Apparently, the Wisconsin State Journal is out of touch with its readers. These letters to the editor all dispute the editorial's claim that Sen. Obama lacks the necessary experience for the White House.
Little experience, but good leadership skills
I was surprised at your position in the State Journal's Dec. 14 editorial that Barack Obama didn't have the experience to be president. Compared to whom?
Remember, George W. Bush was a one-term governor of a state with a weak executive. President Bush had hardly traveled outside of the country before becoming president.
To quote what others have said about Obama, he's an inspiring speaker, intelligent, and a hard worker. These three traits can go a long way toward making someone a strong leader. Also, when was the last time a really experienced U.S. senator won the presidency?
- Derek Popp, Mount Horeb
Inexperience won't hold Obama back
Those who think that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's political inexperience will preclude him from having a viable chance of becoming president should take a closer look at history.
Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush each were thought to lack the foreign policy credentials necessary for the job when they sought the presidency. Each ran during times of relative calm in our nation's history: 1976, 1980, 1992 and 2000. And despite running against more experienced opponents in their respective primaries and general elections, each won the presidency.
History has shown that inexperienced candidates can, and often do, make successful campaigns for the nation's highest office. In fact, it has been quite some time since the less politically experienced candidate has lost a presidential election in relatively stable election years.
If history is any guide, political inexperience will not prove to be a limitation to Obama's political ambitions.
- Ryan Farrell, Middleton
"A good storyteller is a person who has a good memory and hopes other people haven't."
-Irvin S. Cobb
Senator Hillary Clinton is really the one with all speeches and no results. She claims that she has been fighting for poor people for 35 years. According to U.S. Census bureau, Arkansas state ranked 49th in people with college degree (almost dead-last) and 6th in people living below poverty level. The truth is: technology boom did far more for the good economy of the 90's than Bill Clinton. For example, Mark Cuban became a billionaire within 4 years! Billary have nothing to do with it.
If Billary cannot lift a small state like Arkansas out of poverty, how can they do it in Ohio and Texas?
Bill and Hillary need to come up with a different line of attack apart from experience. Obama actually have more total legislative experience (Illinois and Washington) than Hillary. Billary have talked about experience so much, you will think Senator Obama just graduated from college in 2007 instead of 20 years ago.
CNN (aka Clinton News Network) and other media outlets covered plagiarism charge made by the Clintons at least 100 times more than when Hillary humiliated herself by shop lifting words from Bill Clinton and John Edwards on the same night.
CNN covers Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton campaign at least twice as much as they cover Barack and Michelle Obama.
Same CNN and other media outlets drank the Clinton Kool-aid causing them to believe that the media favor Obama over Clinton. Go figure!!
Auto insurance is mandatory in Texas and most states, yet many drivers in Texas do not have it. Just because Hillary mandate health insurance does not mean everyone will partake. Robert Reich, former labor secretary for Bill Clinton, studied both Senator Obama & Hillary plan - he concluded that Senator Obama's health-care plan will cover more people.
Posted by: Peter in Dallas | March 03, 2008 at 09:18 PM