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Mitt's not qualified

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Written by Walter Hecht   
Friday, 21 September 2012 00:18
We have elected unqualified presidents before. Most have served one term and then been forgotten. Some, such as George W. Bush have served two terms. Mitt Romney could probably serve one term adequately in less demanding times. However, we need more than that in our president in these demanding times. We need a qualified president to defend us abroad and revive the economy at home. We have an accumulation of problems that have been neglected and allowed to fester. Our democracy is weakened by the rapid disappearance of the middle class.

Mitt Romney is probably a good man. He is a husband, parent and member of his church. He probably broke no laws at Bain or on his taxes, but those laws need to be changed. We cannot afford to take a chance with Mitt when we already have a good man in the White House. We must not try to change horses in midstream.
 

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+3 # Syntara 2012-09-22 18:56
I agree: "We must not try to change horses in midstream." There may be critics of Obama, but that being said, he's been up to his elbows and more in what's happened since dubya left office and Mitt Romney has not.

To let Mitt come in and start trying to learn the political details of all of what's going on is like taking a seasoned employee with four years of experience dealing with coworkers, other staff, subordinates, consultants, specialists, advisories, and customers and replacing them in the middle of an important project with a fill-in from a temp agency.

It won't work. Now is not the time go fiddling around with something started, progressing in spite of the obstructionists , and on an albeit wobbly still path to recovery.

We don't have time for someone who needs to get up to speed with the office politics let alone all of the facets of the job, not to mention the most important project currently under way.

I don't care if he has been a CEO, he doesn't know THIS job and there isn't time to train in a new hire. Plus, he refuses to comply with the job requirements and submit all of his reference papers.

How do we trust a new hire to take over a senior position in the middle of things when they won't even tell us the details of who they are or how they would proceed on the project?

No. Not now.
 
 
0 # Innocent Victim 2012-10-04 17:31
Mr Hecht's conception of what makes a good person is very limited: one who "probably" breaks no laws, is married with children and goes to church. Mitt Romney passes those tests, writes Hecht with the one qualification of "probably". It seems that if there is any doubt, the problems lie in the laws.

By Hecht's standards, we already have a good person in the White House; so why change horses in mid-stream he asks.

Is such commentary the best that reader supported news can offer? Of course, I do not fit Hecht's requirements: I am not married, have no children, not a member of my church - I don't have a church, and I would break the law gladly if by so doing I could surely bring a quick end to U.S. imperialism. What nonsense! Where are the editors of RSN?
 
 
-1 # Innocent Victim 2012-10-04 20:00
The difference between Romney and Obama is in the politics of the people they wish to seduce. Romney is after the votes of people who think that we have too much government (except for imperialism!) Obama wants the votes of people who think the government is not sufficiently empowered to take on the problems of the economy.
Both candidates are of poor character; both lie; both have no concern for the less fortunate. Obama is already a war criminal. Romney just can't wait to become one. A bleak future!
 

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