No intelligent politicians? (3 Viewers)

[Lolsmith]

Well I thought that he was secretary to the Treasury, which I assume is a part of parliament.
Either way. We should get some engineers into parliament, they'll fix shit up!

Oh man...

 

[xMaNx]

Replace intelligence with education. The two are not necessarily correlated

this

 

[Optimus Prime]

so logically all members of the defence force are part of the parliamentary system too, right omnipotent?

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

since when did intelligence = university degree?

scorch, for example is doing arts and he has one of the brightest minds on here

 

[ilikebeeef]

since when did intelligence = university degree?

scorch, for example is doing arts and he has one of the brightest minds on here

^that.

 

[mirakon]

what other degree does Op want them to have?

I mean just because you got a massive ATAR that doesn't make you a political genius. Politics is not about how good you are at school

 

[tommykins]

i got medicine can i be PM now

 

[ilikebeeef]

i got medicine can i be PM now

lol

 

[LoveHateSchool]

Anyone who says Tony Abbott is intelligent..I just kinda cringe. It goes to show you can have some fancy degree but no actual intelligence.

 

[Gold Lion]

Anyone who says Tony Abbott is intelligent..I just kinda cringe. It goes to show you can have some fancy degree but no actual intelligence.

Tony Abbot IS intelligent- as in- book smart. It's really his traditional/conservative outlook which makes us generalise him as retarded.

 

[Phylo]

They teach leadership, but how can they begin to fathom the difficulty of leading a country!

 

[loquasagacious]

Anyone who says Tony Abbott is intelligent..I just kinda cringe. It goes to show you can have some fancy degree but no actual intelligence.

This post goes to show that you can call someone unintelligent just because you disagree with them....

 

[Lukybear]

since when did intelligence = university degree?

scorch, for example is doing arts and he has one of the brightest minds on here

Bit biased isn't it? Any religious nut could call him a stupid imbecile.

The only real way to measure a poli's intelligence would be making them sit the same the same test on the same topics /issues that concern parliment.

The closesest thing i can think of is a uni degree

 

[Chemical Ali]

i'm pretty sure The Simpsons proved that smart people don't necessarily make great politicians...

 

[SylviaB]

The closesest thing i can think of is a uni degree

George Washington did not go to university

George W Bush completed a law degree at Yale Univeristy and an MBA at Harvard university

your move

 

[chrisnumber1]

I've just been looking at the qualifications of some of our ministers and none of them seem to be that intelligent.
Julia Gillard has an Arts/Law degree
Swanny Lectured studied and lectured in Public administration
Ruddy (ex-minister now) has just an Arts Degree

Ken Henry (secretary to treasury) is probably the most qualified person in our parliamentary system with a Ph.D. in economics

Why do none of our leaders seem to be properly qualified. If there's going to be someone running the country, you'd hope they had at least have a bachelors in economics.

What are your views on this? Are there any other people with qualifications like Henry?

sorry, what degree do you have? im sure your school certificate looks very impressive. its not the degree so much its the work and life experience, otherwise there would be a room full of asians studying to be pm's. the minister for defence isnt a fighter pilot, julia gillard wasn't a teacher and david campbell wasnt a train.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

sorry, what degree do you have? im sure your school certificate looks very impressive. its not the degree so much its the work and life experience, otherwise there would be a room full of asians studying to be pm's. the minister for defence isnt a fighter pilot, julia gillard wasn't a teacher and david campbell wasnt a train.

Hahaha, I think I laughed harder than I really should have but nonetheless good post.

 

[Chemical Ali]

sorry, what degree do you have? im sure your school certificate looks very impressive. its not the degree so much its the work and life experience, otherwise there would be a room full of asians studying to be pm's. the minister for defence isnt a fighter pilot, julia gillard wasn't a teacher and david campbell wasnt a train.

he was, however, involved in several man-trains.

 

[Chemical Ali]

he was, however, involved in several man-trains.

you could say he was one of NSW's longest standing members

 

[Phoenix Fury]

hahahah fuck