Unless one has personally felt the threat, physical or financial, from the consequences of one’s decisions, one should not be in a position to govern those that have. This is why military officers crave combat experience and why most (if not all) of the czars should be back washing cars.
I thought Jefferson was an egghead who cooked up some bizarre ideas about limited government, men being created equal and blah blah blah.
Lincoln was a egghead too. I mean freeing slaves, what the hell is that about ?
What ideas does the left have that are untested? They know from history exactly what results they're going to get, and they want them. Conservatives misunderstand the left's goals and definition of success. Cuba is their model of success.
Proof positive of the idea that “smarter is ALWAYS better” was the administration of JFK and the “whiz kidz” like MacNamara, that bastard.