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[–]72ndGender 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Fair question, and, what looks like an honest attempt at a conversation. Almost surprising...

So my opinion on this is that politicians don't need experience in politics to do the job. They need experience in leadership, since decision making, temperament, and personnel management skills will determine their competence. To me, a career politician is someone who might never had to develop any of those skills, just learned the game of power. But they might not even be good at it. Most of the politicians got to where they were at because of their connections or their usefulness to the true rulers. Meanwhile, the knowledge that a politician needs can either be learned in the first week, or acquired from competent advisors.

I don't believe Trump is a great example of someone who DOES have the skills to be a politician. If he was, he would have maintained the same support he had from Hollywood and the media right before he decided to switch to a republican and run for president. The black community and liberals that all loved him wouldn't have abandoned him and started the most massive smear campaign in US history. That fact that he can't explain his position for shit doesn't help either. I agree with nearly all of his political moves, but he completely fails at drawing the appropriate support for them. That's a shitty leader.

Regarding Biden, I don't know enough about his decision making skills, but he fails the temperament test. He likely fails at personnel management considering his lack of experience (did he lead anyone as VP? I could be wrong here) and that he didn't do a great job with leading a family if his kid is a deadbeat dad, junkie and obvious criminal. I haven't seen a single thing from him that impresses me, and his political ideology is endless totalitarianism, so he will never get my support.

Not going to act like any of the libertarians I vote for would have been amazing leaders, but at least they operating under sound ideologies that would make this country a better place. Which is probably what everyone else thinks when they go vote for their "lesser of two evils" presidential pick.

[–]soyboy77 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Yeah, as far as I know the veep doesn't really do anything beyond photo ops and other banal stuff that the potus doesn't feel like doing. He's basically just an understudy for the president. I agree that Biden isn't the right candidate. Mental acuity and ideology aside, I don't think people beyond retirement age should be elligible to run the most powerful nation on earth. If that makes me "ageist" then so be it... Ultimately, it's just really sad to see the US lurch from one horror show to the next.

[–]72ndGender 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

You pointed out something I feel pretty strongly about. The age thing. It's not a damn prejudice to say that elderly people shouldn't be put in the highest positions of power. A cap at 65 to run is very reasonable.

But here is my prediction, which I would bet money on. Biden is an intentionally bad candidate because the DNC made a deal with the GOP to blow the race in return for putting anyone they want into office in 2024. That person will likely be Biden's running mate, for free exposure, but that's not a guarantee. They are intentionally putting out fake polls to show Biden as the clear winner because it will make dems feel comfortable not voting, since they think it's a done deal. Then Trump wins and the freak out begins. The 2024 candidate will begin campaigning immediately, and will 100% for sure be a non-white woman.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

A non-white woman would have stood a better chance of winning than Biden in this cycle though. Contrary to the left's belief, the US isn't racist nor sexist and would happily vote for someone if they were a good candidate.

[–]72ndGender 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree with everything you wrote. But the reason they aren't running one is to allow Trump another four years before getting a no-brainer victory that won't have any real competition from the republicans. At this point, I'm sure the GOP and DNC rulers are doing backroom negotiations about who gets what, and when they get it.

[–]soyboy77 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think your prediction will turn out to be spot on...

[–]FediNetizen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A cap at 65 to run is very reasonable.

Yeah, but presumably that would be a constitutional amendment, and good luck getting that passed when it's old people that vote.