From: Gene McAloon 

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:19:10 +0100, Adam Flinton
 wrote:

>> It is by politics that we run this democracy of ours and it is politicians
who
>> do that politicking. It is bad enough that some of them do such a lousy job
of
>> it without having some nincompoop of businessman trying to do a job for
which he
>> has no qualifications whatsoever.
>
>How many politicians have a qualification in politics? Is there a MPA
>(Master of Political Administration) qual that pols can get? Oddly being
>a pol is something for which there are no formal barriers...

Experience in government at some level, governor of a state or a member of
Congress is where people learn politics and how to use politics to govern.

American political history is replete with dumb businessmen who suppose
that experience as a CEO qualifies them for high political office. The
public rejects
them regularly and rightly so.

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