>>>>> I don't understand how anyone can think it's a wise move to have a president,..of a country like the USA.., with zero political experience. All these things add up to a recipe for disaster if you ask me.
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>>>Lately I've been reading an excellent book about the relationship between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton.
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>>>By definition, Washington had little or no political experience. There was nothing there. He had to make a government before he could run it. He had to do it in the face of constant, hateful sniping from people like Jefferson, Madison and Monroe.
>>>The more I read, the more I'm convinced that he was a political genius.
>>>Those people are born, not made.
>>>Experience means little or nothing, as he demonstrates dramatically.
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>I'm not comparing Washington and Trump.
>My point is that experience or lack of it, is really irrelevant here.

Irrelevant because it seems to have no effect on his poll numbers maybe - but very relevant because it's foolish to think that such a lack of political experience is wise for a person trying to be president of the USA.

>Trump is where he is in the polls because he most vividly articulates the dominate views of his a large section of his party.
>Many times I've been tempted to record the conversations in the local coffee shop here in Hamilton, a gathering place for 50+ white men.. all repubs.
>To a man these are racist, mysognist, bible-thumping, zeno-phobic, science-denying bigots and they love Trump.
>Hate spews out of them non-stop.
>They also love Cruz.

Ok this sounds like one of my neighbors - white guy in his 60's who's not only a racist, but proud of it - which I find ironic because he's also very much a religious christian. He is convinced that Trump is what America 'needs', that the giant wall is a good idea, and that all Muslims should be expelled from the USA even if they're a citizen...etc etc etc. and of course women are inferior in every way. Now I really don't talk to the guy too much - as matter of fact I try to avoid the guy - but sometimes I see him going in our out of the building so I be polite and chit-chat. At one point I mentioned that perhaps his concepts are inline with that of Jim Crrowe and that most of society now days deem such behavior as a bad thing. His response was that he didn't care and that he's right. I've come to the conclusion that his logic is simply that if it's not good for him - then it's not good at all - and nothing else matters. Basically a very self-centered and always-unhappy person. This is the mold of a Trump supporter I think.


>The real fear should be not that Trump won't be able to run the government, but that he will.
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>>Yes those are all good points - but you can't compare George Washington - who may not of been a politician, but he was a leader of an army, to Trump. Plus he wasn't trying to run a 200 year old country in 2016 - he was trying to start a country in the 1700's. Considering the USA didn't even exist yet, there was no political experience to be had to begin with ...at least none in this type of government. George is known as 'The Humble Statesman' - a far cry from Trump and his ego...heck just read any of his press releases and you'll see what I mean. They usually start out with something along the lines of "As a super rich guy and the author of a best seller book I....(insert garbage here). ". I will admit they both have/had adversaries - but that's pretty much where I see the similarities end - other than they both had/ave a lot of money.