has nothing to do with his race. It has nothing to do with his "lack" of experience. I don't think "experience" is going to give us a better President. What bothers me is getting "stuck" with another Jimmy Carter. I know John McCain is NOT Carter. With Sen. Obama, I'm "still" not so sure. And that really worries me. Carter, a Southerner from Georgia, graduated 59th out of 820 graduates at the US Naval Academy. He was senior officer, serving in the nuclear submarine program, on the USS Seawolf. He was a businessman (Peanut farming), Governor of Georgia and then was a 1 term President losing to Ronald Reagan. So much for experience. He was a terrible President. He was a horrible Commander-in-Chief. He was a poor executive. So much for experience. I remember Carter as a thinker, a micro-manager unlikely to be comfortable delegating, highly detailed and slow to take action. As with Bush, we needed to remove him from office. So what about Obama. What is his management style? So he, supposedly, chose Joe Biden. But what else. Perhaps he is a "natural" leader. He is certainly is a "natural" speaker. But a great speaker does not a President make. And, again, this worries me greatly. You may not like his answers, but McCain usually does not think about his answers. Obama does. So for me anyway, Obama and the Democrats have about two months to convince me he is not another Jimmy Carter. The credit for the photo is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
Friday, August 29, 2008
What bothers me about Obama...
has nothing to do with his race. It has nothing to do with his "lack" of experience. I don't think "experience" is going to give us a better President. What bothers me is getting "stuck" with another Jimmy Carter. I know John McCain is NOT Carter. With Sen. Obama, I'm "still" not so sure. And that really worries me. Carter, a Southerner from Georgia, graduated 59th out of 820 graduates at the US Naval Academy. He was senior officer, serving in the nuclear submarine program, on the USS Seawolf. He was a businessman (Peanut farming), Governor of Georgia and then was a 1 term President losing to Ronald Reagan. So much for experience. He was a terrible President. He was a horrible Commander-in-Chief. He was a poor executive. So much for experience. I remember Carter as a thinker, a micro-manager unlikely to be comfortable delegating, highly detailed and slow to take action. As with Bush, we needed to remove him from office. So what about Obama. What is his management style? So he, supposedly, chose Joe Biden. But what else. Perhaps he is a "natural" leader. He is certainly is a "natural" speaker. But a great speaker does not a President make. And, again, this worries me greatly. You may not like his answers, but McCain usually does not think about his answers. Obama does. So for me anyway, Obama and the Democrats have about two months to convince me he is not another Jimmy Carter. The credit for the photo is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
