| GeoDaddy |
Now that it's down to Senator Obama, or Senator Clinton or Senator McCain...
I started to think back - who was that last "senator" to achieve the presidency???
With the whole Obama phenomenon, I immediately thought of J F Kennedy... but he was followed by L B Johnson, who was followed by senator Richard Nixon. Since then they've all been governors (with the exception of Gerald Ford - who was never elected and G H. Bush Senior, who had been appointed to his various post until he finally stood for election...) Which is kinda interesting, because - once the Senate got established, from 1817 thru 1845, all the presidents were expected to be groomed in the Senate (of course, all of those elections were pretty much smoky, backroom deals and not "popular" votes by any stretch of the imagination.
It appears that Americans - up until this election - had gone for those with "executive" experience as a starting point... but now experience, whether lots, or little, has been relegated to taking votes in the legislative body.
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| GeoDaddy |
Clearly, for a generation raise on History as an elective...
Experience - as an "executive" - counts for less than race, sex, or age as an identifying trait for electing our leaders.
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| Jack Shit |
Do you like cheese?
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| hooknoseitalian |
| i LOVE cheese. hey are those figs? |
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| Luther |
Quote: Originally posted by GeoDaddy
Clearly, for a generation raise on History as an elective...
Experience - as an "executive" - counts for less than race, sex, or age as an identifying trait for electing our leaders.
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Sadly, that seems to be true. None of the candidates still in the race have had any executive experience. |
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