McCain Debate

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Permalink Reply by Shelly Arens on October 16, 2008 at 12:41pm

On comparision to Pres.
When McCain said "Senator Obama, I'm not President Bush. If you want to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago" he should have followed with... "I suppose you don't mind being called Hillary Clinton. You're making the same distinction."

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Permalink Reply by Jim Johnson on October 16, 2008 at 3:45pm

Shelly, great point! I love it.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Johnson on October 16, 2008 at 12:42pm

All excellent points, Paul. Well said and well written.

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Permalink Reply by Trevor Bradburn on October 17, 2008 at 10:43am

Obama has been taking his opportunities to exploit McCain, and he is just sitting back and allowing it to happen. I hope he picks up the pace and starts sticking it back. He needs to start advertising more and making people more aware of Obama's background. It seems that a lot of people don't care that Obama has been linked to terrorists and recently I have seen articles about him possibly being born in Kenya. Why would America want a President with the least American name. He has very little experience and in my belief he will run the economy further down into a recession or even depression. He will also allow the opportunities for more Islamic persuasion in the United States. He was complaining about how the 5000 dollar tax credit for health insurance that would go straight to the insurance companies. Well lets think about this. Why wouldn't it go to the health insurance companies, its given for that very reason. His ads don't make sense and he is only campaign agenda is to discredit his opponent because he has nothing worth providing that would make him a good candidate.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Johnson on October 17, 2008 at 10:52am

I'm not sure that the public in general is seeing Obama as lacking the experience. The "surfacey" stuff has captured their attention. From folks I know who support Obama, I have heard "when he speaks, I get all teary-eyed" "he makes me feel good when he speaks - our country needs to feel good again" "he has a dream for our country and we need to dream again". Again, no substance - just polished and produced words.

I have been explaining to people who will listen that if my company (a large credit union) were looking for a new CEO and we received resumes that matched Sen. Obama's and Gov. Palin's, there would absolutely be no contest. Gov. Palin has the executive experience in creating and managing a multi-billion dollar budget, leading a significantly large and effective "company", has found ways to make and save money, etc. Obama has none of this experience. His resume would end up in "file 13" and would not even warrant an interview.

If Obama is not qualified to become the CEO of a company in the USA (and I am not implying that he is a stupid man - just an inexperienced one), then he is most definitely not qualified to be the Chief Executive Officer of our country. He cannot simply brush this off by stating he will be surrounded by advisors. Without "the mind of an executive", he will end up being at the mercy of personal agendas.

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