W.A.R. predicts Obama’s presidency will be a disaster? Wow. How much do I owe him for that lead-pipe lock of the week? Next he’ll predict that the sun will come out tomorrow or that when I flip the light switch, magic light will emanate from the bulbous glass objects in my light fixtures. This guy is a genius!”

Yeah, Wayne Root is a real Nostradamus with this prediction. LOL!

I wasn’t referring to everyone here, just those few who do seem to be reflexively defending Obama. There seemed to be more than one. That’s OK. I can stand toe-to-toe with any of them.

And yes, an evil, “ignernt”, backwoods Southern Conservative like me actually figured out the “Independent” part of IPR, and understand its implications.

While I’m not convinced of the viability of alternative parties in today’s world, I’m deeply disappointed in what the Republican party has become in the last 15-20 years, and I am receptive to the ideas of others.

Hence my arrival on your shores. Once I establish a beachhead, and if I like it, maybe I’ll bring the rest of my Army.

LOL. Look around the site a bit. We don’t have too many people that support Obama (or McCain). You may wish to not make that plural – supporter would be more accurate. In case you hadn’t thought about it this way, the independent in IPR stands for people who prefer candidates other than the big two.

But thanks to Free Republic for linking us, even though they attributed the article to Austin Cassidy. I was the one who found it and posted it here, but I did not do much besides copy, paste and format, so I’m not too mad about it.

Obama stated in his own words when he entered the senate 4 years ago that he was not qualified to run nationally and would not do that. But, he did anyway. For those who state that having experience is not necessary, that is plain ridiculous. Try stating that on your next job interview.

Obama’s staff picks shows he is unqualified. He is chosing either ex-Clinton or Chicago personnel. His network is small because his experience is lacking.

It is probably true that people choose Obama because they didn’t want Bush. But, even Obama’s new economic team have given him the advice to NOT tax corporations, just as Bush indicated. Any moron would know that if you over tax corporations right now, you’ll send the entire economic system into the grave. But, he didn’t have the sense to know these things in advance.

“President of the Harvard Law Review”
Where he published only one obscure and sophomoric paper in his 4-year tenure, and while serving as Editor (the first Black Editor in fact) published absolutely nothing.

“Civil Rights Attorney”
A position in which, according to several of the senior partners, he essentially did little but write briefs, couldn’t be relied upon for any serious litigation, and in almost 11 years logged only 3,700 billable hours (hint: in case you’ve never actually held a job or accounted for payroll, that’s about 1.65 years of actual work) . A pattern of serious underachievement begins to emerge.

“Professor of Constitutional Law”
He was a Lecturer, not the Professor he claims to have been (notwithstanding Northwestern’s ex post facto assertions to the contrary). Major difference. The formal title of “Professor” is not nonchalantly awarded by academic institutions, but anyone with a degree and some knowledge in the subject can lecture.

“Illinois state senator”
How many wishy-washy, noncommittal “Present” votes did he cast in his term there, vs real votes for real legislation? Look it up.

“US Senator”
Where he racked up a whopping 143 days of service before he hit the campaign trail to run for office (with both he and his wife asserting at the that he wasn’t ready to be President), during which time he authored/sponsored no significant legislation….

“Before he became President-Elect of the United States, then I suppose Barack Obama is an empty suit with no experience”.

He has no experience for the job at hand, period. Asserting that he’s qualified on the above bases is equivalent to believing you have to hire someone just because they can fill out a job application. Invoking the lack of experience of other past Presidents (some of whom did poorly, while some did well) will not bestow magical experience on Obama, and only time will tell if he’s good or bad.

Not to worry, however, because the third term of the Clinton Co-Presidency Cabinet will pull his strings wherever they want him to go. If you liked Clinton, you’ll probably love Obama. If you haven’t yet figured that he, like his predecessor is just a figurehead (albeit a palatable one for the left this time), then you aren’t paying much attention.

And to all of the reflexive Obama supporters here, making John McCain (or anyone else) dirty will never wash Obama clean. If you can’t stand on your own convictions with facts, deflecting the blame with “McCain’s worse” is not an effective argument for anyone over about five years old (“but….but… Tommy stole a cookie too”). If the only defense you can rally for “your guy” is to point in the other direction, and say “he did too”, you really have nothing to say. If it’s wrong for McCain (as much as I dislike the man), it’s wrong for Obama as well (as much as I really dislike him).

BTW, while what I’m about to say has nothing to do with running businesses, it does equate to experience. Reagan and Roosevelt had both been Governers, Nixon had been Vice President a Congressman, and a Senator, and Ford had been a Congressman for 25 years. Lincoln is the exception, and while you may or may not support his reasons, among other things he led us to a bloody internal war that had Americans killing each other for years.

Maybe a little experience is a good thing.

I don’t trust him. There are some politicians I trust more than others, regardless of party affiliation or how they label themselves.

It may be politically incorrect to say this on a third party website but I would prefer an honest Democrat to a dishonest Libertarian. I suspect alot of Greens and Socialists would feel the same way.

Generally speaking, Libertarians are libertarian.

Generally speaking, Democrats are not.

If one is talking about executive experience, then McCain doesn’t have any such experience either.

At least Obama has served in state government as well as in Congress. McCain never had any position in state government. Also when Obama was a community organizer, he interacted with local government; I don’t know that McCain ever had close dealings with any local government.”

No expierence is necessary to be President. The only qualifications are as follows…

1) Be born in the USA.

2) Be at least 35 years old.

3) Have the ability to read and understand the Constitution and to follow what it says.

You got me on that one too. Non-sequitur as far as I can tell.

I see your point. But the essence of the criticism is that Obama > Root, which is total horsehockey.

Exceedingly rare traits in politicians and those aspiring to join them, yes?

Says who? I’d take Ron Paul, if he ran as a Democrat, over any Libertarian.

Party labels are meaningless.

I do not know what “civil rights attorney” means – what cases did Obama argue and in front of what courts?

Again, as an Illinois state senator, he voted “present” more often than not…so, again, meaningless.

He was a US Senator for two years before beginning his run. The extent of his experience is running a campaign for a position for which he didn’t have enough….wait for it….experience.

, I definitely prefer an empty suit with no experience to a self-promoting, narcissistic, egotistical blowhard

You prefer a Democrat to a Libertarian? you’re in the wrong place, sister.

“If an empty suit with no experience” is someone who was President of the Harvard Law Review, civil rights attorney, professor of constitutional law, Illinois state senator and US Senator before he became President-Elect of the United States, then I suppose Barack Obama is an empty suit with no experience.

This being the case, I definitely prefer an empty suit with no experience to a self-promoting, narcissistic, egotistical blowhard with as much experience and ethical values as a used car salesman.

The president is, among other things, CEO of the Federal Government. So some executive experience I think is helpful, and why former governors are generally considered better presidents.

I don’t think it’s essential that a president have owned or created a business… but I think it would be helpful if he/she had once *worked* in the private sector, and have some understanding beyond the abstract that someone does have to sell something at a profit to meet the payroll etc.

Do any of the people Obama is bringing in have any significant private sector experience? Or are they all career politicans and bureaucrats?