[freespirited]

The Illinois state legislature and half of one term in the U.S. Senate is scant preparation to be president of the United States.

Ya think?

[rellimpank]

—the candidate of the present-day Chicago mob—

[randita]

Unfortunately, if Obama gets the nomination, any statement pointing out his lack of credentials will be termed racist hate-mongering.

He can choose to shut it down or not (as Tiger Woods has when people seek to make an issue of his race). If Obama doesn’t shut it down, people are going to be so sick of the racism charges that Republicans will benefit.

Obama would do well to limit joint appearances with all the usual race mongers. He’s going to get the black vote anyhow. He needs the middle of the road voters to win and the race mongers turn those people off.

[bencarter]

I think the lack of experience angle isn’t going to work real well, since it hasn’t helped hilary at all

[Logical me]

Obama is nothing more than a kid that never grew up. He obviously received a fairly good liberal education and has jumped on simple phrases like “I will end the war and bring our troops “. It is the how that is missing and the what if is more important. He hasn’t a clue. The worse important those that follow him haven’t a clue either.

[texastoo]

Here is a copy of the speech Obama made in Selma, Al. He lied about being conceived in Selma. His birth date does not match up with the Selma march date.

This speech needs to be printed as it will probably be pulled off the internet if he is the nominee.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/03/obamas_selma_speech_text_as_de.html

Go down about 15 paragraphs and get this:

“There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don’t tell me I don’t have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don’t tell me I’m not coming home to Selma, Alabama.”

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This was an out and out lie as the dates don’t match.

[goldstategop]

He's a lefty. To be fair, Hillary has no executive experience to boast of either. Obama's strong suit is his charisma. At the end of the day though, voters want substance in a President.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Polybius]

For a candidate aspiring to the toughest, most important job in the world, shouldn't experience count for something?

That, regardless of what Martin Luther King once dreamed about, depends on the color of your skin.

Barak Obama's father, a Kenyan graduate student, left him when he was two years old to be raised by a white mother.

If his father had been a Norwegian graduate student named Olsen, would anybody in the U.S. be considering first term Illinois Senator Barry Olsen as remotely qualified to sit in the Oval Office?

Senator Barry Olson for President 2008

[Malesherbes]

The nation which elected Jimmy Carter President is quite capable of electing Hussein Obama. The result will be the same.

[Kleon]

Obama is still the presidential contender with a one-page resume. The Illinois state legislature and half of one term in the U.S. Senate is scant preparation to be president of the United States.

If there was a Republican with similar experience who I thought would be an effective leader, I probably wouldn't hold it against him. Lincoln had an even less impressive resume, but people saw something in him.