“The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites”—Larry Hardiman.Outside of individuals in prisons, there are few people more despised than those residing in Washington D.C. Yet, when we get the opportunity to elect a “political outsider” to the highest office in the land it’s scoffed at.
Enter Donald Trump and Herman Cain.
Could they do any worse than our recent leaders attempts to revive the economy? Keep in mind, the majority of our politicians come from law backgrounds, not business. Many—our current President included—have never even had a job in the private sector.
Should we really be surprised that TARP and the Stimulus Package did virtually nothing to create jobs?
Polls done by Pew, Rasmussen and others consistently show that American’s main concern is jobs. I don’t go to my lawyer for help with my nonexistent stock situation, why would we go to Lawyers for help with our jobs situation?
Trump and Cain, the two most prominent outsider candidates as of now, would need to show that they could be effective leaders in regards to foreign affairs and socially conservative issues (a lost demographic lately). But why would we believe that Harvard lawyers would be stronger in war time situations than business men?
Personally, I’d rather see Cain run. This election will be more about President Obama than the Republican challenger and Cain has less downside (and more upside). Just Google “Herman Cain Bill Clinton”.
Cain is not a bad guy, not a bad option as a fiscal candidate and certainly deserves credit for providing jobs for many Americans. I think a question we need to be asking ourselves is do we want a candidate who can do what President Obama has not done, or do we want a candidate who can do what needs to be done.
ReplyDeleteI would contend that a fiscal conservative business savvy candidate is not what we need. Instead, we need an actual conservative with socially moderate views. The federal government has simply gotten too big. Anyone who knows me is gasping for air right now because I tend to be more left on the spectrum. However, I think we need many of these social programs and infrastructure that President Obama has been working towards but we need to empower our state and local governments to provide them and give them the tools and liberties to be successful in doing so.
That being said, I think the bigger problem is the other aspects of being a president.
My fear with Cain is that while the aforementioned outline would help to get us back on track (in my opinion) it is not going to be a reality our generation will ever see. That being said, let me proffer may concerns for a business oriented president.
We are in a global market which would benefit greatly from a business savvy chief of state if it were not for the turmoil and restraints on that market, political nature of international business, military infrastructure issues and many other obligations of the P.O.T.U.S. Sadly with the many hats our president must wear, fiscal responsibility is not enough. Albeit a good start, I don't feel like a fiscally conservative president with mathematics and business degrees would have the capacity to strategically position our country for the better while at the same time advancing us in the aspects of our everyday life that the federal government IS supposed to be involved in.
Cain would be a great cabinet member but there are too many other aspects of being a president that he would not be qualified for. To answer your question, I think a lawyer is the way to go. Understanding how your administration can become a catalyst for the change your cabinet is working for while providing the legal oversight against unconstitutional actions seems to be the best option for a president. I know the responses I will get to that and my only response is that they make conservative laywers too, infact they are a dime a dozen in D.C.
I think laywer over businessman...just my opinion.