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While not a major Rick Perry fan, he certainly deserves credit for his recent observation regarding basic qualifications required for serving as POTUS. 

 

Adelle Nazarian of breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014 titled an article today: ‘'Rick Perry: America's Next President Will Not Be a Senator.”

 

Ms Nazarian then writes about Governor Perry’s speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, at an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of Reagan's famous "A Time For Choosing" speech. Where, “Among his scalding criticisms of Obama, Perry explained the president's failings as due to his background as a U.S. senator – something that happens to apply to several of his would-be challengers for the GOP presidential nomination.”

 

Then the governor went on to sum up in one short paragraph, the singularly most important point about the need for practical experience and administrative competence required by the greatest managerial task in the world today, as follows:

 

"If you're in the Senate or if you're in the House, you can give a speech and then go home. Governors can't. We have to govern," Perry said, adding, "And the president of the United States, historically, has had to operate that way, too; the ones that were successful. And one of the reasons why this President is not successful is because he's never had that experience."

 

What’s most profound regarding the governor's comments is that they aren’t just words and thoughts delivered in a politically motivated speech. Instead they simply reflect the truth which is clearly verified by the current condition of the United States.

 

Many reader’s comments followed the article, two of which reflected the thoughts and conclusions of a host of very intelligent and well-informed readers on both sides of the argument.

 

BigR2 wrote: “Ted Cruz took on the UN and won. A murderous Mexican Illegal was to be freed and returned to Mexico. It went all the way to the UN and the UN caved. A big man in almost any book.”

 

bubba_shawn2 replied, “So what. Look, I admire Senator Cruz. But he is no leader and has no leadership experience. Giving great speeches is not enough accomplishment - period!”

 

And that pretty much sums it up.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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