A little background

For the non-masochists among you:

Although the presidential election will not take place until November 2016, the campaign has already begun. It will heat up in early 2016, as the primary elections (part of the process by which the parties selects their nominees) begin.

In the Republican Party (the challenger) there is an ever-growing field of possible candidates. The Party has a problem in that it has, just about unanimously, been in denial about climate change, probably the most important longterm issue that the next President will have to face. For a time the Party line was that climate change is all a hoax (great kidders, those scientists). Some, (poor Rick Santorum, for instance) are still stuck at that level. Others, realizing they were beginning to look too obviously absurd, moved on to: Climate change is real, but it's not caused by human activity (so don't expect us to do anything about it). As the intellectual emptiness of this Plan B has become increasingly evident, most have moved on to Plan C: Simply respond to all inquiries on the topic by saying "I am not a scientist." Okay, guys, but could you maybe learn a little science? Republicans aren't too sure about evolution, either, by the way.

Another theme, especially associated with Ben Carson, a distinguished brain surgeon who has never held public office, and Carly Fiorina, remembered as a business executive fired by Hewlett-Packard, is "I'm not a politician."

Hmmm. I'm not a brain surgeon, so give me a shot at your cerebellum?

A large field of candidates all running for President and all declaring that they are not remotely qualified  for the office. Only in America?

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