Re: Anne, this is a mistake.
by
dbguy
10/28/2008, 5:05 PM #
Payback:There are real terrorists,and their aim is to kill us. To not vote for the most experienced and knowledgeable person on foreign policy is irresponsible. Don't let all this culture war crap blind you to following what you know and appear to understand that McCain is much more knowledgeable and experienced in foreign affairs than is Obama.
All the experience in the world doesn't make a difference if you're going to do the wrong things with that experience.
Expereince is not the same as qualifications. Experience is a proxy for qualified. If you have lots of experience, you might be qualified. You might also just be old.
You might be inexperienced and not be qualified. You might also have excellent judgment, intellectual curiosity and capacity, and a good temperament to be president.
You vote for the president you think will be best. Its always a crapshoot, but picking the more experienced one assumes falsely that that experience will always be put to good use.
George W. Bush was surrounded by an extremely experienced team of advisors. And they advised him horribly. You probably disagree, but...