ROLES OF THE PRESIDENT

CHIEF OF STATE Plays a ceremonial role like a King or Prime Minister would in England THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT BASEBALL GAMES ATTENDING CHARITY FUNCTIONS CONGRATULATING HEROS LIGHTS CHRISTMAS TREES

CHIEF EXECUTIVE APPOINTS ALL TOP OFFICIALS IN FEDERAL GOV. SUCH AS: JUDGES, ATTORNEYS, CABINET MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT HEADS, DIPLOMATS, AMBASSADORS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE CAN ISSUE PARDONS Many pardons have been controversial.  Perhaps the most controversial was Gerald Ford's preemptive 1974 pardon of Richard Nixon for his actions in the Watergate Affair.  More recently, George Bush's 1992 pardons of six Reagan administration officials involved in the Iran-Contra Affair, including Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, generated considerable negative comment.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE PATTY HEARST, 2001 The granddaughter of publishing titan William Randolph Hearst made headlines in 1974 when an urban guerilla group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) kidnapped her from her Berkeley, Calif., apartment. Two months later the 19-year-old was photographed robbing a San Francisco bank while brandishing an assault rifle — apparently she had taken up her captors' cause. At trial her defense lawyer focused not only on her abuse and the fact that the kidnappers forced her to take part in the robbery, but on the pervasive brainwashing by her attackers that caused her to sympathize with them. The defense didn't work and Hearst was convicted of bank robbery on March 20, 1976. She was imprisoned for almost two years before Jimmy Carter commuted her seven-year sentence and freed her from jail. But it was President Bill Clinton who granted her a full pardon on the last day of his presidency, January 20, 2001.

COMMANDER AND CHIEF HEAD OF THE ARMED FORCES

CHIEF DIPLOMAT HEAD OF FOREIGN RELATIONS TREATIES RATIFIED BY SENATE Ex. BUSH AND PUTIN/NUCLEAR ARMS AGREEMENT EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS COALITION OF THE WILLING

CHIEF LEGISLATOR HEAD OF DOMESTIC POLICY STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS URGES PUBLIC OPINION IN CERTAIN DIRECTION WORKS CLOSELY WITH LEGISLATORS TO ENSURE HIS AGENDA

GUARDIAN OF THE ECONOMY WATCHES OUT FOR THE LITTLE GUY EXECUTIVES MAY USE CERTAIN MEASURES TO ENSURE A GOOD ECONOMY

POLITICIAN AND PARTY LEADER MAINTAIN PARTY LEADERSHIP AND CAMPAIGN ROLES

CHIEF CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE Moral High Ground Represents what America means Represents American Citizens to other countries.