[Bush2000]

What qualifications would you set?

How about running for a local town council or school board first? The guy has never been accountable to the public for anything.

Someone who never 'wrote a book', was 'never an advisor' to 3 presidents, never 'syndicated in the press' across the nation, never attended a 'world summit'?

Hell, James Carville was an advisor to Clinton. That's hardly what I'd consider a ringing endorsement. You want him to run for public office, too?

Pat has made a good living on the open market. Since he graduated from college, the country has paid him well to speak, write and serve his country. The truth can't be stopped and Pat has more of it than any other 10 people coombined.

That's not the issue. The issue is his qualification to lead. And he has not demonstrated that capacity in any regard.

[11th Earl of Mar]

The issue is [Buchanan's] qualification to lead. And he has not demonstrated that capacity in any regard.

B2000, you are right.

Just because America is the land where 'anybody can become president' does not mean we should elect just anybody.

[duckln]

That's not the issue. The issue is his qualification to lead

Wrong again my friend, the issue on this tread is his book 'death of the west'. Do you really think a mayor of 'Podunk Junction' is a prerequisite for writing contemporory, world renown classics?

James Carville was an advisor to Clinton

Lousey comparison. Carville is, was a negative campaigne consultant. Never participated in a summit. The only book he wrote, that no one read or are aware of was 'the 1st horse in town?'. Hell I can't even remember the title.