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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Rise Of The Outsiders


Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, and Ben Carson -- three political outsiders who are, for now, on top of the GOP polling mountain.  They have a combined zero elective or governmental experience.  Some in the angry, anti-government crowd are pleased by the rise of the outsiders.  "Ooh boy!  That's the sort of person we need!"  I wouldn't be too sure about that.

The last president elected with no elective experience was Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, but the post-WW II environment was a totally different Zeitgeist than today.  Plus, Ike was in the long-ago mold of war hero presidents with no prior elective office, like Zachary Taylor and Ulysses Grant.  Of course Donald, Carly and Ben don't have any military experience either.  As such, they have less in common with Ike than they do with failed businessmen candidates Wendell Wilkie, H. Ross Perot and Herman Cain.

Anything is possible, but Donald, Carly and Ben are weak presidential candidates, and history is against them.

So am I.  The GOP has still learned nothing, and they're an abject mess.  Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of people.


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