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Old 08-02-2014, 08:46 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Today I saw a petition to get someone to run in 2016, looked up their background on Wikipedia, and saw they never ran anything in their life and they are not young. Now, I know voters can get carried away with promises from an inexperienced candidate but why would someone who deliberately chose a career path of non-leadership (analyst, consultant, legislator, lawyer, professor, etc.) think that they can just step into the White House and run a country and it's military?

Obviously, you don't actually know what's in a person's head who does this so it's a guess but why do you think, they think they can do it successfully?
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Old 08-02-2014, 08:52 AM
 
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Obama is a product of this liberal umbrella that has been created through the sacrifice and blood of much better men than he'll ever be. He should have been at best a mid level bureaucrat in some guvmint agency.
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Old 08-02-2014, 09:11 AM
 
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The last guy in office had run plenty of things. We were left with a near collapse of the global economy, 2 wars and trillions of dollars of new debt. You might want to pull your head out of that hole in the ground and come up with an argument that you can actually defend.
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Old 08-02-2014, 09:13 AM
 
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The last guy in office had run plenty of things. We were left with a near collapse of the global economy, 2 wars and trillions of dollars of new debt. You might want to pull your head out of that hole in the ground and come up with an argument that you can actually defend.
I don't think the OP quite knows that a businessman is not a good person to head up the country. A country is not run like a business, end of story
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Old 08-02-2014, 09:15 AM
 
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IMO.....anyone smart enough to be POTUS.......would be smart enough not to run.

We treat out candidates just horribly.

Obama got a pass on many things......but, look at how we treated others.
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Old 08-02-2014, 09:16 AM
 
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I don't think the OP quite knows that a businessman is not a good person to head up the country. A country is not run like a business, end of story
Then what type of person would do a good job???
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Old 08-02-2014, 09:16 AM
 
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With the election of Barack Obama in 2008, American politics has devolved into nothing more than an American Idol episode.

There was NOTHING in Obama's background that said he could ever be a good leader, and yet the media got behind him 100% based on reasons other than his resume. Five+ years later, we see that someone with an empty resume does NOT make for a good president.

I think the only reason someone could think they could do it successfully without any meaningful experience is because they are suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
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Old 08-02-2014, 09:17 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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IMO.....anyone smart enough to be POTUS.......would be smart enough not to run.

We treat out candidates just horribly.

Obama got a pass on many things......but, look at how we treated others.
That pretty much nails it IMO also.
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Old 08-02-2014, 09:19 AM
 
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Then what type of person would do a good job???
A very scientifically literate person that isn't in the medical profession or a military man
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Old 08-02-2014, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Today I saw a petition to get someone to run in 2016, looked up their background on Wikipedia, and saw they never ran anything in their life and they are not young. Now, I know voters can get carried away with promises from an inexperienced candidate but why would someone who deliberately chose a career path of non-leadership (analyst, consultant, legislator, lawyer, professor, etc.) think that they can just step into the White House and run a country and it's military?

Obviously, you don't actually know what's in a person's head who does this so it's a guess but why do you think, they think they can do it successfully?
Same reason people who have run things badly think they are qualified. You know, like a failed businessman, oilman, baseball team owner...
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