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Originally Posted by Cassie325
A Friend of Mine sent this to me...I don't know where she got it....if she wrote it...etc...I don't know if this has been sent around or not but I thought it was very interesting food for thought. Not stating MY opinion or trying to start an argument....just wanted to share some interesting facts. IMHO...I would also add ALL of their life experiences as well....but how much formal education should one need to run the country....something we all need to ask ourselves.
If you were The Boss... which team would you hire?
With America facing historic debt, multiple war fronts, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, skyrocketing Federal spending, mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, etc. etc., this is an unusually critical election year. The idea of "leadership" must be broadened from mere "experience" to include knowledge, learnedness and insight.
Let's look at the educational background of your two options:
Obama:
Occidental College - Two years.
Columbia University - B.A. political science with a specialization in international relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
& Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in history and B.A. in political science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank 894 of 899
& Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in journalism
Now, which team are you going to hire ?
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The team knowledgeable and experienced in the subjects of importance!
The academic credentials of all four candidates mean little, but as a plus I'd lean towards McCain/Palin based on their "business" and "systems management" knowledge.
Contrary to popular belief, a Juris Doctor degree does not make you a know-it-all in reality (only in attitude!). Law degree curricula do
not contain any business training at all -
nada -
none - and some of the worst businessmen in the world are lawyers because of that, and the number of lawyers each year who screw up basic business actions within their practices is immense compared to other businesses.
Right now the economy has the top headlines. Great academic knowledge of Constitutional Law and Political Science (a catch-all pre-law degree) means little to me. I'm more concerned that the "team" understands business finance, systems management and the practicalities associated with managing other people's and their own money.
Lawyers are "support" personnel who provide advice on their areas of speciality within the law, and the recipients of that advice are "business people." Being a lawyer is not a prerequisite for being President, as the President will be surrounded by a small army of lawyers anyway. The trick is knowing how to use the lawyers correctly, and few lawyers even know how to do that.