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To: karl_from_wylie

I’m assuming by the cartoon included with your posting that you’re being sarcastic when you mention “experience”.

If having government experience was necessary to be President then I suppose our founders would have included such in their eligibility requirements in the U.S.Constitution. They did not do so.

From that I conclude the job of President wasn’t to be as complicated or involved as it has developed over the past two hundred years. Having common sense and the ability to judge other’s abilities, skills, and knowledge are important traits of a chief executive, whether in government or out in the broader world of business and our President would have to possess those in abundance.

Delegation of authority is a large part of being President. Therefore choosing the right people to head the various Federal Departments is imperative, as it is impossible for one person to understand the minutiae of all government departments.

Who heads the government of Baluchistan isn’t as important as trusting that the Secretary of State knows who it is, what is happening there, and is expert at handling foreign relations and attendant responsibilities. Same goes for Defense, Treasury, Interior, Justice. As to the other departments, well, I’m sure we don’t really need them all that much and can eliminate most as being redundant or actually the responsibility of the several states.


43 posted on 03/17/2011 2:13:32 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
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To: SatinDoll

Experience? Ok. However, should not a candidate for federal office be required to meet the same basic requirements as any other federal employee? Obama could not qualify to be his own secret service agent nor a clerk in the Whitehouse mail room where a security clearance is required.


74 posted on 03/17/2011 3:50:57 PM PDT by Temujinshordes
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