They always say if you want to be this or that, you have to start at the bottom and work your way up for about 10-15 years. Supposedly this makes you better off for whatever job you're trying to do. But could it be, that the old dinosaurs at the top who waited their turn, became stale in the process? Did they lose their creative spark and driving motivation to get things done as they sat around and learned the process?
Obama may think so. That's why "He was running for president even as he was still getting lost in the Capitol’s corridors," according to this article. But who really needs to know where all the corridors are in the first place? Because the only thing waiting around in those corridors are potential enemies.
Though maybe more time in Senate would help prevent time wasted as President learning on the job as he goes, also maybe prevent lives lost and so on, but who really knows? What if he were just do a term of VP and then run for President? Would that make everyone happy saying he's inexperienced?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/us/politics/09obama.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&ref=politics
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I agree completely with what I assume you are asserting. Experience is not as necessary for the president as most think. I believe it to be more a matter of character. Not to limit this quality to Obama though, I also think character is an advantage for McCain.
Being the president is more about your ideology.I would rather a president to have great character and use his common sense to pick educated and informed advisers than have an unscrupulous president with all of the experience in the world. I am not implying anything about the current situation; I am simply pointing out that character stands above experience for me.
But doesn't character get revealed through actions and experience? A person can go up on the stump and make these grandiose, inspiring speeches, and claim that character and will can restore "honor to America". But those are just words. I think that experience really does matter because with experience one can gauge a person's true character.
Now, I am NOT saying that it MUST be political experience, but leadership and management experience in a highly-scrutinized and pressure-filled atmosphere definitely are a must for me, because that is the atmosphere of the toughest job on the face of the planet (US President). A person with this management portfolio has accumulated priceless knowledge and has exercised his/her decision-making process for others to see. This process evolves and grows over time, so the more experience one has, the more their character and ideology is revealed.
So, it is my belief that character is a product of experience, and should not be an altogether separate consideration when electing our President.
funny that you post this when we are headed for a battle royal of Experience vs. Non-experience. whether it's clinton vs. obama or obama vs. mccain or mccain vs. billary. the battle is always about experience.
....how long has this site been up? i've been looking all over the net for a good blog just to discuss ideas rather than promote certain parties. you guys rock!
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