Biden: when Obama is faced with a crisis in six months you gotta support him

[classicman]

No Griff, he hasn't, neither of them have. But McCain has the experience and Obama has virtually none. I'm not saying it is all that matters, but it is a definite plus for McCain. Of that there can be no argument. How important it is to you as an individual voter is another issue entirely. There were many things that Biden said during the primary season where he called into question Obama's readiness. Only since getting the nod as the VP has his opinion changed.

[xoxoxoBruce]

McCain has what experience, being a prisoner of war? His options there were severely limited. "Waiting on the tarmac with a target in Cuba"? There again, his options were follow orders, or not.

Hopefully, the President will have several options, to any situation, and the wisdom and level-headedness to explore them all... and choose wisely.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by classicman

I'm not saying it is all that matters, but it is a definite plus for McCain.

I guess I put more weight on temperment. McCain will follow orders, as on the tarmac, but will he exercise good judgement? The hothead tag gives me pause.

[tw]

Originally Posted by classicman

No Griff, he hasn't, neither of them have. But McCain has the experience and Obama has virtually none. I'm not saying it is all that matters, but it is a definite plus for McCain.

I personally watched Fiorina make a similar silly claim. She knew that economies of scale would make HP more profitable. However once something is already big, then making it bigger does nothing. Fiorina was lying.

Once one has significant experience, then more experience provides little to none.

If experience was so important, then why are we still alive? Kennedy, the man with least experience, was so smart as to stop both generals and diplomats, all with generations of experience, from ending the world. When the Cuban Missile crisis started, a large majority wanted to 'blast them into the stone age'. We now know those with the most experience would have created a nuclear war – ended the world.

It's not about experience. For if experience was so important, then Regan was a disaster. His advisers so feared, during a private meeting with Gorbechev, that Regan would give away the store. Regan proved that the ability to think logically was clearly greater then experience in international diplomacy. And, what Regan did also made it possible for Gorbechev to help end the Cold War.

Experience is nice. But once one has significant experience, then more experience provides nothing but baggage.

Both McCain and Obama bring good things to the table. McCain is a maverick will to be adverarial even of his own party to work for smarter and more moderate programs. Obama has a long history of doing something that few leaders can do - bring together a concensus and cooperation.

Both men would make a good president if that alone was criteria for a decision. But McCain has a very serious problem. His administration will be dominated by the same people that George Sr so detested, that manipulated George Jr, and that make decisions based upon their political objectives rather than the interests of America. Any doubt that these people are in McCain's campaign were eliminated when McCain's VP choices were rejected to put Sarah Palin on the ticket.