Trump. That’s proof that experience matters.
By your logic, Trumps 4 years in office means he will be a significantly better president than his first term or than any of the other candidates who have no experience being President.
Trump is proof of nothing other than that Trump is a mentally and emotionally stunted sociopath, which has nothing to do with his lack of experience, and no amount of experience would have made him a better president and would likely have made him worse b/c he'd have more knowledge on how to manipulate things for his own advantage.
Trump, in 4 years or 40 years, will still have zero experience performing the duties of POTUS. ZERO.
There is no Yang v McConnell contest.
Unless ld lives in KY, he cannot vote for McConnell.
Whether ld actually
could vote for McConnell over Yang is of zero logical relevance to the discussion. Whether he
would do so, if given that choice, speaks to how important experience in office actually is compared to more long term stable traits that are relevant to making sound ethical decisions in the context of having dozens of highly educated and knowledgeable advisors to gather input from.
McConnell, as despicable as I find him to be, is extremely effective. Mr. Yang is highly unlikely to be as effective a legislator as McConnell, unless McConnell were to start to show serious signs of aging--which, truth be told, could happen at any time.
A person might be the best person in the entire world--and utterly not suited to the job. Real life example of an exemplary human being whose presidency is considered a failure: Jimmy Carter. Personally, I liked and admired Carter as POTUS and much more so since then but it's a pretty small club of people who think that he was good as POTUS. His biggest source of failure, imo, is that he was actually not an insider and had no real interest in being an insider. That is a death knell in DC. Reagan, who replaced him, liked to tout himself as an outsider but he certainly was not. In fact, he traded quite expertly on establishing and forming relationships throughout DC. I despise Reagan and did at the time, but he was more effective, even if what he was effective at was not nearly so admirable as Carter.
A person with no experience in a particular role but with general intellect, a good moral compass, and humility to seek informed council is likely to be a far better president than someone with a lifetime in public office but not as strong on those other qualities.
I really do wish that were true. See my Carter/Reagan comparison above. Note: Personally, I much, much, much prefer an individual with a good intellect, a good moral compass, and humility (plus a super large side of desire to be of public service) to someone who is skilled as a politician. Obama did a decent job as POTUS, despite the challenges of having a Republican majority determined that he would accomplish nothing. I think he is probably a very good man, with a well developed intellect, a strong moral compass, a desire to serve the public and his nation and plenty of humility with a lot of courage on top of that. Maybe Yang would be like Obama. Personally, I'd rather see him in another position and then evaluate Yang. I don't think this is his time. With this Congress, we need a tough and skilled leader and politician. Admirable Yang may be, but he's neither of those at this point.
In fact, given that the opportunity for power tends to attract people who are low in ethics and humility, experience in public office often reflects a lifelong seeking of power that is likely a negative predictor of the qualities of a good president. Trump would merely be an exception to that general rule, and an easily explainable one. He was handed economic power and has spent his life immorally abusing that, and while he had all the ego maniacal desire for the ultimate power, he was too lazy to do anything but let his wealth produce more wealth. He fell into the Presidency b/c the GOP, Fox News, Breibart, etc. had spent decades creating the ideal ideological atmosphere, so that all Trump had to do was channel his worst most racist, misogynist self and he became a cult leader.
Yes, Trump is a useful tool/useful fool. To me, he is a prime example of the rule that bad people are drawn to power and politics. Obama would be an exception to that rule, not Trump.
