Comments on: “Are You Experienced?” http://obamarama.org/2007/01/08/are-you-experienced/ Let's get this Party started Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:31:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: oseifterama http://obamarama.org/2007/01/08/are-you-experienced/#comment-138 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:55:16 +0000 http://obamarama.org/2007/01/08/are-you-experienced/#comment-138 I agree that experience is overrated. A good President has to have intellectual curiosity and an analytic mind (unlike Bush), but they don't have to have in-depth expertise on specific issues -- that is what think tanks and the President's cabinet and advisors are for. The President's job is to give a voice to experts' well-thought-out policy proposals, and when the time is right, act decisively to make those ideas a reality. PING: TITLE: Is The Great Day Near? BLOG NAME: Bloggernista In my mind, the only thing generating more excitment than the recently announced iPhone, is the prospect of Barack Obama running for the presidency. There are several websites and blogs that have been set up urging him to run. Ads have been run in DC,... I agree that experience is overrated. A good President has to have intellectual curiosity and an analytic mind (unlike Bush), but they don’t have to have in-depth expertise on specific issues — that is what think tanks and the President’s cabinet and advisors are for. The President’s job is to give a voice to experts’ well-thought-out policy proposals, and when the time is right, act decisively to make those ideas a reality.

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In my mind, the only thing generating more excitment than the recently announced iPhone, is the prospect of Barack Obama running for the presidency. There are several websites and blogs that have been set up urging him to run. Ads have been run in DC,…

]]> by: Gary Record http://obamarama.org/2007/01/08/are-you-experienced/#comment-137 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:44:51 +0000 http://obamarama.org/2007/01/08/are-you-experienced/#comment-137 "To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge “To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed.” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

]]> by: Sally Robinson http://obamarama.org/2007/01/08/are-you-experienced/#comment-136 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:00:38 +0000 http://obamarama.org/2007/01/08/are-you-experienced/#comment-136 Lack of experience is not a good enough argument for me. In my humble opinion - no one at the time they are elected is qualified to be President. To be a good President you must be able to make decisions and be?humble enough to surround yourself with people far smarter and more experienced than you. I believe that Senator Obama is wise enough and experienced enough to know that. Lack of experience is not a good enough argument for me. In my humble opinion - no one at the time they are elected is qualified to be President. To be a good President you must be able to make decisions and be?humble enough to surround yourself with people far smarter and more experienced than you. I believe that Senator Obama is wise enough and experienced enough to know that.

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