Bill Will Be There for Us Too

Bill Clinton, "First Dude" - What Could Go Wrong?

Former President Bill Clinton is the consummate campaigner, and represents the likable softer side of the Clinton duo.  With Hillary's campaign in "prevent mode," and Senator Sanders swinging for the fences since his virtual concession at the first Democratic debate, some sort of excitement was in order.  

So Bill was called in, but apparently even Hillary has to dangle the right carrot to secure his services.

Bill would like to say 'Thank You' personally 

And we'll see more of her later

This way, Bill.  The audience is up here...

Apparently you can take the dog out of the Lincoln Bedroom, but you can't take the bedroom out of the dog.

   

The Presidency: How Hard Can It Be?

Lack of Experience and Qualifications

Shouldn't Be a Résumé Highlight

This week in the polls we have a new Republican front-runner in Dr. Ben Carson, edging out the similarly qualified Donald Trump for the nation's top elected position.  Somehow, the basic job requirements for President of the United States seem to be less demanding than what we expect from just about anyone applying for a skilled labor job.
                                                                       
Carson and Trump, as well as Carly Fiorina, are riding a wave of voter disgust with the status quo.  The fact that they are successfully touting their utter lack of governing experience and extreme outsider "cred" to the Republican base shows that either the faithful are still punishing their GOP leaders before relenting, or that a virulent portion of the Republican voting public is committed enough to run their own ship aground out of spite.   

Dr. Carson addressed the experience question, or lack thereof, head-on:

"I would like to deal with one question tonight in some detail," he wrote. "The issue is experience. Several people ask what they should tell their friends when people say 'I like Carson but he has no political experience.'"

To answer that argument, Carson agreed, writing, "I have no political experience. The current Members of Congress have a combined 8,700 years of political experience. Are we sure political experience is what we need?"

Carson asserted that every signer of the Declaration of Independence had "no elected office experience. What they had was a deep belief that freedom is a gift from God. They had a determination to rise up against a tyrannical King." **

Turns out, at least 27 of the 51 people signing the Declaration of Independence had held elective office according to the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, and none of these people were running for President at the time.  ==> Swing and a miss

Confronted with this information, Dr. Carson's website was changed to read:  "Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience."

Since the Declaration preceded the establishment of the U.S. federal government, those of us not running for president can understand why.  ==> Really should have some high-schoolers who HAVE taken U.S. History oversee what goes in the web-site  (but points for political sleight of hand)

Dr. Carson is by all accounts a very likable fellow and accomplished surgeon, perhaps even a good department head.  But that alone should not be considered sufficient training for a job that has a few important responsibilities that begin on Day One.