2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton is highly qualified.
So are many other people who have long records of public service and a history of accomplishments. Henry Kissinger comes to mind. I don't think I would want someone like Henry Kissinger as president. When someone has a ten page CV, it's a good idea to look at some of the items in detail, not just the thickness of the re'sume'.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)I might be as slow as amazon.com shipping, but even I get that.
GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,874 posts)Would you vote for this guy? Lawyer in private practice, elected to the Pennsylvania legislature, then to the U.S. House; chairman of the Judiciary Committee, appointed ambassador to Russia; elected to the U.S. Senate and reelected twice; appointed Secretary of State; then ambassador to Britain.
Or this guy? Small-town postmaster and surveyor; served four terms in the Illinois legislature and one term in the U.S. House; practiced law for another 12 years.
The first one was James Buchanan, generally considered to have been one of the two or three worst presidents.
The second was Abraham Lincoln.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Qualified includes good judgment.
Hillary is experienced.
But her judgment stinks.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)and no, she is NOT qualified. She has shown herself to be a follower, not a leader, and I don't trust the people she follows.
awake
(3,226 posts)Hillary is highly qualified to make up lies about why she used a home email server
Hillary is highly qualified to hang out with the George Bush
Hillary is highly qualified to have Monsanto's Lobbyist help her campaign
Hillary is highly qualified to get America involved in Middle East wars
Hillary is highly qualified to....
Hydra
(14,459 posts)mhatrw
(10,786 posts)She can hit all the right note$.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)ThePhilosopher04
(1,732 posts)but UNFIT for office is a more apt way to put it as far as I'm concerned. I bet if she retired from public life for good, her speech money would dry up. Just a hunch.
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Just how in the hell is Cruz Qualified if one of the qualifications is being a natural born citizen? He was born in Canada! Why does no one ever talk about this obvious fact when long form birth certificates were recently all the rage?
Not making a statement that that should be a qualification, I haven't actually decided on that part, what I am talking about is that at the moment those are written into the qualifications along with age right now.
How can he even run if he doesn't meet the Constitutional qualifications? It just baffles me that no one even mentions this fact, and it is a fact, not an opinion.