Obama the Freshman Senator

Let's face the facts. Barack Obama has almost no experience in either government or politics. Worse, he has no experience whatsoever in any executive level position. Obama did serve as a community organizer before he was a legislator - but obviously, that's nowhere near enough.


Now, there is nothing at all wrong with being a community organizer; it's a very admirable thing to do. But, it's not the same type of experience as having executive level job functions, such as being a mayor, governor, military officer, or CEO, for instance. Any candidate for the President should have at least some executive experience; the most suitable generally being a U.S. Governor.

Governors manage borders and have an economic budget which has a model and structure patterned similar to the U.S. and its Constitution. In addition, all the Gubernatorial responsibilities, from serving as Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard, to the various state level departments (such as treasury, transportation, etc.) are virtually identical to that of the U.S. In fact, at the level of a state, there are few differences in the job between a governor and the President. Even the scope is similar, being largely irrespective of the population differences - after a certain "critical mass" of population (which all U.S states far exceed), the "interfaces" for the Governor and President (namely the departmental directors) are largely the same.

Still, some senators who have been in the office long enough can acquire indirect experience with executive level responsibilities, even though the nature of the job is quite different. Often, senators who run for the Office of the President will have direct executive experience through military command roles or executive level business positions. Obama, however, has none of these things.

Obama is a freshman senator; just rookie. He only recently started his political career and most of that time has been spent campaigning for President. Being able to shout good rhetoric does not mean anything if there is no substance behind it, and such is true of Obama.

Obama has created no legislation to speak of, and his voting record is extremely thin. And this thin record shows that he votes along party lines more than 97% of the time(!), which means he tends to go along with whatever his party says - in other words, a party stooge.

So, the bottom line? A new freshman senator with no executive experience, almost no track record, no legislation to speak of, and no history of doing much of anything other than being a community organizer. Those are the painful facts.


Additional Notes:
Even his own running-mate, Senator Joe Biden, doesn't think he is ready for the presidency. When asked if Obama was ready to lead, Biden said NO. In fact, Biden elaborated by saying that "the presidency is not something that lends itself to on the job training." Wow. When even his own running mate doesn't think he is ready, there can be no legitimate dispute.