Reply #1: Following this logic, we should never support any one who is running for any political office [View All]

Because they are all corrupt and incompetent. All.

And when we find exceptional leaders who are neither corrupt, nor incompetent, who can do great things outside of office - - we should urge them to never run for office.

We should leave our government in the hands of corrupt, incompetent people.

And somehow, the problems of the world will get solved despite having our government run by corrupt, incompetent people...

If you follow this logic to it's conclusion, anybody who agrees with this oped should never vote for anybody in any race - - they certainly should not be wasting their time supporting a Democratic Presidential candidate in the primary or the general election. They should instead stay home all during 2008 and teach their neighbors that they last thing they should ever do is look for a political solution to the world's problems.