I think Barack has the makings of a great leader which is what this country needs; someone to give us hope and inspire us again.
Posted on: 01-27-2008, 8:24 PM
Replied to: John McCain
While I agree that McCain is a very experienced person, and he seems like the best choice on the republican side, I disagree in that he should be the next president. My primary objection is the basis of political beliefs that create a fundmental gap between what i think the government should do and what any of the republicans should do. What I wanted to discuss though was this idea of experience being a indicator of being a good president in the future. Some of the greatest presidents we've had have had little to no experience in politics, and this becomes more so in the case of where we look at national politics. For instance Abe Lincoln, widely regarded as one of the best presidents, if not the best, of all time had only some experience in the state legislature, and 2 years in the US house of reps before he became presdient. Or look at Teddy Roosevelt, he had 2 years has governor and some time as a vp as his only major political work and yet he is probably among the 10 best presidents as well. FDR only had minor experience in politics as well, with some work in the state legislature and then one term as governor, yet he is also among the top. Just in general I feel that ideas, and the energy that a person brings is far more important then this vague sense of experience, which is not a very good indicator of success, and on that issue I like Obama cause he is the most charmastic of all those running, and he also offers the most similar ideas to mine of those running.
Posted on: 01-28-2008, 3:59 PM
Everything in me says that I would like to see Ron Paul elected. My main issue with Paul is that I fear he wouldn't be able to work effectively with congress as it exists today, he's not called "Dr.No" for nothing.
Posted on: 01-29-2008, 1:39 AM
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