Posted on 02/05/2008 7:46:25 PM PST by Kaslin
The front-runners in both political parties — that is, Hillary Clinton and John McCain — are making "experience" their big talking point. But what kind of "experience"?
Both have been around in politics for decades. But just what did they accomplish — and how did it benefit the country?
Whether in Arkansas or in Washington, Hillary Clinton has spent decades parlaying her husband's political clout into both money and power. How did that benefit anybody but the Clintons?
For those people whose memories are short, go on the Internet and look up Whitewater, the confidential raw FBI files on hundreds of Republican politicians that somehow — nobody apparently knows how — ended up in the Clinton White House illegally.
Look up the sale of technology to China that can enable them to more accurately hit American cities with nuclear missiles. Then look up the money that found its way to the Clintons through devious channels.
Look up Bill Clinton's firing of every single U.S. attorney in the country, which of course included those who were investigating him for corruption as governor of Arkansas.
It may be old-fashioned to talk about character and integrity, but they can have a lot more to do with the fate of this nation than "experience" at playing political games.
More to the point, presidents of the U.S. lacking character and integrity have inflicted lasting damage on the office they held and on the nation.
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Obama, Clinton, McCain and Huck have to be four of the absolute worst candidates I have ever seen. McCain or McCain/huck will be crushed by one of the two clueless dems.
With any luck, they’re experienced at running losing campaigns.
Pardon me for being blunt. Experience being a prisoner of war is meaningless as a qualification for the office of President. I wish we had a candidate who had spent more than 20 hours in air combat and killed lots of our foes. Instead we got the rich kid who got shot down early. Yeah he toughed it out. So what? He bends over every time Teddy Kennedy walks by. That ain’t what we’re paying him to do. I sound cold and I am. I want the guy who flew 200 hours and downed 10 Migs. That’s what we need. Not McClinton.
Thomas Sowell is a bit ignorant at this point.
Sen McCain rose to the rank of Naval Captain.
Is Sowell suggesting that the military is a dishonorable profession?
It is the military that makes business possible. Defense is the primary reason to have governments in the first place.
Sowell is simply allowing his political prejudice to show through.
Read the article:
“McCain’s military service was both honorable and heroic. But let’s not confuse that with experience relevant to being president of the U.S.”
I might suggest the name of George Washington.
Sowell is a nut on this one.
The President is the COMMANDER In Chief.
Sheesh....it's like their brains have fried, Lord.
They are both experienced at screwing US!
2006 was bad. 2008 is going to be worse, starting with a Three TRILLION+ dollar budget and ending with the extreme left-wing winning big in November. But it’s not like we haven’t seen this coming for the last 8-12 YEARS. Quit whining. We should be used to it by now.
They are both experienced at screwing US!
They are both experienced at screwing US!
What was the question again?
experienced at being butt holes
After destroying 5 high performance aircraft. Just because his father was an Admiral. Things have changed a lot in the last 40 years since then, with consequences to prevent that. In all services.
Yeah, yeah, I get it, the POTUS is also the CIC.
So what? So McPain had a military career. So *&@#&ing what?! Does everyone who had a military career qualify to be POTUS? What KIND of OTHER experience does McPain have that qualifies him to be POTUS?
We know his military record. Hell, he’s tried to drum that into our heads over and over and over. “I’m a war hero so vote for me.” OK, got it, Beady Eyes. Now let’s take a look at your POLITICAL record and your POLITICAL experience. Doesn’t look quite as impressive and honorable, now, does it? Damn liberal RINO.
That’s the point here.
Wartime....
His father was an admiral. His grandfather was an admiral. He rose to Naval Captain. A POW whose fellow prisoners remember him as a courageous leader.
And Sowell thinks General George Washington wasn’t qualified to be a president. (or Harrison, Grant, Eisenhower, etc.)
I might suggest John Kerry. Did you know he was in Vietnam?
What an insightful comment.....NOT.
It is NOW Wartime, and the nation gets to choose between candidates with our without military experience among other things.
Let’s see: Romney traded stock and was a governor. Wooo “flipfloppin” Hooo!
McCain was: an aviator and military officer and a Senator.
I suppose you can tell me why trading stock is MORE important than military experience?
I’m sure it’s because the US Constitution appoints the President as “Broker in Chief.” Perhaps you can cite that part of the constitution for me. /sarc
McCain is experienced in betrayal, disloyalty, and dishonesty. That’s about it.
They have a lot of experience in wallowing in self-entitlement.
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