Obama Lays the Smack Down on Mitt Romney
Submitted by jmeasley on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 18:51.
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An interview Wolf Blitzer did with Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama aired on CNN’s Late Edition program today. During the interview Obama was asked about Mitt Romney’s remark that Obama had never done anything with his life and has no experience.
Romney’s full remark was, “He has not accomplished anything during his life, in terms of legislation, or leading an enterprise, or making a business work or a city work or a state work. He really has very little experience. And the presidency of the United States is not an internship.”
Obama responded sharply, “Yes. Well, the contest didn't work out so well for Mitt Romney. I think he was making those same arguments against John McCain, suggesting that John McCain, as a senator, hadn't done what Mitt Romney had done. And, yet, here we are, and there Mitt Romney is.”
Obama said good judgment is more important than experience, “Look, when it comes to national security, I think that what people are looking for is good judgment. They're looking for somebody who is going to be able to assess the very real risks that are out there and deploy our forces, not just military, but diplomatic, political, economic, cultural, in a way that makes the American people safe.”
The Republicans will soon find out what Hillary Clinton already knows. Beneath the powerful oratory of Obama is a level of political toughness, and a willingness to fight back. If the McCain strategy is going to be to make the experience argument, then they might as well not even try.
We all know that they are going to try and do the same thing to Obama that have done to every other Democratic nominee since 1980. They are going to label him a tax and spend liberal whose big government ideas are a danger to the American people. It is a pretty safe bet that this won’t work.
Obama isn’t the typical Democratic nominee. He is an exciting candidate, who is someone people can rally around. For too long Democrats have had the right ideas, but the wrong people presenting them to the American people, but in 2008 the party finally stopped picked the candidate who screamed about their electability the loudest. The Democrats finally went with their heart and picked a good nominee.
Romney’s comments illustrate the narrow minded tunnel vision of the GOP. If you have not been a politician or run a business your whole life, then you aren’t qualified.
He completely disregarded Obama’s work as a community organizer as nothing. It is this kind of attitude that the American people are sick of. We need a president that understands all of America, not just the white corporate part.
Full transcript of Obama interview:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0805/11/le.01.html
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Yeah like driving 12 hours
Yeah like driving 12 hours with his dog in a cage on the roof of the car. Mitten's is an asshole who lost to McInsane. That speaks volumes. Why doesn't Mitten's send his boys to Iraq to help Bush win his war on terror. Because like Bush Mitten's is a coward.
Rally Around??
Having a candidate who is charismatic who people can rally around is not exactly what makes for a great president. It does make for a great candidate who may well get elected for that very reason.
I think the point that Romney makes does have some validity -- Obama really does have less experience than McCain. Obama admits as much by saying that good judgement is what people want over experience. Here's the big question though: How does one get good judgement? And I believe the answer is through experience.
I'm a surgeon, and I know my medical judgement was not worth much as an intern. My superiors didn't even expect that interns would have good judgement. That's why they gave us huge lists of tasks to do every day developing wound care skills, etc. As I went through the next six years I was called on to make more and more judgements because I had so much experience working with my senior residents and attendings. I admit that I made mistakes in judgement along the way like everyone else does in the development of their trade or profession, but that's how good judgement is attained.
Also, I agree that his community activism does count for something, but that's the kind of credential one would use to get elected in local or state politics. I think we have to admit that he hasn't been a standout in independently authoring any legislation during his tenure in the Senate. I don't think most junior senators do. They need more experience.
Respectfully,
Jeff
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