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Originally Posted by Hellion1999
that was my question, what has she accomplished other than her class warfare rhetoric?
What does it matter? The Constitution makes no mention of accomplishment as a requirement to become POTUS and history has told us a number times it's not a practical requirement either.
What does it matter? The Constitution makes no mention of accomplishment as a requirement to become POTUS and history has told us a number times it's not a practical requirement either.
What does it matter? The Constitution makes no mention of accomplishment as a requirement to become POTUS and history has told us a number times it's not a practical requirement either.
Ever heard of the word obtuse?
Sure there is no specific requirement to have experience/qualifications to be POTUS beyond what is in the Constitution, and our current POTUS is a perfect example of that.
Yet common sense dictates that you do not take someone out of the mail room and make them a CEO of a Fortune 100 company and expect to be successful.
The best training for a modern president is being a successful governor. Hence why most successful modern presidents have had such experience on their resumes.
Can you take a neophyte and give them on the job training? I guess you can, but do not expect them to be as successful as someone who already has the experience and acumen to do the job on day one.
We are a country of 300+million, and while we would never believe a beat cop should be promoted directly to police chief, we somehow are willing to elect the equivalent to run the largest economy, and be the most powerful person on the planet.
Sure there is no specific requirement to have experience/qualifications to be POTUS beyond what is in the Constitution, and our current POTUS is a perfect example of that.
Yet common sense dictates that you do not take someone out of the mail room and make them a CEO of a Fortune 100 company and expect to be successful.
The best training for a modern president is being a successful governor. Hence why most successful modern presidents have had such experience on their resumes.
Can you take a neophyte and give them on the job training? I guess you can, but do not expect them to be as successful as someone who already has the experience and acumen to do the job on day one.
We are a country of 300+million, and while we would never believe a beat cop should be promoted directly to police chief, we somehow are willing to elect the equivalent to run the largest economy, and be the most powerful person on the planet.
The President of the United States is unlike any other job, period.
Sure, Governors have been elected, but more Senators than Governors have become President. If numbers count, then a Senate seat must be better training than a Governor's office.
President Obama was a State Senator for 11 years before seeking a Congressional Senate seat, and he served as a Senator longer than some others did who became the President.
The fact is the people decide who's ready for the job, period, end of story. Most obviously, experience alone has never been the voter's prime qualification.
If experience was the most important qualification, then we should have seen President Rockefeller, President Thurmond, President Calhoun, or any of a host of others who failed to win election. Any of those 3 had vastly more experience in state and federal politics than most of our Presidents have had.
Imagine for a moment that Hilary said "Ahh, screw it!"
What other Democratic candidate would you like to see running in 2016?
Is "The Rent Is Too D*mn High" guy available? He actually has a legitimate issue compared to the imaginary War On Women.
I'd say "Nancy Pelosi" but the Dems already have too many rich old white ladies they're considering. How about some Hollywood actor that played the President on TV or in the movies...and it can't be Morgan Freeman because when the world ends with Iran's nukes, we're going to need him to play God.
But seriously, any successful Democrat governors or former governors out there?
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Originally Posted by Vector1
Ever heard of the word obtuse?
Sure there is no specific requirement to have experience/qualifications to be POTUS beyond what is in the Constitution, and our current POTUS is a perfect example of that.
Yet common sense dictates that you do not take someone out of the mail room and make them a CEO of a Fortune 100 company and expect to be successful.
The best training for a modern president is being a successful governor. Hence why most successful modern presidents have had such experience on their resumes.
Can you take a neophyte and give them on the job training? I guess you can, but do not expect them to be as successful as someone who already has the experience and acumen to do the job on day one.
We are a country of 300+million, and while we would never believe a beat cop should be promoted directly to police chief, we somehow are willing to elect the equivalent to run the largest economy, and be the most powerful person on the planet.
If you dont like Hillary Clinton, then there is no right answer to the question that was posed to the individual you are responding to.
We all realize this is a discussion forum, but there is no need to entertain a debate with someone who isnt debating with honest intentions.
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