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Nuvendil on 11 November 2016
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Teeqoz said:
Nuvendil said:

This is one good thing that can come from Trump's election.  For the first time in...crap, over a century probably, it seems the door is open to non-politicians to go for the White House.  Will be interesting to see if and how this shakes up Washington.

Reagan already proved this. That didn't change much. Besides, it's not like Trump wasn't born into a family of wealth and had a few billions to back him up. Running for president is still for a select few. Not that there's something wrong with that, I don't think any random person on the street is fit to be president, but I also don't think the only people fit for the presidency are celebrities and people who have been practicing politics in Washington for 2 decades or more.

Well Reagan was Governor of California for 8 years prior to his Presidency so he still had to kiss the ring.  But for quite a long while that's been the way of things, either politicians or military veterans.  I don't think just anyone can be President either, but I don't think it should be as narrow.  Though the other issue is that these alternatives have to actually run.  Many just don't want to.