Obama has no experience to be President other than being a...

[usregimechange]

Civil rights attorney who turned down a prestigious judicial clerkship, Constitutional law professor, Community organizer, Board member of the Joyce Foundation, Board member Woods Fund of Chicago, Board member Chicago Annenberg Challenge, State Senator, Chairman of the Illinois State Senate Health and Human Services Committee, US Senator, Member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Member of the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Member of the US Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Husband, Grammy award winner, father of two daughters, and a published writer.

Other than that, he has no experience.

[usregimechange]

1. Maybe he didn't deserve his...

Honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston for among other things, "advancing and protecting the interests of the less fortunate."

[bicentennial_baby]

25. Do you have a link to that? Because I go to school there...

and we don't have a law school. Just curious. :)

[I work for workers]

2. He has three more years in elected office then Hillary does, and four more then Edwards. nt

[Colobo]

3. Good stuff.

[magatte]

5. K&R

:kick:

[itsrobert]

4. He also hasn't had sex with Bill Clinton

That only leaves 45,321 eligible candidates. :evilgrin:

[Essene]

10. yet

[Bonobo]

17. LOL LOL LOL!

[Kucinich4America]

12. So are you saying John Edwards HAS had sex with Bill Clinton??

:wow:

[itsrobert]

14. Edwards isn't his type

Too pretty.

[Nailzberg]

19. You own me a new monitor

:spray:

:spank:

[Kutjara]

6. Yes, yes, that's all very well, but...

...has he ever acted in a bad movie? With a chimp? Or run a baseball team into the ground? Or run an oil company - and lost money? Or dodged the draft? Or gone AWOL? Or facilitated anti-communist witch hunts against those he was entrusted to represent?

No? Then in what conceivable way is he qualified to be president?

[usregimechange]

9. True...

[LittleBlue]

7. K&R. I want a Constitutional scholar for Prez

[usregimechange]

11. As opposed to a constitutional dufus?

[LittleBlue]

15. God yes. An actual philosopher king- er President

:D

[AtomicKitten]

8. 5th K&R for delicious irony.

Thanks for your post.

[Bluerthanblue]

13. nice-

Yes we can!
K&R
:hi:

[NYCGirl]

16. Great post. I'm recommending and then bookmarking it. I think we're going

to need all this valuable info!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[midnight]

18. Do you know how long he practiced law?

[usregimechange]

36. After three years as a full-time associate, he was elected ...

"After three years as a full-time associate, he was elected to the State Senate"
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/01/04/barack-obama-was-once-a-lowly-law-firm-associate/

[earthside]

20. How about this comparison ...

... to another Illinois politician: Abraham Lincoln.

"At the age of 25, Lincoln was first elected to the Illinois legislature as a Whig, where he served for 8 years. In 1846 he was elected to Congress, where he served one term. These comprised his entire experience in elective office before he became president."

http://www.exploredc.org/index.php?id=91

[jackson_dem]

21. Obama won a Grammy?

[usregimechange]

24. Yep, spoken word category.

[Bicoastal]

22. There IS a double standard going on...

The media has been quite ready to give legitmacy to two MAYORS who are trying to run for President with 8 years of job experience. No one every asks Giuliani or Bloomberg--do you have enough experience, being in charge of only 8 million people for only 8 years?

Obama was in the State Senate of Illinois, presiding over a region of Chicago (2.8 million) for 8 years, and now the United States Senate for 3 years for the State of Illinois (12 million). I call that 11 years of public service. And yet, compared to Giuliani and Bloomberg, not to mention Clinton and Edwards, he's inexperienced?

Please....

[readmoreoften]

23. Oh who gives a fuck. No one says he never accomplished anything.

All three of the candidates have major accomplishments. So what? All three of the candidates are "published writers". For fucks sake....

[usregimechange]

26. all three are not generally criticized for having little experience

[cali]

41. bwahahaha

the posts saying he isn't qualified, doesn't have the experience, is an empty suit, or a lightweight are legion around here. Nitpicking by saying that no one says he never accomplished anything borders on the dishonest.

[sandnsea]

27. And an amazing list of Accomplishments in Illinois

Let me repeat, the Accomplished Senator from Illinois:

[usregimechange]

28. Thanks for posting...

[avaistheone1]

29. My understanding he is a lecturer not a law professor

There is a difference.

[magatte]

32. He was a legislator, he chose not to be tenured.

There was an article written recently by one of the Chairs of the Law School recalling how they contacted Obama and try to get him to accept a tenured position at the school, and how he couldn't understand why such an up-and-comming scholar would waste his potential getting involved into politics. I don't remeber if it was in Time or some other onlin mag.
Make no mistake he was not a simple 'lecturer' as you present it.

[usregimechange]

33. Thanks for the additional info

[1corona4u]

30. You left out one;

Obama is rising in the polls because he’s expressing FEELINGS that people WANT to hear. People are worn down by the last seven years, and they want to believe what they’re hearing from a hopeful, fresh candidate. The problem is, it’s just talk. Here are some pithy examples of (1) Obama as the triangulator extraordinaire, and (2) Obama as a do-nothing — yes, a do-nothing.


A do-nothing? You can’t even find it listed at his Senate Web site, but Sen. Obama is the chairman of the Subcommittee on European Affairs for the Senate Foreign Relations committee. That subcommittee oversees “U.S. involvement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), relations with the European Union (EU), and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Matters relating to Greenland and the northern polar region are also the responsibility of this subcommittee.”

Shockingly — although his campaign has tried to beef up his thin international experience by citing his chairmanship of the subcommittee on European affairs — according to Congressional Quarterly, Sen. Obama has not held a single hearing since he assumed the chairmanship nearly a year ago. It’s little wonder, then, that Sen. Obama’s Senate site doesn’t list his chairmanship.





I know this was talked about last week, so I won't bother to post the link. I just think it's not fair to leave out such an important part of his job. Just to be fair....

[killbotfactory]

31. Yeah, but he hasn't already been president

How can you run for president without that crucial presidential experience?

[usregimechange]

40. You got me...

[BenDavid]

34. Obama's record has received remarkably little scrutiny

in the mainstream media, no doubt in part because the press has been eager to keep the race competitive and nudge Hillary off the stage. Plus, part of it must also be a certain reluctance among reporters to pop the bubble.

Where was Obama on the racially charge Duke rape case? He had other things to do.Where was Obama on the racially charged Jena Six case? He was busy elsewhere.

Is that what makes Jackson and Sharpton "shakedown artists and flim-flammers?"Because they were willing to get involved when Obama wasn't?

[usregimechange]

35. ABC News: Obama: Investigate Duke Lacrosse DA Nifong

Another voice has joined the call for a federal investigation into the handling of the Duke Lacrosse case -- this one with the punch of presidential politics.

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in a written response to a constituent, said that an "independent inquiry is needed" into the conduct of Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/LegalCenter/story?id=2980582&page=1

[incapsulated]

37. Grammy award winner?

lol

[usregimechange]

38. for spoken word - about the book he write and published about his

father. "Throughout the book, the U.S. Senator looks at race from the point of view of someone who has seen and been part of a variety of cultures, and he explains how his perspective shaped his views."
http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-My-Father-Story-Inheritance/dp/1400082773

[usregimechange]

39. I forgot ... president of the Harvard Law Review

[indimuse]

42. I wonder what Michelle Obama's record looks like?

Does anybody know,,,such as volteering...clubs..etc..just wondering.