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In reply to the discussion: On Scott Walker [View all]H2O Man
(73,528 posts)a few people who were, for all intent and purposes, unqualified to be president, who have actually won elections to that office, in my life time.
While it sounds a tad snarky, the old "would you buy a used car from this man?" bit about Richard Nixon really had a lot of truth to it. While he had the intellectual capacity, and the experience in DC, his personality should have prevented him from being elected twice.
I have mixed feelings about Gerald Ford. But there really is no serious case to be made that Ronald Reagan was fit for the office. Yet the most extreme case is obviously George W. Bush -- who certainly didn't win the 2000 election, and likely didn't actually win in '04.
If George W. Bush could be president, than literally anyone can. And that, sadly, leaves us wondering what went so horribly wrong in our country? How can a shit stain like Scott Walker even be considered as a nominee?