Comments for A Mountain of Experience? at http://www.urbanelephants.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.urbanelephants.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:05:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/110-its-all-in-how-you-look-at-it.html#comment-256 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt Danny, Roosevelt had MUCH more "experience" than ANYONE running for office today. Sure, his experience did not center around running government, but during his day, "government" wasn't the oppressive, massive enterprise it is today. Which brings up an interesting point: does having life experience count today when running for office? I would say that it does when running to be a legislator, but not when running for an executive position. To be an executive today, one needs the type of experiences only a governor or mayor or corporate executive would have. Positions on issues are of less value in judging a Presidential candidate than if they can actually do the job of running the federal government. Bush's critics said "he never ran anything and the things he did run - like the Texas Rangers - were run poorly." Today, few would argue that he was an effective executive. Sure many liked his positions on issues, but there were few enterprises the Feds got involved in over the last 8 years that were run well. Neither McCain nor Obama have executive experience - one of the reasons that Senators rarely run, and/ or win, the Presidency....this time we will have no choice.... - Jay Golub Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:19:22 +0100