Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Senators Should Stop Running For President

Has anyone else noticed that current U.S. senators just aren't elected president? You have to go all the way back to JFK before you find a President who wasn't in the Executive Branch before becoming President. Here's a quick rundown of the list:
  • George W. Bush: Govenor of Texas
  • Bill Clinton: Govenor of Arkansas
  • George H. W. Bush: Senator, yes, but also was Director of The CIA under Ford, and was Vice President before being elected President.
  • Ronald Reagan: Govenor of California
  • Jimmy Carter: Govenor of Georga
  • Gerald Ford: Congressman, then VP, then President.
  • Richard Nixon: Congressman & Senator, then VP, then President.
  • LBJ: Senator, then VP, then President.
  • JFK: Senator then President.
All the recent Senator candidates should just quit, and the party conventions should stop voting them in.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

George H.W. Bush was never a Senator. His father was (i.e. Georege Bush's Grandfather).