People in politics have them. It’s how you find things out. And what an elected official can do is often driven by how good their rolodex is. A great president, faced with a regional crisis in eastern Europe, might have the background knowledge to understand who is fighting, and even how to communicate with them. Our current president, not so much.
A poor president is going to call Blackwater, or CACI, and ask them what to do. And as the saying goes, if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Not bad if you’re a roofer, but not so great if you’re a neurosurgeon.
This country needs a leader who knows how the machinery of government works, and can work inside those areas (you know, the ones that say “no user-serviceable parts inside”) without losing a finger or starting a nuclear holocaust.
We often get warned that this is “pre 9-11 thinking”. My response is, that if we had a qualified president in the White House, 9-11 could have been just another day in the autumn, and we’d have a trillion dollars less of debt.
edit: Apparently, she does have some contacts. Not known if a decent chinese take-out place is among them.
