Please stay tuned for the disclaimers at the end of this post.
One of these guys running for president is somebody I don't like too much. Despite my disagreements with him, however, he has spent more than twenty years in the U.S. Senate. Prior to that, he had what appears to be an exemplary record of service and sacrifice in the military. One would think the Democratic Party candidate would be at least comparable in experience and accomplishments, even if one would also expect the Democratic Party to nominate that individual most devoted to the party's platform of All Evil, All the Time.
But what do they offer us? A travesty of a Senator who is only there on her husband's coat-tails, and managed to rack up a comparatively meager eight years of experience. Prior to that, she was a lawyer, governor's wife and First Lady. Other than the qualification of having the kind of speaking voice for which earplugs must have been invented, one wonders why anyone thinks that she ought to be in the White House.
What's that you say? The party has rejected her in favor of someone named Obama? Surely they chose someone who had all the experience and accomplishments that she lacked. Apparently not. To face off against a war hero and seasoned Senator (or even against the former governors who may have gotten the Rep. nomination), they went with the hip, fresh-faced, young Black guy with the exotic name. Never mind that he's done nothing in his short life, other than stumble into the Senate and then start running for the Oval Office. Oh, sure, he was president of the Harvard Law Review. And other than the lawyers, who really cares?
So who are these people? Like I said, I don't like McCain all that much. But what do these other jokers even think they're doing, running against a guy like him?
Disclaimer 1. Yeah, I know that experience is not the only quality to consider in a President, and some prefer an "outsider." Even so, Hillary is anything but an outsider. And how else did Obama shoot to the top so quickly, except that the "inside" liked him?
Disclaimer 2. No, I'm not saying that McCain's experience and military record excuses his politics.