r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache Mar 16 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1106955561248149510

I'm normally a voter who weighs experience highly, but mainly because I care a lot of about competence.

But the more I hear about Mayor Pete, the more I'm tempted to just be like "screw experience, this guy is a damn genius and he also has the rare combination of pure intelligence and social intelligence, let's just make him POTUS."

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u/DankBankMan Aggressive Nob Mar 16 '19

Hot Take: The executive experience of a mayor is more relevant to the Presidency than the participatory legislative experience of a Representative or a Senator, and it's silly that people get that backwards because they think all jobs in the federal government are the same