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Originally Posted by aussiegal  I hope not. It's ridiculous seeing the 'hollywood' effect that has helped Obama this far already. The only thing going for Obama in my books is that he's not Hillary Clinton. I hope America sees the light and realises you can't put someone with no real experience in as President.
That's the problem with hope, it leads people to consider improbable scenarios (or people in this case) as a way out of their problems. |
personally public sector experience, imo, is not even necessary so much as having a good understanding of the system and a demonstrated ability to make good decisions - he will be surrounded by people and specialists who ultimately carry out the presidents decisions anyway - these posts are where the experience is most valuable and Americans know it
for example, Rumsfeld had tons of experience but didn't listen to those with even more telling him that you needed more troops - the result was a watered down hybrid plan and the results can be seen
How much experience did Abraham Lincoln have? The answer would probably shock any of the "experience = greatness" crowd. Don't let real world examples get in the way though
