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Barack Obama really isn't a seasoned political leader and he cannot possibly be one, having so
little experience in the political arena. There have been plenty of politicians who knew how to
construct attractive sound-bites and who were media savvy, but then ended up falling very short
indeed when it came to the qualities that mark a true leader. Obama's successful campaign had very
little to do with his leadership skills and much more with an initial, grave error on the part of
the Hillary Clinton campaign. Mrs. Clinton should not have spent so much energy on Iowa. Obama's win
in this largely white state is what gave him the initial burst of momentum which turned him into the
frontrunner from day one of the primary season.
Having good judgment is an important leadership quality, and with the exception of Obama's views on
Iraq, he has demonstrated little of it. The fact that Obama let the press dig up Pastor Wright's
crazed sermons, thus causing him quite a few headaches during the campaign, is a mindboggling
display of naivete, especially when the whole scandal could have easily been pre-empted. Obama must
have known that his pastor's beliefs and sermons could be very damaging and compromising to his
political ambitions, as such he should have quietly left his church before he first ran for office
in 2004. Even if Pastor Wright would have resurfaced during the primary season, Obama could have
simply pointed out how he left the church years ago, because he found the minister's views so
disturbing. Had he done this, the whole issue would have fizzled very rapidly. A seasoned political
leader would have considered this early on. |
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He`s a phoney. Note the resemblance to Charlie McCarthy, altho his ears are much larger. |
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Legislative experience? How hard is it to vote the straight democrat/liberal party line? He is a
cookie cutter liberal like a Jimmy Carter who got into politics by disqualifying his opponents in
Chicago in 1996, he stayed by pandering to left wing loons like the Weatherman and Chicago power
brokers like Renzi... After two years in the Senate he decides he is ready to be President...Hubris.
He touts his opposition to the war in Iraq as a State senator as a demonstration of good judgement
when he would have had to answer to Rev "God D*!& America" Wright and Michelle "not proud to be an
American til I am 45" Obama had he done otherwise...
He is a smart, crafty, politician who knows what buttons to push to get elected...he pushes those
buttons daily now when he says "Change" and "Bush-McCain".... And is able to do so without any
substance to his own way ahead...great politician...pathetic leader...President Barrack Hussein
Obama...God Help us... |
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So far Obama has shown us he's a great speaker. The real test will come later, and then, lots of us
will regret not having voted for Hillary ! |
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Okay,
One example: Abraham Lincoln. They said the same thing, and one could argue that he is the greatest
president we have had. The Voting populace will decide, like they always have. |
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I agree, with smito, how can a leader lead being in-articulant.? Go ahead and say Bush and prove me
right. Then it takes intelligence
to speak well and understand everything you said with such cunning accuracy. He is leading his whole
party into the white house so that is an effective leader. Their not leading him, he's leading them.
Hillary Clinton went from endorsing him as her vice president to endorsing him as President in three
or four months, that is his influence on opposition, come now what are you talking about, who's
next? |
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I'm cynical as anything, but I find the guy inspirational. |
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Can we then assume that he doesn't know how to lead? A lot of leading is just that, talking, because
a president needs to be able to convince others not to fight, Negotiate economic issues between
countries/companies, and be able to control the countries morality with touching/entergetic words.
The president needs to talk well do u really think he needs to be able to run into battle with his
soldiers? No that's idiocy and country without a leader falls more easily then one with a organized
government. Now I'm not saying that obama can do these things but lets not assume until his 4 years
are up and i take over the world . |
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You people who agree with this debate don't know how he will lead. Keep your assumptions to
yourself. |
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None of them have executive experience...they never been a president. They are all
Legislators...that's what senators and congressmen are. Obama has 12 year of legislative experience
with his local and federal experience combined. Hillary has 8 years of legislative experience only
at the federal level. McCain has the most experience as a legislator but none have executive
experience.
So basically they are all talk when it comes to the executive level as do all. Nobody has the
experience until the people but them in that executive level.
The question I would ask is would Hillary got where she was if she wasn't married to Bill. I would
argue no. She rode on her husbands coat tail. That is not experience...that is privilege.
The fact that Obama out campaign Hillary is experience. 18 months ago he was 30 points behind. He
was able to beat someone who thought she was already coroneted.
Sounds like experience to lead a staff of people to win an election. That has to go on his
experience resume. |
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Much of leading is speaking, inspiring others to do the things you want them to do. The US president
has very little real power. His power comes from his ability to influence others.
I don't think Obama has had any significant executive experience, but then I don't think McCain or
Hillary had either. Obama has given hints that he is a man of judgement and character. Both Hillary
and McCain we know have shown cataclysmically bad judgement in some instances, so there is no reason
to think that they would be better in the job than him.
It's fair, to some degree I think, to judge a candidate by the quality of his campaign. In the
Clintons, Obama faced an experienced campaigning machine which had been preparing for a presidential
run since before Obama was even in the senate. It was hooked into much of the Democratic
establishment, yet he took it on and beat it. It's easy to look for some simple overarching
explanation for his victory over Clinton, for example that she faced prejudice because she was a
woman or alienated too many voters because of her support for the war. The fact is that the Obama
campaign outperformed the Clinton campaign as a political machine, and he himself had to make
innumerable decisions, big and small, to make that happen. |
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10 Jun 2008 03:57
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