Election Issues 1: Experience
September 9th 2008 15:38
This is a multi-part series on the issues. Hopefully my readers will gain what they need to convince their liberal friends. I’m a conservative. I’m writing this from a conservative point of view and this is not meant as journalism, but commentary.
I decided to take the issue of experience on first to get it out of the way. I’m a little tired of hearing about it. However, it needs to be addressed.
At the top of the Democratic ticket we have a man that has never crafted a major piece of legislation, crossed the aisles when his party disapproved, or managed anything in his life. He served in the U.S. Senate for less than two years before beginning his run for President. Before that he served in the Illinois State Senate.
Barack Obama has never won a non-incumbent election against real opposition. When he first ran for State Senate he was taking the place of a popular Senator who had decided to run for U.S. Congress. She promoted him, introducing him to Bill Ayers and having a party for him at his house to introduce him. Then, she lost her primary and asked Barack to let her have her spot back. He refused and she got herself on the ballot. Obama used his Harvard Law School education to get her and the other two candidates thrown off by challenging their ballot petition signatures and ran unopposed.
When he ran for the U.S. Senate, the Republican candidate had to quit the race in a scandal. The Republicans, in a move seen as very cynical and desperate, replaced him with a pompous black conservative named Alan Keyes, who ran a horrible race. Obama walked in easily.
His star rose so fast that it went to his head. He’s 47 years old and has written two memoirs . . . about himself. He voted present 130 times in the State Senate so nothing could be pinned on him.
In the Democratic Vice President slot we have a U.S. Senator that has been there for thirty-five years, has never managed anything but a Senate office. He has been wrong on so many issues that none of his Presidential campaigns has ever generated much traction. Yes, he has knowledge of the foreign affairs from his service in the Senate, but he has been wrong over and over again, including regarding the surge. Joe Biden repeatedly puts his foot in his mouth, and I can’t wait for him to do it in the debates.
At the top of the Republican ticket, you know, the one who will actually have to lead and be in charge, we have John McCain. He served in the U.S. Navy for over two decades, leading a squadron and a naval base. He’s had to make military decisions in times of crisis. Then, he’s been in either Congress or the Senate for the last 25 years. In that time he’s pushed a lot of reforms, bucked his party many times and created major pieces of legislation. His whole life he’s served his country.
We all know by now about his 5 ½ years as a heavily abused P.O.W. He has proven his maverick streak, fighting even his Presidential hero Ronald Reagan. For instance, he opposed sending troops to Beirut, feeling it was too dangerous a situation for that few troops to be going into. Unfortunately, he was right, and the barracks were bombed, killing over a 170 U.S. soldiers.
John McCain voted against Bush’s tax cuts because it didn’t include what should have been requisite spending cuts. He fought for campaign reform that his own party tried to kill over and over again, never giving up on it.
Sarah Palin served as the mayor of a small town, and the Governor of Alaska. She has had to manage people, budgets and problems. There’s a big difference between working with 99 other Senators to negotiate legislative measures and actually managing the day to day operations of a $9 Billion budget state. She’s met every challenge that has come at her, cut waste, brought oil company taxes up in line with other corporate taxes and ticked off her own party by forcing out many of the crooks.
When asked, Democratic officials can’t name one accomplishment of Barack Obama. I’ve seen people from Michael Dukakis to Geraldine Ferraro change the subject when anybody asks them to name ONE accomplishment of Obama. However, when you ask about Sarah Palin you get:
1) Got the oil companies to build a natural gas pipeline to the U.S., with the only tax dollars being $500 Million to a Canadian company to cooperate. The rest of the $40 Billion project is being footed by the oil companies.
2) Forced the head of the G.O.P., the Attorney General, and several other prominent Republicans to go into private service.
3) Cut $250 Million in wasteful spending from the budget.
4) Passed major ethics reform.
Given all of that, you could still argue she hasn’t been there long enough, doesn’t have foreign policy experience, etc.
Even if I gave the liberals that argument, and I don’t because she has more experience than Obama:
IF OBAMA IS ELECTED WE HAVE A 100% CHANCE OF AN INEXPERIENCED PRESIDENT. IF McCAIN IS ELECTED, WE HAVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE CHANCE THAT HE WILL DIE AND WE’LL HAVE AN INEXPERIENCED PRESIDENT.
According to Census statistics, McCain has a 15% chance of dying before the end of eight years. Not only has McCain always defied the odds, there is a very high chance that she’ll get at least 4 years of V.P. experience before being President.
Barack gets none.
I decided to take the issue of experience on first to get it out of the way. I’m a little tired of hearing about it. However, it needs to be addressed.
At the top of the Democratic ticket we have a man that has never crafted a major piece of legislation, crossed the aisles when his party disapproved, or managed anything in his life. He served in the U.S. Senate for less than two years before beginning his run for President. Before that he served in the Illinois State Senate.
Barack Obama has never won a non-incumbent election against real opposition. When he first ran for State Senate he was taking the place of a popular Senator who had decided to run for U.S. Congress. She promoted him, introducing him to Bill Ayers and having a party for him at his house to introduce him. Then, she lost her primary and asked Barack to let her have her spot back. He refused and she got herself on the ballot. Obama used his Harvard Law School education to get her and the other two candidates thrown off by challenging their ballot petition signatures and ran unopposed.
When he ran for the U.S. Senate, the Republican candidate had to quit the race in a scandal. The Republicans, in a move seen as very cynical and desperate, replaced him with a pompous black conservative named Alan Keyes, who ran a horrible race. Obama walked in easily.
His star rose so fast that it went to his head. He’s 47 years old and has written two memoirs . . . about himself. He voted present 130 times in the State Senate so nothing could be pinned on him.
In the Democratic Vice President slot we have a U.S. Senator that has been there for thirty-five years, has never managed anything but a Senate office. He has been wrong on so many issues that none of his Presidential campaigns has ever generated much traction. Yes, he has knowledge of the foreign affairs from his service in the Senate, but he has been wrong over and over again, including regarding the surge. Joe Biden repeatedly puts his foot in his mouth, and I can’t wait for him to do it in the debates.
At the top of the Republican ticket, you know, the one who will actually have to lead and be in charge, we have John McCain. He served in the U.S. Navy for over two decades, leading a squadron and a naval base. He’s had to make military decisions in times of crisis. Then, he’s been in either Congress or the Senate for the last 25 years. In that time he’s pushed a lot of reforms, bucked his party many times and created major pieces of legislation. His whole life he’s served his country.
We all know by now about his 5 ½ years as a heavily abused P.O.W. He has proven his maverick streak, fighting even his Presidential hero Ronald Reagan. For instance, he opposed sending troops to Beirut, feeling it was too dangerous a situation for that few troops to be going into. Unfortunately, he was right, and the barracks were bombed, killing over a 170 U.S. soldiers.
John McCain voted against Bush’s tax cuts because it didn’t include what should have been requisite spending cuts. He fought for campaign reform that his own party tried to kill over and over again, never giving up on it.
Sarah Palin served as the mayor of a small town, and the Governor of Alaska. She has had to manage people, budgets and problems. There’s a big difference between working with 99 other Senators to negotiate legislative measures and actually managing the day to day operations of a $9 Billion budget state. She’s met every challenge that has come at her, cut waste, brought oil company taxes up in line with other corporate taxes and ticked off her own party by forcing out many of the crooks.
When asked, Democratic officials can’t name one accomplishment of Barack Obama. I’ve seen people from Michael Dukakis to Geraldine Ferraro change the subject when anybody asks them to name ONE accomplishment of Obama. However, when you ask about Sarah Palin you get:
1) Got the oil companies to build a natural gas pipeline to the U.S., with the only tax dollars being $500 Million to a Canadian company to cooperate. The rest of the $40 Billion project is being footed by the oil companies.
2) Forced the head of the G.O.P., the Attorney General, and several other prominent Republicans to go into private service.
3) Cut $250 Million in wasteful spending from the budget.
4) Passed major ethics reform.
Given all of that, you could still argue she hasn’t been there long enough, doesn’t have foreign policy experience, etc.
Even if I gave the liberals that argument, and I don’t because she has more experience than Obama:
IF OBAMA IS ELECTED WE HAVE A 100% CHANCE OF AN INEXPERIENCED PRESIDENT. IF McCAIN IS ELECTED, WE HAVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE CHANCE THAT HE WILL DIE AND WE’LL HAVE AN INEXPERIENCED PRESIDENT.
According to Census statistics, McCain has a 15% chance of dying before the end of eight years. Not only has McCain always defied the odds, there is a very high chance that she’ll get at least 4 years of V.P. experience before being President.
Barack gets none.
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