>>OTOH, you may get a youn1gster who hasn't ever clocked a honest workday, been in politics all the time. The only thing he knows is how to play the system.
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>>This sounds like Obama to me <g>. The only real job he ever had was as a community organizer - he never even ran a hot dog stand.
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>His actual work record leaves something to be desired. It's no wonder that the media touts him as "brilliant" because they are clearly trying to mask a paper-thin level of experience.
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>He has described himself (on more than one occasion) as lazy. Those are his words. I think the American people have seen enough to concur. Even his "fans" are critical of him being so disengaged from reality. But what irks me the most is when his fan base equates legitimate criticism with personal/racial/religious attacks on him. He seems like a good parent (much more so than the Palin family circus) and maybe he's a good man - but he is completely incapable of running a country or even following through on his ideas (or even finding the right people to follow through on his ideas).

in programmers lazyness is a virtue. Churning out laws quickly may be worse - read up on BuSab and McKie again ;-)

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>While there can be exceptions, as a general guideline I think a president should have at least one full-term experience as a governor. Doesn't mean a full-term governor will be better - but at least they've had some level of experience as an executive.

I like the american system for the way relative outsiders can be chosen - over here always the same names and even when really splattered by voters the changes are party-softened. And remember - now he has a better job expierience than any governor and you are still not happy with it ;-)