Dont waste your time following 2016 Campaign

[Duck_walk]

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/2016-hillary-vs-jeb-118466.html#ixzz3bl6yWgQJ

 

[wcowherd]

I think Rubio has a puncher's chance, but the heavy favorite has to be Clinton vs bush.

 

[Neutron Monster]

I'd include Walker in there, especially if he can pull out Iowa.

 

[wcowherd]

What's the attraction for walker that isn't there for bush or Rubio? That he took on unions?

 

[Duck_walk]

What's the attraction for walker that isn't there for bush or Rubio? That he took on unions?

Good question. Because that pos is the only person running that I would actively campaign against and even consider throwing my money to his opponent.

He is pond scum. Additionally, If you can't finish college you can't be president.

 

[Neutron Monster]

Some of that. Not a Bush. Midwesterner. Ton of money behind him. Likely going to do better in Iowa than Rubio or Bush. History of being a decent campaigner.

 

[Wildcat98]

Good question. Because that pos is the only person running that I would actively campaign against and even consider throwing my money to his opponent.

He is pond scum. Additionally, If you can't finish college you can't be president.

Along with:

George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Abe Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Harry S. Truman

 

[Duck_walk]

In 2015 genius.

 

[Neutron Monster]

Along with:

George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Abe Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Harry S. Truman

It's not 1820 anymore, that's not very relevant.

I don't think it's a disqualifier, but for someone to not have finished college in the last 30 years does say something about them.

It's one thing if you're Bill Gates and you dropped out of Harvard to start a Fortune 100 company. People can look at your life and your pedigree and not care about how far you went in school. It's another if you're Joe Blow who left Marquette with a 2.6.

That background gives me that GWB feeling of someone not smart enough for the office. There are plenty of better choices on the R side whose bona fides exceed this by a lot.

 

[Wildcat98]

In 2015 genius.

State so than idiot.

Now go into your tough guy routine.

Bahahaha

 

[Wildcat98]

It's not 1820 anymore, that's not very relevant.

I don't think it's a disqualifier, but for someone to not have finished college in the last 30 years does say something about them.

It's one thing if you're Bill Gates and you dropped out of Harvard to start a Fortune 100 company. People can look at your life and your pedigree and not care about how far you went in school. It's another if you're Joe Blow who left Marquette with a 2.6.

That background gives me that GWB feeling of someone not smart enough for the office. There are plenty of better choices on the R side whose bona fides exceed this by a lot.

They weren't all 1820.

 

[Duck_walk]

State so than idiot.

Now go into your tough guy routine.

Bahahaha

You beat me to it. Heehaw.

 

[Neutron Monster]

They weren't all 1820.

1 politician in the last 100 years. And he got it because he was handpicked by a sitting President to be VP.

Basically all of those without degrees were military leaders, lawyers admitted to the bar without finishing college (because you didn't need a degree to enter that profession), or machine politicians. They weren't guys with 2.6s from Marquette.

I don't get the fascination with having a common person be President. I want someone exceptional. The job is an exceptional task. I don't go around looking for a doctor or a lawyer with whom I would want to have a beer; I look for the most qualified person. Why would I do anything else for the Presidency?

Someone with Walker's academic record is likely not exceptional, and that gives me pause, especially in an R field that has some talented people.

 

[Black&Gold82]

You don't have to have a degree to be exceptional. Maybe we could get someone with exceptional common sense.

 

[Neutron Monster]

You don't have to have a degree to be exceptional. Maybe we could get someone with exceptional common sense.

In 2015, there are very few people walking around without a college degree who are exceptional, especially people under the age of 50. And, if we limit that pool to people who went to college for 3+ years and couldn't get a 3.0, it gets even smaller.

It's not like Scott Walker has some amazing private sector accomplishment to point to.

I'm not saying such a person doesn't exist. But, you or I will not receive the sort of interaction with the candidates that would allow us to figure out if they are that sort of person. We have to go by their resumes. Walker's suggests he has potential to be not smart enough for the job in a way that doesn't apply to most of the rest of the R field. That gives me a lot of pause.

As much grief as I've given Carson and Cruz, I can acknowledge both of them are really smart and they have the academic bona fides we should want in a President.