What is experience? Much of the Hilll campaign against Obama is that he doesn’t have the experience and that her tenure in the big House is a big advantage to her credibility as the future president of the US (“I was in the White House for 8 years.” – HRC). Well yeah, and so has the Pastry Chef! (per Dick Morris, Political Strategist) Does that give the chef an equal opportunity to run for president? OR any more credibility for that matter to manage any major restaurant in the country? No it does not.
From what I understand, Hill was a private practice partner for a law firm in AR and then soon the first lady of Arkansas with Bill when he became Gov. Not the demure 1st Lady, she was unique in her role and soon became a mother with the birth of Chelsea. With the fall out of Bill from Gov, she went into the attack roll, sharpening her teeth with personal attacks against Bill’s opponents and helping him rise up again. By not baking cookies she did contribute to Bill becoming the 42nd President of the ISA. When she became First Lady, she campaigned for woman’s/human rights, woman abuse, expanding child care, breast cancer research, teen pregnancy prevention, and expanding child adoption rates. Her primary political experience came with her US Senatorship of NY after 2000. Sure she has a lot of friends, rubbing elbows with Bill’s cronies but do those “relationships” make her any more experienced at the job or even able to lead our country like you as a citizen want it to be?
On comparison of tenure and experience with GWB – and not to compare the two in any way – George W. Bush, only served six years as the Governor of Texas before his presidency. Of course we as American’s should have looked harder at his failures to understand how he was going to turn out: He was a C student (transcripts and he’s even quoted as saying: “For all you C students out there, it’s amazing what can happen to you if you keep working hard.”) and had numerous failed businesses.
Previous presidents have been governors, or had a longer terms in the Senate or House, before taking office, than Obama. Have all of these experiences prepare those presidents to operate within the system, or to actually do something about changing the system. Obama has 11 years experience in public office (Illinois State senate and US Senator) which is much more than Hillary’s 6 years as US Senator and being House Mom in the White House.
Obama services on the Foreign Relations committee in the US Senate and he is the Chair of the Subcommittee on European Relations and serves on the Subcommittees on African Affairs; East Asia and Pacific Affairs; and International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection. Hillary is not involved in any foreign relations committees.
and seemed to do all right.”
~Newt Gingrich, commenting on Obama’s experience