Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !…

I’m not predicting Armageddon or anything

Well, that places you above at least one commenter on this thread, lol.

That’s probably because you don’t understand the difference between politics on a state and on a federal level.

I do, and so does Obama. I think Obama’s state level experience is valuable. I think too often the Federal government tramples on states’ rights.

She hasn’t been a leader in the Senate? Hm.

Yeah, she hasn’t. I don’t recall any major issues that she has lead the way on. Your lack of specificity is telling.

I repeat: 10 years ago people would have laughed their butts off if someone like Obama said he wanted to become president.

Lincoln had a similar level of experience. What had George W. Bush done besides win a couple elections? His foreign policy experience was something on the order of nada.

Romney has experience: both in business life and as a Governor.

Experience that he seems to regret, since he’s running as fast as he can away from his record.

[Obama] hasn’t accomplished anything in all his life, yet you seem to want him to become president.

He was elected to the Illinois Senate, the U.S. Senate. He’s gone to Columbia and Harvard. He was a lecturer on constitutional law in at the U. of Chicago. That’s a hell of a lot more than most people will accomplish in their lives, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Having experience doesn’t per definition mean that one will be a great president indeed, but that’s doesn’t automatically mean that one doesn’t need it. See? Can you understand that argument?

I understand the argument, and it makes sense in a vacuum. If you had to choose between Candidate A w/ 10 experience points vs. Candidate B w/ 12 experience points, how could you not pick Candidate B? But there are other factors at play here. Policy positions, corruptibility, willingness to use questionable political tactics, etc.

Experience tends to sharpen that wisdom, but some people do innately possess more of it.

The decision is the Presidents.  The buck stops there.  Who to follow.  With no experience it makes that decision all the more tougher to follow.

This can be said of Jimmy Carter and George Bush.  They both surrounded themselves with pretty smart guys and gals.  Then proceeded to make one bad decision after another because they had no experience to deal with world altering decisions.

Obama camp constantly downplay his experience in favor of widom.  Bull****!  There is not such thing as wisdom without experience.  Period.  It is experience that makes us wise.

Why is his experience in the state senate unimportant?

That’s probably because you don’t understand the difference between politics on a state and on a federal level.

As for Clinton’s experience in the U.S. Senate, I don’t recall her being the leader on any major issues.

Pf! Really? You’re sure about that? She hasn’t been a leader in the Senate? Hm.

 Anyways, my point is that the difference between Clinton and Obama’s experience is negligible.

No it’s not, that’s what Obama supporters like to argue but it’s really not.

I repeat: 10 years ago people would have laughed their butts off if someone like Obama said he wanted to become president.

If you really want to support candidates with a broad range of experience, I suggest you look toward McCain and Richardson.

McCain lost my respect last weekend and Richardson proved to have lost his sanity with his remarks about Musharraf recently.

Romney has experience: both in business life and as a Governor. Experience someone like Obama lacks. He hasn’t accomplished anything in all his life, yet you seem to want him to become president. Well, you’ve got the right to do so, but I don’t think it’s wise to let someone like that become the most powerful person on earth.

He would be a tremendous candidate in 2012 or 2016, but in 2008?

”Being experienced is not enough. The question is, what lessons do you learn from your experience? ‘Nobody had a better track record in experience than Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, but they had bad judgment…"

Yeah, I know the talking points. I’m not quite receptive to them though. He turns the argument around and only people who don’t quite understand the rules of logic fall for it.

Having experience doesn’t per definition mean that one will be a great president indeed, but that’s doesn’t automatically mean that one doesn’t need it. See? Can you understand that argument?

With the current animosity toward the GOP in general, I see little chance that the GOP will retake either house of Congress which means we have to consider what Hillary will govern like with a same party congress, not an opposition one. So given that she always seemed philosophically further left than Bill anyway, and he was too liberal IMO when he had the longer leash of a friendly Congress, I do have concerns about her. I’m not predicting Armageddon or anything, but I do think it’s wrong to assume she’ll be a harmless centrist.

But Interested, the ones who now say that Clinton doesn’t have any real experience were the same ones who were complaining that she was Bill Clinton’s second Vice President back in the 1990s. I’ve read a lot of accounts about what she did back then and it’s perfectly clear that she was quite deeply involved in policy making and one of Bill’s most trusted and important advisers. I can’t see how anyone can deny that.

It’s an unelected – and unaccountable position. Which is why I compared it to a Cabinate level position. State Senate – while just limited to the State itself is one that the voters hold the candidate accountable via their vote.

You are right on the US Senate though.

Doesn’t it bother you that she seemingly can’t stand up to pressure? Every time it gets a little rough for her ole Bill has to step in. What’s going to happen if a foreign country pressures her?

If you really want to support candidates with a broad range of experience, I suggest you look toward McCain and Richardson.

Here’s a great quote from Obama on the subject:
”Being experienced is not enough. The question is, what lessons do you learn from your experience? ‘Nobody had a better track record in experience than Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, but they had bad judgment…"