How Mitt forgot his 'legal thinking' at debate...

[noel711]

I consider John Dean a brilliant legal mind, and an eyewitness to how the law
is manipulated for political ambition.

Today's column is how Mitt is sooo lacking in critical thinking. Dean begins with Clint Eastwood
bemoaning lawyers in office.. (he neglects the fact that Mitt does have a juris degree,
but you wouldn't know it...he has a flimsy sense of logic...). I hear amonst the complaining
conservative class a nasty view of lawyers, and how the presidency needs someone with
business acumen, someone who is real... right...

This article is lengthy, but laying the groundwork of legal thinking ends up
with:

"I am convinced that those who have practiced law are better at marshalling arguments, simply because they have done it more than businessmen or those in other professions. They are also better at seeking confirmation of facts and procuring documentation in support of positions. While President Obama decided—for whatever reason—to remain largely passive during the first presidential debate in Denver, he was very much a former civil rights lawyer, and law professor, at the Hofstra debate. Mitt Romney has been on the campaign trail for years, but none of his opponents have been as skilled an attorney as Obama, when he actively engages an opponent, as he did at Hofstra.

As for Clint Eastwood’s concern about having an attorney as president, we’ve had twenty-five: J. Adams, Jefferson, Madison, J.Q. Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler, Polk, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Hayes, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley, Taft, Wilson, Coolidge, Roosevelt, Nixon, Ford, Clinton, and Obama.
I’m more worried about having a Republican businessman in the Oval Office than about having an attorney, and I believe that anyone who’s paying attention should share my view, given the disastrous records of former GOP businessmen in the Oval Office, starting with Herbert Hoover and ending most recently with George W. Bush."

http://verdict.justia.com/2012/10/19/how-mitt-romney-forgot-his-legal-thinking-at-the-hofstra-debate

[freshwest]

1. Excellent read, thanks for bringing that here.

[lovemydog]

2. thanks for sharing

I'd much rather have a constitutional scholar & civil rights lawyer like Obama as President than a republican businessman too.

[yurbud]

3. a CEO is a dictator selected by a committee of his country club friends

however capitalism is supposed to work in theory, in reality, the CEO does whatever necessary to enrich the very few he feels accountable to, and they return the favor with exorbitant salaries and even more generous golden parachutes, sometimes even after they have run a company into the ground.

That's not exactly good practice for being president of the United States.

[mulsh]

4. another fine article by Dean, especilly the last paragraph

"Actually, I’m more worried about having a Republican businessman in the Oval Office than about having an attorney, and I believe that anyone who’s paying attention should share my view, given the disastrous records of former GOP businessmen in the Oval Office, starting with Herbert Hoover and ending most recently with George W. Bush."