We’ve heard a lot of negatives lately about “career politicians.” How we should send them home and replace them with candidates who have not yet been corrupted by political office.

This movement is heavily promoted by Tea Party and similar organizations. This is the same group of people who revere the Founding Fathers, ceaselessly quote Ronald Reagan, and view Sarah Palin as the ultimate Conservative leader. Many campaigns across the nation are even running against “career politicians” as Ronald Reagan Conservatives.

They irony of this “anti-experience” argument lies in the political leaders that these Conservatives idolize. A quick rundown of several revered, Conservative Republican’s, show that they too are “career politicians.” Ronald Reagan was a “career politician” by anyone’s definition. Reagan was in office 16 years and spent another 4 years hosting a political radio talk-show. If you have visited a Tea Party supporter’s Facebook page it’s likely you’ve seen a Thomas Jefferson quote. Jefferson, our nation’s 3rd President, spent a whopping 36 years in office! John Adams spent 17 years in office. In case you are wondering, Sarah Palin has spent 13 years in office beginning at the age of 28. I have yet to see a definition of a “career” politician but I am comfortable assuming all of these examples will suffice.

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