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12 years from now Tom Cotton will run for President on a platform of restricting the franchise and various other red state elitisms and LK will be like "Welp he served; gotta vote for him"
I think trying to value "experience" in a presidential election is pointless. In a race for a legislative seat? Sure. You might think that a doctor is better qualified to represent your interests that a trust fund baby, or that a head of a non-profit is a better bet for you than a retired auto worker. But for President of the United States of America? There is no experience that qualifies you for that position. There is nothing comparable.
I also don't understand the desire to have someone with a military background. Some of the worst presidents this country has had over its existence were military leaders. Not to mention that I think the armed forces do a pretty good job of creating their own leaders- the President only needs to respect the military and be able to have an intelligent discussion with military leaders. Its not like the President is going to lead a charge up a hill or pilot a drone.
Figure out who best represents your interests (or, perhaps more accurately, least represents the things you hate). Try to figure out the amorphous "leadership" qualities that might allow a certain candidate to better accomplish things once in office. But thinking that the fact a guy ran GE for 15 years would make him a good President, or believing that a full-bird colonel somehow makes one more qualified to be President than anyone else just doesn't seem to add up.
12 years from now Tom Cotton will run for President on a platform of restricting the franchise and various other red state elitisms and LK will be like "Welp he served; gotta vote for him"
You distilled my entire post down to that? Impressive.
Nobody is qualified to be president.
LK, could you boil down your post to simply wanting to support a candidate who shares the same values as you?
Can you boil your Obama vote down to simply voting for him because he is black (apologies to Saneff)?
I think in the abstract most of us identify with the candidate who most reflects our values, so yes you could certainly over simplify my post down to that. Inquiring whether a person is qualified be president can be a biased value based judgement, and at the same time be an independent observation. Neither you or I are qualified to be president, but that has nothing to do with our values aligning with potential voters.
You could have just said that. Making a racially inflammatory post was unnecessary.
5 highest rated presidents and their experience before presidency:
Theodore Roosevelt - badass
I don't think tying experience to the presidency really matters that much. Also "leadership" i find to generally just be a subjective term that can be maneuvered whichever way a party wants to. If you don't have any concrete complaints and things aren't getting done just say the president hasn't "led." Even if it's Congress being obstinate the blame falls on the president as well. Fare thee well separation of powers I guess. Congress can't pass a budget or reach an agreement on even the most basic topic, probably the president's fault for failing to meet this ambiguous leadership standard.
I'm pretty convinced that there is a serious disconnect between the powers of the president and the powers the American people believe they have.
Begging your pardon #undepheated, but I've found your tone towards me on this thread to be condescending on multiple occasions, and I'm going to respond in kind.
If you want to distill my point of view down to simplastic identity politics, don't get ruffled if I do the same to you.
I think you make a good point in your first paragraph. Experience is obviously subjective. Then again, aren't most assessments of political candidates?
I think you make a good point in your first paragraph. Experience is obviously subjective. Then again, aren't most assessments of political candidates?
Bush "had to deal with 9/11" because he failed. And he had a record of failure. Because he was and is a failure. LK's heuristic would have worked great on W.