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To: Hot Tabasco

Nope—to be a presidential candidate or president, you’ve gotta be conversant on dozens and dozens of tricky international situations.

Your plant manager knew how to talk budgets and trends in his part of the industry and competitive situations.


42 posted on 03/20/2010 5:38:49 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker
Nope—to be a presidential candidate or president, you’ve gotta be conversant on dozens and dozens of tricky international situations

Current events would indicate that's not necessary.

47 posted on 03/20/2010 5:43:35 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (great thing about being a cynic: you can enjoy being proved wrong.)
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To: 9YearLurker
"Nope—to be a presidential candidate or president, you’ve gotta be conversant on dozens and dozens of tricky international situations."


Absolutely, otherwise you become a mere puppet to your advisors. The President needs to have enough knowledge of the field so that he can evaluate the advice given by his expert advisors.
120 posted on 03/20/2010 6:55:50 AM PDT by rob777 (Personal Responsibility is the Price of Freedom)
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To: 9YearLurker; Hot Tabasco
You were saying ...

Your plant manager knew how to talk budgets and trends in his part of the industry and competitive situations.

Well..., that definitely counts Sarah Palin out, being a governor of Alaska... LOL ...

196 posted on 03/20/2010 8:02:29 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: 9YearLurker

No American president since Nixon has had any grasp of the nuances of foreign affairs, but two have had excellent advisors: Reagan, and Bush.


349 posted on 03/20/2010 12:12:44 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Democracy, the vilest form of government, pits the greed of an angry mob vs. the rights of a man)
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To: 9YearLurker

“to be a presidential candidate or president, you’ve gotta be conversant on dozens and dozens of tricky international situations”

No offense, but you’re 100% wrong.

You don’t have to be conversant, you have to appear to be conversant. The first kind takes place in the real world, the second in the media (and it’s what is ruining our country).

What makes Palin more qualified than most politicians who have set foot in Washington during the past two centuries is the fact that she has not stopped living in the real world.


383 posted on 03/20/2010 10:00:50 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Hey you noble leftists. You can't be honest about your agenda because you're not confident in it.)
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