The Glaring Ignorance of Vivek Ramaswamy

The Glaring ignorance of Vivek Ramaswamy

If I was going into the hospital for brain surgery, I wouldn’t want a “career” doctor to do it. I’d much prefer a surgeon who was only dabbling in craniotomy, and spent most of her time either writing code for video games like “Anthrax Revenge”, or coming up with salad recipes to make kale edible.

This is obviously an idiotic statement, and may explain why I need brain surgery in the first place. Training and experience are plainly prerequisites for competence. And we all know that, except in the one context of running a government, where knowing nothing and having no relevant experience are often considered bonuses.

Whenever I see someone running for US Congress or governor a state, I think “why not first run for local Borough Council or State Rep and learn something?”

This is particularly true in the context of running for President of the United States. Maybe at least watch the “I’m just a bill” episode of SchoolHouse Rock before we hand you the nuclear codes. Perhaps help resolve a dispute about where a slip-ramp should be built before we sit you down with Putin.

In our entire history, we have only elected one person to the presidency who had absolutely no prior government experience, and that was, it should go without saying…