Political stature is not formed by how many years one may have served in a particular elective body, and the measure of of the whole person, not on “time served” in any one venue, should be the criteria used in making a judgment as to the fitness of a person for a particular office.
Demonstration of great reasoning powers and application of critical thinking should be the units of measure of fitness for office.
“Demonstration of great reasoning powers and application of critical thinking should be the units of measure of fitness for office.”
Now that’s just crazy talk. ;-)
Demonstration of great reasoning powers and application of critical thinking should be the units of measure of fitness for office.
I agree. We need real debating. Not this Candy Crowley liberal gotcha stuff.
Obama, bush, and bush Sr. would not have made the grade. Sadly, Clinton would have passed, and maybe at the time even Carter. But I do agree that your units should be our standard, and thereafter we vote on politics.
Can you imagine a debate or oral exam, for all candidates regardless of party, where they are just shown reasoning and thinking? No political questions, just logic and LSAT style questions?
Oh, and it has to be given by Alex Trebek, so when someone is wrong or off, he can have that scornful tone in his voice. “No, no no no no no, the answer is of course x.”