“Why do parties keep proposing Senators for the Presidency? It’s inexplicable.”
Couldn’t have said this better myself. The cloistered, dysfunctional Senate continues to show its ineptitude at running the country. Many of them are too busy stroking their massive egos running for president to be effective leaders in the Senate. The immigration fiasco, their foolish grandstanding in questioning the integrity of Gen. Petraeus, and so many other things reveal their split from reality.
Then there is Hillary Clinton, who has never run anything in her life except the failed health care fiasco. At least Bill, as horrible an excuse for a president as he was, held the governorship of a state. Would someone tell me what Hillary Clinton, or for that matter, Barrack Obama, have accomplished in the Senate? I see a big fat zero for both of them! Who would you hire for a CEO of a corporation, someone with a track record of running a company or someone with no such experience?
I don’t think we have ever elected a mayor of a large city, either, but that is still a better choice for president than a Senator. Rudy Guiliani has been mayor of a city larger than many states, and did an effective job.
Our presidential selection process in this country is simply nuts! Instead of competence, experience, and ability, we let the media circus make our decisions for us, and wonder why our government is dysfunctional.