here is an obama supporters list of his qualifications, direct from the huff post as an answer to my post
opinion (these people get dem talkin points mailed daily)
“I see you neglected to mention Obama’s 8 years in the Illinois State Senate. This chart put together by the NEW YORK TIMES summarizes the more than 800 bills Obama co-sponsored from 1996-2004. Check it out here: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html
Here are a few of Obama’s notable successes in the Illinois State Senate from 1996-2004:
- Helped pass a 5 percent earned-income tax credit for low-income working families in 2000; made the credit permanent in 2003.
- Voted for having Illinois endorse embryonic stem cell research. (2004)
- Successfully sponsored the Health Care Justice Act, a study of ways to implement a universal health care system statewide. (2004)
- Voted against restrictions on public funding of abortion. (2000)
- Successfully co-sponsored a prescription drug discount buying club program for seniors and the disabled. (2003)
- Successfully sponsored requirement that law enforcement videotape interrogations of suspects in some serious crimes. (2003)
- Successfully sponsored law enforcement study of the race of people pulled over for traffic tickets. (2003)
- Helped pass an overhaul of the state’s troubled death penalty system. (2003)
- Unsuccessfully co-sponsored ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation. The measure became law after Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate. (2003)
- Successfully sponsored move to shield Illinois workers from federal rules that threatened overtime pay for some employees.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST chick2008...instead of coming to this site with your incredulous protestations.”
that doesn’t look like a lot of experience to me LOL