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"Retard"? Did you just graduate from middle school?
A president is not primarily a legal figure, he is the 'leader' of the country. This encompasses legal, social, military, artistic, scientific, historic and economic roles.
To point out that a president should be an attorney is like John McCain saying the next president must be a general. I think the next president should be a union leader. But it is certainly obvious that he has to be a ... generalist.
So here on a blog on Obama being a 'working class hero' we call someone standing up for the working class a 'retard' when they point out that the attorney role for so many politicans is problematic. Only proves my point. Maybe you should eat more hotdogs.
By the way, I am a 56 year old man who worked in blue collar jobs for 20 years, and now has worked as a paralegal for about 10 more, after 3 years as an administrative assistant and temp. And certainly, brought up a family on the way. So do attorney's play with me? No. And most people in my class have the same queasy feeling.
I agree with both Lenin & Shakespeare. Any survey of the millionaires and attorneys in office should give a sensible person pause.
