Interview with the President

I have interviewed hundreds of people. I have even had the opportunity to interview a pro-football player, a reality show finalist, an ABC network producer and our new governor but there is one interview that I would love to get. It’s not an interview with our current president. (These responses are usually very mechanical and filled with plenty of phrases you could probably write yourself and he’d assume you interviewed him anyway.)
I want to interview the president a week after he ends his term. As of this moment, no one really cares what the former president thinks about the economy and what to do to fix it. I want to know how much he slept at night. From what I hear it’s about 3 hours. I want to know if it’s a relief to be done. Do you constantly feel unliked though you have received the most recognizable role in our society? How do you memorize so many speeches? Or know so much information on every nationwide topic? How much pressure do you really feel to change our economy or education? Do you have a constant fear of assassination attempts? I know I would. And what will you do now? This four (and sometimes eight) year job seems to pack a lifetime of work into a very small amount of time. Does he want to retire? A recent trip to Dallas answered one of my questions. I drove through neighborhood the president has planned to move to once his term ends. The streets are peaceful. And nothing like the White House’s surroundings. Old cars of the yardworkers line the streets while the BMW’s are hidden in the garage. It reminded me of the streets in Home Alone. Grand houses but seemingly normal lives.
It would hurt to also find out about the dozen or so presidential hopefuls that have already retreated for the vote. What do you do after a presidential bid? You have supposedly a dozen of the smartest minds in our nation and 11 of them wont even be used for the role intended. So where are they now?