Agreed. Joe here has got to get some time on his card.

Granted, his opponent will say, "Joe? Seriously? This guy has no real experience. His last job with our fine city was assistant shovel hoser at the dog pound. And lemme tell ya, he wasted a lot of water doing it."

Nature of the beast.

You can choose one of two political philosophies.

Democrat, where you react to what you perceive as reality, or

Republican, where you make your own reality to suit your needs.

Please don't assume from my quoted suggestion that I would necessarily vote for just anyone with some public service experience that is running for a higher level job. Some people have already risen to their level of incompetence. Others have not been in their current position long enough to have exhibited enough competence at that level to justify "leapfrogging" them to a much higher position.

I can think of a person, right now, that fits both of my descriptions of who I would NOT vote for.

In anticipation of a 'clever' response: you will probably say "Oh, you mean Obama!" To which I would reply, "No, I meant Bush."