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• Thursday, November 27, 2008 08:21 AM

  @Think4Myself: What about Sarah?

  Think4Myself: would you have been comfortable with Sarah Palin as a President-in-Waiting? That's the reason many people gave for voting for Obama.

  As for experience, nobody in this year's campaign has experience being president because... they haven't been president. (Quoting Bill Clinton "Nobody is ever prepared to be president.") As far as I know, there's no "Commander-In-Chief Simulation Program" available (except, perhaps, some cool video games being given as gifts this holiday season).

  McCain can't keep the names of his terrorists straight, says the fundamentals of the economy are sound as it's headed over the cliff (admitting on more than one occasion that he doesn't know much about economics), refuses to pull the 'palling around with terrorists and having dangerous preachers as friends' smear tv ads and robocalls that ran in red states like Virginia while claiming he didn't support such nastiness, etc. Is that integrity you can count on?

  How experienced was Lincoln when he was elected? George W. Bush had FAR greater experience as a executive (by being governor of Texas) than McCain but we see how depending on that political bromide worked out, don't we?

  I think it's refreshing to see what Obama is doing, not because we necessarily agree with the politics of his appointees and nominees but because there is a desire for intelligent solutions instead of advancing hard-line causes like Cheney wanted to do through Bush. Obama is tapping smart, experienced people for their expertise rather than people with a warped sense of loyalty.

  —Brian Mac Ian Read Brian Mac Ian's other letters
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