He may be a great lawyer, but has never held a job in the private sector, never met a payroll, and never hired employees. He has for his campaigns, but, has picked some doozies that’s for sure. He has no executive experience, and would be better suited to a job where he can use his slick, lawyer talk - not as POTUS. He has accomplished nothing except to slurped at the trough of the taxpayer’s money all his life.
All true! A lawyer arguing before SCOTUS is impressive — in the world of lawyers. In the Real World, dealing with day-to-day issues that face both blue-collar and white-collar citizens the lawyer skills may not translate well.
To argue before SCOTUS:
- You have months or years to prepare.
- You have a staff of other lawyers, paralegals, etc., to research and write the brief(s).
- You have exactly 30 minutes before SCOTUS to READ the brief handed to you by staff.
- You do not question witnesses.
- You answer SCOTUS members’ questions if there are any.
- There is no jury of peers.
In a regular, non-SCOTUS, case:
- You prepare your case, again, with help from staff, paralegals, etc.
- You write the script — and there is a script unless you’re Perry Mason.
- You question a witness, knowing the response. (”Never ask a question you don’t know the answer to.”)
- That response takes you to the next point in your script.
- Continue the Q&A, per the script. Ask, “rinse, repeat” — until done.
- You employ theatrics for the benefit of the jury — vocal gymnastics, gestures with your arms and body.
- You hope the jury bought it, and either they do or they don’t.
True, it’s impressive in the world where he lives, but it doesn’t involve living in, or working in, the Real World. It doesn’t involve thinking on your feet. It doesn’t involve multi-tasking, or multi-faceted skills.
He CERTAINLY doesn’t have the instinctual skills of discernment required to choose people to support him. Glen Beck? Mitt Romney? Really?