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EdmondDantes_

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12. We're currently experiencing what a president with 30-40% of the public not caring about experience can do

Reply to VBNMW_Realist (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 11:36 AM

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Sorry but the presidency shouldn't with be someone who has never held office and says what people want to hear.

The next president is going to have a very long list of things to fix and should have the experience and connections to hit the ground running. Even Biden struggled a little on that probably due to needing to focus on the covid vaccine rollouts.

We shouldn't want anyone to be able to be elected on nothing but hope without a demonstrated track record.

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