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Ned_Flanders
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I don't think a lifetime of public service, where they become very wealthy somehow (accusations of widespread corruption in US politics), makes for a candidate who can be in touch with the majority of Americans.
Every four years we go through a cycle where candidates for the people bob up and are beaten to the nomination by more seasoned, career politicians who haven't held a job outside of government work in decades.
Personally, I think the veto power of the president should be held by someone using it to protect the interests of the people as well as the defense of the constitution. Currently we have a debate about whether someone embedded in the political machine is better suited to operating the political machine while speaking with the same mouth about how horrible the political machine is.
More of the same doesn't make for any actual change, every time someone gets picked who knows how to work the system and keep the game going how it has, making a lot of politicians very wealthy. As soon as someone was elected from outside that system the system began turning to work against it, go figure.
see, thats actually better than a lame bait
what I want is leadership or legislative experience. I know you hate the latter, but its not about being part of the swamp. making laws that work, anticipating the unintended consequences is hard, much harder than people think. if you are not a strong leader, you need to be someone who can get things done in the legislative processes. That will not always be a career politician, plenty of commercial/nfp roles work in this space too
making money is also not leadership. a ceo in many companies (esp private ones) is a dictator, and that leadership style doesnt work in govt
they used to call politics the art of compromise. people loath it, but there is a reason nothing is getting done in DC for the past 2 decades. its a combination of people unwilling to inspire the other side to work with them, and people who refuse to realize a mandate doesnt mean you get to ignore the other half of the house. This is an issue both sides struggle with, and the solution isn't "go harder to the left/right"