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Funny how the Democratic candidate with the most years in elective office-- three more than Hillary, five more than Edwards-- is the one candidate who's "inexperienced." The former employee of Sidley & Austin (one of the top law firms in the world), and the constitutional law instructor at the University of Chicago Law School somehow "needs a bit more seasoning." The candidate who was editor of the Harvard Law Review, has two bestselling books, and a Grammy for spoken word recording "lacks experience." The candidate who worked for nearly four years as a community organizer with unemployed steel workers and public housing residents, the candidate who lived overseas as a youngster-- right, "inexperienced." The guy who won a U.S. Senate seat in Illinois by the largest margin ever, and the one who delivered the most famous keynote speech at a Democratic convention since William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech "should come back in a few years."
Not experienced enough... hmmm.... isn't that what they always say when folks show up for the interview and they find out one of them is a Negro?
