When would you want someone who only knew as much as you doing a job?

[yurbud]

That should be the question that neutralizes any future nitwit, fake good old boy candidates the GOP puts up like uber-idiot George Allen.

I want a doctor who knows more about medicine than me.

I want a mechanic who knows more about cars than me.

and I want a president who knows more about other countries and foreign policy than I do.

If you see a candidate you'd like to have a beer with, buy him a beer to console him after you vote for the most qualified guy.

[Coyote_Bandit]

1. That makes too much sense

for lazy Americans who get all their news and information in soundbites. Nice thought though....

[niyad]

2. if that sociopath currently soiling the oval office knew even as much as

I do about foreign affairs, other countries, policy, etc-- he'd be doing 1000% better than he is currently doing.

oh wait, I keep forgetting--that is predicated on the assumption that everything he is doing isn't a deliberate, coldly calculated move (by SOMEONE) to totally destroy this country.

[yurbud]

3. I think that is more likely the case, like neoliberalism in Latin America

only applied here. First you break a country with debt, then you buy the pieces at fire sale prices.