From: Adam Flinton 

Gene McAloon wrote:

> 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.
>

Ah so...gov of a state or senator is not high politcal office? Where was
Cheney gov of?

Adam

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