way that it is left vulnerable to outside influences, then he is a traitor, and should be dealt with as any traitor.

There's a huge difference between breaking one's word and being unable to pass something through the other legislative branches of government. You may vote for a candidate thinking they have great liberal or conservative (or other) ideas, but you cannot forget that there is still a divide in this country. You cannot expect a Herman Cain to be able to pass a 9-9-9 plan just because he talks about it during the primary. And you cannot expect (for example) Obama to be able to get rid of Bush's tax cuts when Republicans are so strongly against such a move. The same can be said of Guantanamo closing. People need to be on the same page for things to pass.

People need to realize when they are voting that not everything the candidate says will work. Instead I vote on their stances, merits and moral standards. I hardly hold what they'd "like to do" to heart. Though this does help me better understand their views on the issues.

And things can always change, making previous ideas impossible to pass / work. The future is hardly set in stone.

Yup. Impeach Obama, he's an illegal Kenyan. Whatever. Bye.

how the heck did that many people say "yes"? OF COURSE A PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO KEEP ALL OF HIS PROMISES! IF WE TRIED THEM FOR TREASON THEN WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT TO ABOUT EVERY PRESIDENT! I'll bet it has something to do with the current President being Obama or something.

Far too many yeses ! Children may not know, but adults should know, its the nature of American politics to make promises, always has been; this will not change anytime soon...Stretching the truth in order to win an election, NOT GOOD, but thats life, live with it.

black hole said:

Seems to be a trend for candidates from both parties to make promises to the masses just for manipulation to get elected, but then do the opposite once in office.

My question is...

Should Presidents who make promises to the masses to get elected only to do the opposite once in office be looked at as traitors?

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No but they should be looked at as a reason why there should be a recall system for presidents.

black hole said:

Seems to be a trend for candidates from both parties to make promises to the masses just for manipulation to get elected, but then do the opposite once in office.

My question is...

Should Presidents who make promises to the masses to get elected only to do the opposite once in office be looked at as traitors?

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Treason? No.

Every president would probably end up being jailed, and it'd no longer be a postion worth attaining.