Who has more executive eperience?

[duckfan78]

Which of these two candidates, one for preside, one for vp, has more experience in being the executive?


Obama

Or

Palin

 

[limabeanmom2003]

I'm voting for the mayor of munchkin city. He has lots of executive experience.

 

[Chuck S]

Hmmm..Bush, as Governor of Texas for 6 years, had much more "executive" experience that either of those two in the poll. Is that the kind of administration you want?

 

[pr surfer]

I'm not interested in the more experienced candidate this election. Look what the past 7 years of experienced leadership has given us.

 

[Carly_Roach]

Who cares who has more executive experience? I think the better question is which Administration is going to be more productive for our country and the people as a whole? How you feel about the answer to that question is how you're going to vote in November, and no one's going to be able to change your mind.

This includes me. No matter how others rail about how the soccer mom has more executive experience than the dad who graduated from law school and then decided to go to work in the inner cities instead of a prestigious law firm, I'm still going to feel that the man who put the people first in his life will build a better administration to bring this entire country out of a pre-Depression much better than the war hero and soccer mom who just want to win an election.

 

[duckfan78]

Who cares who has more executive experience? I think the better question is which Administration is going to be more productive for our country and the people as a whole? How you feel about the answer to that question is how you're going to vote in November, and no one's going to be able to change your mind.

This includes me. No matter how others rail about how the soccer mom has more executive experience than the dad who graduated from law school and then decided to go to work in the inner cities instead of a prestigious law firm, I'm still going to feel that the man who put the people first in his life will build a better administration to bring this entire country out of a pre-Depression much better than the war hero and soccer mom who just want to win an election.

BO doesn't want to win the election?? even better.

 

[pr surfer]

BO doesn't want to win the election?? even better.

Carly did not say that

Nice republican tactic of putting words in ones mouth.

 

[Carly_Roach]

Carly did not say that

Nice republican tactic of putting words in ones mouth.

Thank you, surfer.

 

[duckfan78]

Hmmm..Bush, as Governor of Texas for 6 years, had much more "executive" experience that either of those two in the poll. Is that the kind of administration you want?

so you want someone with no experience in office who would be in charge of the most powerful nation in the world? That doesn't seem very smart.

 

[duckfan78]

I'm not interested in the more experienced candidate this election. Look what the past 7 years of experienced leadership has given us.

 

[Chuck S]

so you want someone with no experience in office who would be in charge of the most powerful nation in the world? That doesn't seem very smart.

Neither does saying the one's 18 month experience as a state governor qualifies them to be President more than being a US Senator and former State Senator.

Tell me what "experience in office" anyone has had for President? Absolutley none. It is all "on the job training." The only people who could constitutionally run for President with any "experience in Office" are George H W Bush and Jimmy Carter.

 

[JCJRSmith]

The whole "Executive Experience" argument does not hold any water with me. For some past presidents it worked for them: Reagan, Clinton, Nixon, and to some extent George Bush, Sr. For others it didn't: Carter and Bush, Jr are, in my opinion, unmitigated disasters.

 

[loco4dis]

OK, now I'm shamelessly triple posting. I posted this on a couple other threads, but it relates to the "experience" question of this thread.


Experience. OK. What do we mean when we say "experience." What, really, does Biden's 30 years of experience in the Senate — or Obama's 30 months or so of experience — qualify them for? And I'll say the same thing about McCain's Senate service. Senators sit in committee meetings all day and they talk. A lot. Talk. Talk. Talk. They don't meet a payroll. They don't create income for anyone. They don't create innovation. They don't manage a budget. They don't establish policy. They don't hire people to run major departments of state. The only decisions they make is whether to vote "yes" or "no" and which tie to wear when they go on "Meet the Press." I keep hearing that Biden brings "foreign relations experience" to the Obama ticket. He has done NOTHING in the foreign relations arena but TALK ABOUT IT. Nothing. He has no foreign relations experience whatsoever. The experience that senators bring to the presidency — a chief executive officer job — is that they have talked about stuff. A lot. And perhaps read a few staff-prepared reports.

Now McCain has added someone to his ticket with CEO experience. She has done, on a smaller scale, exactly what a president does. Alaska may be small, and she's only been governor for 2 years, but she STILL has more experience in the precise areas of expertise the presidency requires than Obama, Biden, or McCain. She also has owned and run a small business, again requiring the precise CEO skills the presidency calls for.

I am a McCain supporter, but his status as merely a senator all these years has been problematic for me. The U.S. Senate is not a training ground for the presidency. A state governor's office is. Heading up a business is. Even running a federal department like State or Labor or Commerce is a far superior training ground for the presidency than sitting in meetings and talking.

I support McCain because, for me, he's right on the ideas, and while he hasn't run a business, he is not anti-business, and when he discusses the challenges businesses face I think he gets that the jobs and innovation businesses provide — NOT government — are what makes our nation work. I figured that if he hadn't chosen Palin he would have chosen Romney, also a former governor trained in the realities of the CEO's job. I also support McCain because while he has been a senator all these years — and like I said, that's problematic for me — he also served as an officer in the United States military. THAT is training ground for the leadership skills necessary to the presidency. I also support McCain because a president needs to be experienced in both challenging the status quo in his own party and reaching across the aisle to get things done. That's what great leaders do. McCain does that, and now he's chosen a running mate who does it as well. Biden and Obama do not.

So I don't really understand all this criticism about Palin's "experience," because in the skill set required for the presidency, she is more experienced than any of the senators running in this campaign. That, combined with McCain's military leadership experience, pro-business agenda, and maverick status, makes them a formidable team.

 

[pr surfer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxieLcA5PLQ

 

[Carly_Roach]

so you want someone with no experience in office who would be in charge of the most powerful nation in the world? That doesn't seem very smart.

Let's put it this way: have you ever heard the phrase, "He knows just enough to be dangerous"? That's what we've seen for the past 8 years with Bush. Palin is just another example of that and I'm tired of our country having to pay the cost for their "experience in office".

I'd rather have the man who knows how to put together a successful team of people, a team that will work together to accomplish what's best for the people of our nation as a whole. He's done it in his section of Chicago, Biden has done it with his section of New Jersey. I believe that they, together, will do the same thing for our country.

As much as the Repugs want to make their talking points the topic of the day, they can't stop the majority of the people who've seen what the Repugs have brought us and just want all this loss and debt to stop.

 

[rayelias]

Careful, with all the spin in here, you OS are going to get dizzy.

But, considering the thought process of actually supporting Obama, maybe that dizzy feeling is something you're accustomed to!

 

[duckfan78]

Let's put it this way: have you ever heard the phrase, "He knows just enough to be dangerous"? That's what we've seen for the past 8 years with Bush. Palin is just another example of that and I'm tired of our country having to pay the cost for their "experience in office".

I'd rather have the man who knows how to put together a successful team of people, a team that will work together to accomplish what's best for the people of our nation as a whole. He's done it in his section of Chicago, Biden has done it with his section of New Jersey. I believe that they, together, will do the same thing for our country.
As much as the Repugs want to make their talking points the topic of the day, they can't stop the majority of the people who've seen what the Repugs have brought us and just want all this loss and debt to stop.

Biden's section of NJ? I am from NJ, and he sure as He&L isn't my senator.

Palin is another example of GWB? Why? because she is a republican? So all republicans to you are bad or not good leaders? That is sort of prejice dont ya think?

 

[Carly_Roach]

I'm voting for Obama/Biden. Nothing will change my mind. Sorry.

 

[profdsny]

Gee, why not run a parallel poll and ask which one is more male, or black? No one is questioning whether she has more 'executive' experience, ie, running a state as governor. But, generally, that has nothing to do with the prices of oranges.
Btw, since you are running a vp choice against a pres choice, shouldn't McCain's name be there?
Or how about running the two of them neck and neck? But, then, that wouldn't give you the numbers you want to 'prove' your point.

 

[pr surfer]

Palin is another example of GWB?

Nope. She's Dan Quayle in a dress.