The President of My Dreams

Have you ever heard of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf?  This woman is the president of my dreams, although I must agree that she is much better suited to be the president of Liberia than the president of America.  She officially arrived in office in January 2006, but she has been active in Liberian politics for much longer than that.  She worked in the ministry of Finance for Liberian President Tolbert during the 1970's eventually taking the position of Minister of Finance until his overthrow in 1980.  She fled into exile, worked for citibank, became a senator(1985, thank you wikipedia), went to prison, fled to Washington D.C., and worked for the World Bank (Maybe I will get to work for them someday, but I don't know if they are my style.  I'll learn more as my education progresses)  Now she is back for good, and she is The Iron Lady of Africa.  She is an economist with the educational background to prove it.  I would have to say, beyond getting elected in the first place, her greatest accomplishment that I know of is that, with her respect in the western world, her solid economic planning, and just a hint of charisma, she has managed to get the IMF (International Monetary Fund, the World Bank of Europe) to forgive all of Liberia's debts.  I love you Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf!!!  You make Obama look backwards!  But perhaps I just see foreign inspirational leaders the way foreigners see Obama, with rose-colored glasses.