Management qualifications?

Many years ago (too many!) when I was in the navy, the most formidable weapon known to man was the aircraft carrier. This was a floating city with 5000 to 6000 people and 75 to 100 airplanes on board. The weapons I won't even hint at. One aircraft carrier would be more than a match for almost any country of the world! The navy had a policy that the man who had command of all that air power should be a pilot. To reach the rank of Captain in the navy, a man had to not only be the cream of the crop, but had to put in 22 years in the service. Those years were spent flying navy airplanes and fighting wars all over the planet as well as commanding groups ranging up to squadrons of aircraft.
If a man was selected to command one of the carriers (there were 7 back then I think) he was first sent to a deep draft support ship such as an oiler or Submarine tender. These were the biggest ships the navy owned other than aircraft carriers. Once he had completed a successful tour of duty commanding one of the giant ships, a man could take on the awesome responsibility of commanding an aircraft carrier. Imagine the power in the hands of one individual!
Now imagine the power in the hands of the President of the United States! We just placed a man in charge who had never commanded anything higher than his personal secretary. This is a man who had never been in charge of anything. How did this happen? Don't get me wrong now, the other guy wasn't much better qualified. How did it come down to these two? There is nothing wrong with our system of government, it's the party system that is broken. Does anyone think these two people really represented us? They represented what a group of professional politicians offered us. If you don't want this to continue, we must take charge of the political parties and force some common sense there. We need to elect people who have at least enough qualifications to hold a middle management job.
I don't think this two party system makes any sense, personally, but we have to work with it in order bring about change. Two years from now we will see what a Democrat controlled government has done for us and vote accordingly. It won't help at all to elect more politicians just like the ones we have now. We need to have candidates available who really are interested in the public good. We need candidates whose only skill is not how to get elected. We won't get them by sitting here and complaining. We only get real solutions by stepping up to the plate and being counted. I vow to offer myself for election to some office, and I promise to support any candidate who truly represents the public. How about you?