Obama has plenty of experience. There isn't a required resume for President. His experience is different than Bush I and II, but it is experience that will help him as President. Big old giant lies - Obama has no experience (Big Old Lie) and we don't know anything about Obama (Big Old Lie). Repeating these things won't make them come true.
Hi Jazzgirl. Although an Obama supporter, he does have less experience than McCain. And this remains a concern to me.
However, even with this qualification, I have been impressed with what Obama achieved both in the Illinois Senate and the US Senate. And I prefer his goals over the goals of McCain. A quick check of either of their homepages can give you a (biased) overview of their very different hopes for America.
I would like to add that I also respect Obama and most (not all) of his supporters from refraining from the inflamatory kinds of smears you can sometimes find on forums like this.
Jazz, you can't believe how nervous I get when Obama or anyone in political life is compared to John Kennedy for almost any reason.
First, it isn't fair to the person being compared and second, it isn't fair to the unique and sobering legacy of President Kennedy and as a result no one comes out ahead in the final analysis.
I remember the most striking time this issue of a comparison with JFK was used, it was in the 1988 campaign, in the Vice-Presidential debate, the details in the following citation from Wikipedia...
"Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy: I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" is the quote spoken by American Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator Dan Quayle during the 1988 vice-presidential debate. Jack Kennedy was a reference to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. Since then, the words "You're no Jack Kennedy," or some other variation on Bentsen's famous exchange, have become a part of the political lexicon as a way to deflate politicians or other individuals who think too highly of themselves.
Good point Exedir. Obama is neither Kennedy nor Carter. McCain is not Bush.
We have two dramatically different candidates that are unique individuals.
WASHINGTON - Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former Democratic presidential candidate now supporting Barack Obama, said Sunday John McCain's military service does not automatically qualify him to be commander in chief.
Underscoring during a national television appearance a position he has been expressing for several weeks, Clark said performing heroic military service is not a substitute for gaining command experience.
"In the matters of national security policy making, it's a matter of understanding risk," he said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "It's a matter of gauging your opponents and it's a matter of being held accountable. John McCain's never done any of that in his official positions. I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in the armed forces, as a prisoner of war.
Have you heard Mr. Obama? Were you listening?
Mr. Obama seems to be more qualified then Nixon, Reagan, or either of the Bush's
