Re: Is Anyone In This Group Enthusiastic About Any Candidate?


"Rita" <Rita@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:02:35 -0500, Oldie69@xxxxxxxxx (Olly Mensch)
wrote:

When you are aspiring to be the President of the U.S., you do not find
yourself in a position where you have to "hire" experience, and rely on
the views of others. A President will always have available to him the
views of the membes of his cabinet; but that should not exclude his own
That is not the quality we want in a candidate. For the highest
office of the country, we want someone who DOES have experience
himself/herself, and Obama has none, though he does have intelligence
and charm - but no experience - and that is dangerous and foolish for
the public to elect him. Anything at all could be "hired' - it
represents second-class performance, relying on the judgment of others.
We elect a President in order to be able to rely on his judgment, based
on his own experience, on top of the advice he receives from his
Cabinet.= = Olly

So, who in your view has this vast experience running the federal
government? Romney, McCain, Guiliani, Huckabee, Clinton, Obama,
Edwards. Those who have been Senators -- McCain, Clinton, Obama,
Edwards have participated in foreign policy agendas and votes.
Romney has no federal experience nor does Guiliani or Huckabee.

So run them down, Olly, and tell me which is superior in this task
based on actual experience in Washington? That seems to be the
critereum you are advocating?

Experience in Washington, or experience running a government? The lists are
different.

Experience in Washington, from most to least:

McCain
Clinton
Edwards
Obama
Guliani
Romney
Huckabee

(the order of the last three determined by how much meaningful interaction
each would likely have had with Washinton in their former positions.)

Experience to be President, most to least:

Romney (governor, Mass. being larger than NYC)
Guiliani (NYC being larger than Arkansas)
Huckabee
McCain (longest Wash tenure)
Clinton
Edwards
Obama


Which of the candidates judged correctly on the issue of invading
Iraq? Was not that the most momentous decision of the last 8
years?

Only Obama, but I don't like to make this a one-horse pony sort of process.
No matter how huge Iraq seems, it's still just part of a very large picture
called "The Effective Governance of the USA". (IOW, being right on Iraq does
not mean that Obama won't screw up the economy.)

JG



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