Quick Thought on Obama's Experience

The talking hair-dos on CNN keep on going on and on about Barrack Obama's executive experience. Here are some quick bullet points:
  • John F. Kennedy was also a senator but not a governor
  • George W. Bush was a governor-- so experience seems to count for very little
  • John McCain is ALSO someone without executive experience (never a governor)
  • Nixon and George Bush I, both had no gubernatorial experience-- no maybe it counts for a little...

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Unknown said…
Here's a great summary of why the whole experience issue is moot; this blogger compares Obama's experience to Abraham Lincoln's.
8/28/2008 02:59:00 PM
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