and it has nothing to do with this election. It has everything to do with the person. I've dealt with "experience" all my working life. One place I worked, a young guy with no "executive" experience was promoted to VP because he was the same religion as the President. At a big bank I worked at some man who never made a loan was promoted to President. He recently retired from that bank a millionaire. A friend of mine at the same bank was rapidly promoted to VP at a six-figure salary because he went to an Ivy League university. I've had to live with nepotism everywhere I've worked. Sons, daughters and spouses getting the highest paying jobs with little or no experience. Two women I knew slept their way to the "middle." They never made it to the top. Bush, the son, was the former Governor of Texas. He also managed a baseball team. How did all that "experience" help him? It didn't. I'm sure someone was paid to get him through Harvard. Lyndon Johnson had loads of experience. He got us deeper into Vietnam. Reagan was a former "B" movie actor and Governor. Arnold, now Governor, was an action hero in the movies. Carter was a former Naval submariner and Governor. Ford was a Congressman. Kennedy, a war hero (PT 109) like McCain, was also a Senator. Obama was a community organizer. Palin is Governor of Alaska. I've know people who got jobs because they were Black, female, Asian, Jewish, Italian, Greek and thinner - all with, I guess, some experience. And what did it matter? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Because despite having no experience or all the experience in the world, what matters is the person. And a "good" oerson always knows where to look for the best possible answers. That might be better than experience. Experience is not always the best thing. It can hurt us more than help us. We should all stop talking so much about experience. Remember, it's not about experience, it's about the person. The credit for the photo is http://www.flickr.com/photos/chavals/2225253202/
