In Barack Obama's book, "Dreams from My Father", published in 2004 by Three Rivers Press, there is a short paragraph at the end entitled "About the Author". Here is what it says:
"Barack Obama is the U.S. senator from Illinois. He began his career as a community organizer in some of Chicago's poorest communities, and then attended Harvard Law School, where he was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. In 1992, he directed Illinois Project VOTE, which registered 150,000 new voters. Most recently, he served as a three-term state senator from Chicago's South Side. In addition to his legislative duties, he has been a senior lecturer in constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School, practiced civil rights law, and served on the board of directors of various charitable organizations."
Since the above paragraph appeared in his book, the only activity Obama has performed was to campaign for the presidency of the United States. Now, I don't mean to minimize Obama's accomplishments to date (including winning the Democratic nomination), but do you really want to elect a person with this paper-thin resume to be the commander and chief of the world's remaining superpower? Do you really want to elect a person who has absolutely no experience managing an entity of any size to be the person who will guide this country for the next 4 years - managing 16 cabinet positions, and to be in charge of a zillion federal government employees?
You know why CEO's make so much money - and most get fired in 3 to 4 years?
Answer: It's extremely difficult to manage people...and most fail miserably.
Regardless of how you feel about George Bush, we can't afford four years of a presidency turned over to someone with no more experience than a state senator.
In the months to come I'll be sharing words right from Obama's mouth - from his two books, "Dreams from My Father" and "Audacity of Hope"; from his website, where he spells out his positions on the issues; and from his "A More Perfect Union" speech at the Constitution Center Philadelphia on March 18, 2008.
