So — he’s a lawyer from Illinois with no political or military experience ... and Lincoln is the parallel he comes up with? There are a lot of inexperienced lawyers from Illinois that are complete schmucks. Good grief.
SnakeDoc
“There are a lot of inexperienced lawyers from Illinois that are complete schmucks. Good grief.”
To be fair, not many of them have ever been president.
Three legitimate points of comparison: Illinois, highest previous office in Congress, and limited experience. But there’s limited experience and there’s limited experience. Lincoln was a true-blue practicing lawyer and a militia captain. Obama was tossed around the Chicago leftists agit-prop scene and promoted by the Democrat machine.
As for the speechifying, if you tell me Obama was elected because of what he said, I have a bridge to sell you. Aside from deft vagueness and wishy-washy centrism, itt was all image. As for Lincoln, if you think Obama’s speeches will be read 150 years from now, I have an intriguing investment opportunity involving a Nigerian prince to sell you.