“Is Carlson suggesting we need an uber-intellectual lifelong politician to win?”
No, but we’ve never had a president who hasn’t held elective office of some kind, or at least military command experience. I don’t think it’s too much to ask
“That’s funny, because that exact type of garbage who got America into the problems it faces today.”
Yeah, and I want to say this time is different, the paradigm has exploded, yadda, yadda, yadda. But I still want Tea Party candidates who know what they’re doing. That is, have SOME experience in government.
Same way I wouldn’t want a guy who went from law school to community organizing to the state senate to take over Godfather’s Pizza. They wouldn’t know what they’re doing. You can’t just waltz in and overturn everything. The State bites back.
Look what it did to Reagan, who had been chief executive of a large state government and knew what he was doing, more or less. They talk about the Reagan Era like he was FDR, leaving his personal influence not just on government but on everything from ‘80 to ‘92, including Rambo, the Lakers-Celtics rivalry, hip-hop, glam metal, the crash of ‘87, crack, the homeless “epidemic,” Jersey mall hair, hostile corporate takeovers, pop rocks, and so on.
But looking back, what of him can we say truly lasts (leaving out foreign policy, for convenience’s sake)? Periodic marginal cuts in the tax code. That’s about it. Can you say you have any more faith in Cain’s potential, given that he faces a much bigger problem with much less experience? I can’t.
Yeah because it’s not enough to follow the criteria set forth in the Constitution, the document all conservatives are supposed to want to follow to the letter. So we can follow the Constitution to the letter EXCEPT when it comes to presidential elections. Sorry, but it’s about time we lived the values we supposedly profess. Every single candidate, including Cain, is qualified according to the Constitution. Had the founders thought there was other criteria just as important don’t you think they would’ve added “who has also served as governor of a state or served in the military. I’m sick to death of choosing someone just because they’ve been on the “established” career path.
Cindie