Goodpasture
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But in examining the presidencies of the past few cycles, I wonder if there is any real point to trying to "Qualify" a presidential candidate. In every single instance in my life, the men surrounding the President made most the decisions, developed policies, and initiated programs. LBJ was victim of McNamara's war policy. Nixon's paranoia was executed by a number of advisers. Carter didn't HAVE good advisers and tried to micromanage everything. Reagan had good people instituting policies. Bush, Clinton, and Bush all were successful based on the quality of people put into positions of power. Had dubya put Colin Powell in as Sec of Def, we would have gone into Iraq prepared for the insurgencies, with the number of feet on the ground we needed, and would have been finished by now. Rumsfeld alone is responsible for Iraq today.....but it is dubya's fault because he put an incompetent man in the position to lose the war. Same with Brownie. Same with Gonzales. Dubya's incompetence does not come from a lack of vision or ideas, but from an inability to hire good people.
Does Obama have the necessary qualifications? What matters is "does he have the ability to select competent people." Same with Hillary, same with John.
I would suggest, that instead of looking at the president as competent or incompetent, ask yourself, "Does he have the ability to identify competent people" and secondly, "Does he have the ability to articulate a vision and sell it to the public." The first question can only be answered by time. The second must be answered now. And so far, only one voice is persuasive enough to attract both sides of the aisle and cross all generations. And that one is Obama.
Does Obama have the necessary qualifications? What matters is "does he have the ability to select competent people." Same with Hillary, same with John.
I would suggest, that instead of looking at the president as competent or incompetent, ask yourself, "Does he have the ability to identify competent people" and secondly, "Does he have the ability to articulate a vision and sell it to the public." The first question can only be answered by time. The second must be answered now. And so far, only one voice is persuasive enough to attract both sides of the aisle and cross all generations. And that one is Obama.