Most of our Presidents have not had military experience, it's not a requirement.

Bill Clinton had no foreign policy experience before taking office. Neither did Ronald Reagan. Neither did Abraham Lincoln for that matter, our greatest president. And I think you should not be concerned that Obama will choose incompetent advisers. He is an extremely intelligent person, and will not be intimidated by anyone. He will only choose very smart people to work with him.

Bush hired a bunch of his Dads cronies, people whose policies and politics were not able to get his Dad elected to a second term. McCain will do the same. Colin Powell resigned as Secretary of State largely because President Bush didn't listen to his advice when it did not affirm Bush's own views. Bush disregarded the "Advise and Consent" role of Congress. He seldom even bothered to consult with Democrats or even Republicans who might have disagreed with him.

What would we be like today if he had picked a staff of people interested in education or health care or stabilizing the national debt? He has lost us a lot of world respect putting us into a dangerous situation. Many countries we could call upon as friends in the past will not be as ready to support us because of his arrogance and lack of leadership and I must impart intelligence.

The reason I keep referring back to Bush is if McCain is not even allowed to pick his own VP what could give us any logical reasoning that he is allowed to do anything else. VP use to have no real roll. Of course with Cheney we have found this to be different.

The country has to take an active leadership in the world but only to do so while building coalitions and support from other countries. Restore US as a Global leader this cannot be done with the continued policies of the R’s abuse & neglect.