Should a President Be Intelligent?

If only. You'd need mostly everybody to agree, and to follow through, to have an impact. I can't think of any that were ever successful­.

I did get a hint of what's possible with the small. but effective action to "close accounts at BOA and open new ones at credit unions and community banks."

Perhaps the boycott(s)­, if really focused and supported, directed at particular­ly egregious offenders of societal values, would work well enough to effect (some/any) change.

And, let's remember that "movements (like Occupy) gain momentum on their own; support from many in the "wildernes­s of discontent­" when they are able to reach enough people on an emotional level.
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