Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Parmy

“My question. What qualification does a ‘movie action hero’ have that would make him qualified to be ‘president’.”

Schwarzenegger might be qualified, not in a Constitutional sense but in a practical sense, because he is governor of California. The story mentions this at the outset.

Anyway, being an action hero would not qualify one to be president, whether you were heroic on the screen or in real life. Some people will disagree with me on this, citing Washington, Jackson, Grant, Eisenhower, etc. But of course those men weren’t elected because they threw themselves into the breach. They were elected, mostly, because they proved themselves able administrators.


34 posted on 12/22/2008 12:30:00 PM PST by Tublecane
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies ]


To: Tublecane

I would question further whether he has done that great of job as governor of California. If he had, would California be in the crisis that it finds itself?


82 posted on 12/22/2008 3:35:31 PM PST by Parmy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies ]

To: Tublecane
Tublecane: But of course those men weren’t elected because they threw themselves into the breach. They were elected, mostly, because they proved themselves able administrators.

Your post reminds me of why I think Governors are almost always better suited to be President than Senators. I'd much prefer to have someone with Executive branch-type experience as President, rather than someone from from the Legislative branch who just likes to throw laws at issues and expect things to get better. How strange, then, that this election race was so full of Senators...

85 posted on 12/22/2008 5:57:46 PM PST by GizmosAndGadgets (If at first you don't succeed...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson