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Old 03-15-2016, 09:58 PM
 
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So these Donald Trump voters would be ok if someone with no business experience was hired to turn around a struggling corporation? After all wouldn't this inexperienced person be perfect for the job since they would be an outsider like Trump?
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Old 03-15-2016, 10:01 PM
 
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So these Donald Trump voters would be ok if someone with no business experience was hired to turn around a struggling corporation? After all wouldn't this inexperienced person be perfect for the job since they would be an outsider like Trump?
It worked for President Obama.
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Old 03-15-2016, 10:09 PM
 
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Oh, yeah, I would and have hired the inexperienced. Sometimes it's not only necessary but a smart move. No bad habits to endlessly correct. Plenty of reasons to do it.
WOULD YOU take someone who has only run a good and successful company and put them in charge of turning a struggling corporation around. Not necessarily a good plan. Lots of variables though and one would have to get specific.
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Old 03-15-2016, 10:23 PM
 
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So these Donald Trump voters would be ok if someone with no business experience was hired to turn around a struggling corporation? After all wouldn't this inexperienced person be perfect for the job since they would be an outsider like Trump?
A good argument can be made that the US Government is the Largest Business in the World.
It's difficult to make any argument at all that the Business of the US Government is well run.

Fraud, Corruption, Ineptitude, Life time jobs, can't fire anyone, can't balance a budget & 20 Trillion dollars in debt.
Maybe we would do a lot better with an Experienced CEO instead of a King.
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Old 03-16-2016, 03:37 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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A good argument can be made that the US Government is the Largest Business in the World.
It's difficult to make any argument at all that the Business of the US Government is well run.

Fraud, Corruption, Ineptitude, Life time jobs, can't fire anyone, can't balance a budget & 20 Trillion dollars in debt.
Maybe we would do a lot better with an Experienced CEO instead of a King.
A good argument can be made that it isn't.

Businesses exist to make profits. HOW is the DoD, one of government's largest expenses, run like a business in any way, shape, or form? What part of the Constitution mandates the government generate a profit?
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Old 03-16-2016, 04:00 AM
 
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Anyone who is elected President has no experience being President unless it is their second term.
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Old 03-16-2016, 04:19 AM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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It worked for President Obama.
Just like it worked for Reagan. Both had long careers in state politics.
President Obama has one up on President Reagan; he was actually elected to another federal office first, before becoming President. So in terms of experience, he had more than Reagan.

Both had much more than Trump. Sure, experience counts, but not as much as popularity and the ability to command an audience. Experience is a good singer in a choir. Commanding an audience takes an Elvis.

The fact is, the winner of the Presidency always has some Elvis in him. GW Bush had lotsa Elvis. So did his dad. And Bill Clinton, and Reagan, and Obama, and even Dick Nixon. They all had experience too, to give the Elvis some backbone.

Trump is all Elvis, no backbone.

Cruz got no Elvis, but is all backbone. Cruz don't even have any Lawrence Welk in him.

Hillary got no Elvis, but she has some Taylor Swift, and she has a lot of backbone.

Bernie got some Elvis and lotsa backbone.

Jeb had no Elvis in him. It must have gotten all used up by his pappy and little bro. he was so boring no one ever looked for the backbone.
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Old 03-16-2016, 04:59 AM
 
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So these Donald Trump voters would be ok if someone with no business experience was hired to turn around a struggling corporation? After all wouldn't this inexperienced person be perfect for the job since they would be an outsider like Trump?
this has been one of my arguments since day one. Of course I have more than one reason for not wanting him to get the nomination, but that is at the top of my list.
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Old 03-16-2016, 05:02 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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Just like it worked for Reagan. Both had long careers in state politics.
President Obama has one up on President Reagan; he was actually elected to another federal office first, before becoming President. So in terms of experience, he had more than Reagan.

Both had much more than Trump. Sure, experience counts, but not as much as popularity and the ability to command an audience. Experience is a good singer in a choir. Commanding an audience takes an Elvis.

The fact is, the winner of the Presidency always has some Elvis in him. GW Bush had lotsa Elvis. So did his dad. And Bill Clinton, and Reagan, and Obama, and even Dick Nixon. They all had experience too, to give the Elvis some backbone.

Trump is all Elvis, no backbone.

Cruz got no Elvis, but is all backbone. Cruz don't even have any Lawrence Welk in him.

Hillary got no Elvis, but she has some Taylor Swift, and she has a lot of backbone.

Bernie got some Elvis and lotsa backbone.

Jeb had no Elvis in him. It must have gotten all used up by his pappy and little bro. he was so boring no one ever looked for the backbone.
Good points. most are what I was thinking.
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Old 03-16-2016, 05:05 AM
 
Location: Fairfax, VA
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Anyone who is elected President has no experience being President unless it is their second term.


A governor has the same skillset as a president.
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