I mean reading the works of Aristotle, Locke, Smith, Hayek, Friedman, and Sowell, as well as the writings of the founding fathers. And yes, it's also important to understand the other side, so it's important to also know the work of men like Machiavelli, Marx and Keynes, as well as have a grasp of modern thinking on matters of economic policy, as popularized by men like Mankiw, Zingales and Feldstein.
Whenever Palin opens her mouth, she betrays a profound ignorance of all things in which any statesman ought to be well-versed.
A person's experience and his resume is separate from what is in his head?
Sometimes it can be. A resume is nothing but paper, and not everyone learns well from experience.
But even so, Palin's resume isn't particularly impressive. Couple that with the underwhelming content of her speaches and interviews, I'd have to say there isn't much there.
I'll take the experience of someone who has been an entrepreneur, former mayor, commissioner, and Governor is over an ex-community organizer from Harvard,
If I had to, I'd take her over Zero as well, but I don't see why we have to settle for such a mediocrity. We can do better.
Most of our past presidents never read any of them fellas, and they still managed to build the United States into the most powerfully and prosperous country in the history of this plane..that is until them fellas that read Aristotle, Locke, Hayek, Mao, Marx and Engles etc, decided to take over, and ruin the country, so much so that right now, we find ourselves in a very dire situation. We are looking at possibly going the way of Greece( as it pertains to our debts)within a few short years here.
I would suggest that we the last thing we need is a presidents who read all these people you are so enamored of.
We need presidents with real life business experience through hard and good times, who have met payrolls, and know how to balance a budget.
As compared to 0bama who opens his mouth, and angels start singing in the skies, oceans open wide, women swoon and faint, and the very earth that we stand upon starts to shake?
That's all that he does, just talk and keep talking. Sucker's had more TV appearances in just one year than Bush did in 4 years.
We don't need a”clean well spoken negro” (Harry Reid). We need a doer with strong fiscal conservative principles, respect for our constitution, not a talker with far left, radical, left wing agenda.
I don't care if someone talks with the “cultured” tones of Haaaaaarvard or not. In fact, it's one sure reason for me NOT to vote for such a fella.