Comments on: Obama: Not Ready. Period. http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TrueCentrist http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/comment-page-1/#comment-251508 TrueCentrist Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:04:10 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/#comment-251508 That was a very intelligent post, Legion, but his middle name is actually spelled H-U-S-S-E-I-N That was a very intelligent post, Legion, but his middle name is actually spelled H-U-S-S-E-I-N

]]> By: Legion http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/comment-page-1/#comment-251416 Legion Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:40:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/#comment-251416 Stop ripping Bush- you psychos are super insane! I spit on you idiots! And anyone that would vote for that loser Hussien Obama! Stop ripping Bush- you psychos are super insane! I spit on you idiots! And anyone that would vote for that loser Hussien Obama!

]]> By: Top Blogs » Are Barack Obama’s Oratorical Skills Sufficient to Commend Him to the Presidency? http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/comment-page-1/#comment-213628 Top Blogs » Are Barack Obama’s Oratorical Skills Sufficient to Commend Him to the Presidency? Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:20:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/#comment-213628 [...] [FURTHER THANKS TO: Amba for linking to this post over at Donklephant.] [...] [...] [FURTHER THANKS TO: Amba for linking to this post over at Donklephant.] [...]

]]> By: Mark http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/comment-page-1/#comment-87012 Mark Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:01:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/#comment-87012 David: More than that, as far as I can remember--I need to check this--only Harding and Kennedy were elected to the presidency while serving in the Senate. In comments over at my blog, I surveyed what every newly elected president since 1900 was doing at the time of his election. Governors formed the biggest single group: 1900: William McKinley (governor of Ohio); 1904: Theodore Roosevelt (McKinley's VP, he became president when McKinley was assassinated; he had been governor of New York with other political experience when nominated for the vice presidency); 1908: William Howard Taft (had served in TR's cabinet and as governor of the Philippine territory); 1912 and 1916: Woodrow Wilson (governor of New Jersey); 1920: Warren Harding (senator from Ohio); 1924: Calvin Coolidge (Harding's Veep, he was serving as governor of Massachusetts at the time he was nominated for that post); 1928: Herbert Hoover (a millionaire mining engineer, Hoover turned his attention to relief work during WWI and was serving in the Cooldige cabinet when nominated for President); 1932, 36, 40, & 44: Franklin Roosevelt (governor of New York); 1948: Harry Truman (FDR's VP, he was a senator when nominated for that spot, previous experience as what they call a county "judge" in Missouri, but is really a commissioner, an administrative position); 1952 & 56: Dwight Eisenhower (a general with extensive political experience, a political general in the best sense of that term); 1960: John Kennedy (senator from Massachusetts); 1964: Lyndon Johnson (one-time Senate Majority Leader who had been JFK's Veep, elevated to the presidency when Kennedy was assassinated); 1968 & 72: Richard Nixon (former VP, a position he held under Eisenhower); 1976: Jimmy Carter (had most recently served as governor of Georgia, two years before his election as president); 1980 & 84: Ronald Reagan (his only political office was governor of California, from which he had stepped down several years before); 1988: George H. W. Bush (the first standing VP to be elected directly to the presidency since Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson's Vice President had done it); 1992 & 96: Bill Clinton (governor of Arkansas); 2000 & 04: George W. Bush (governor of Texas). Mark David:
More than that, as far as I can remember–I need to check this–only Harding and Kennedy were elected to the presidency while serving in the Senate. In comments over at my blog, I surveyed what every newly elected president since 1900 was doing at the time of his election. Governors formed the biggest single group:

1900: William McKinley (governor of Ohio); 1904: Theodore Roosevelt (McKinley’s VP, he became president when McKinley was assassinated; he had been governor of New York with other political experience when nominated for the vice presidency); 1908: William Howard Taft (had served in TR’s cabinet and as governor of the Philippine territory); 1912 and 1916: Woodrow Wilson (governor of New Jersey); 1920: Warren Harding (senator from Ohio); 1924: Calvin Coolidge (Harding’s Veep, he was serving as governor of Massachusetts at the time he was nominated for that post); 1928: Herbert Hoover (a millionaire mining engineer, Hoover turned his attention to relief work during WWI and was serving in the Cooldige cabinet when nominated for President); 1932, 36, 40, & 44: Franklin Roosevelt (governor of New York); 1948: Harry Truman (FDR’s VP, he was a senator when nominated for that spot, previous experience as what they call a county “judge” in Missouri, but is really a commissioner, an administrative position); 1952 & 56: Dwight Eisenhower (a general with extensive political experience, a political general in the best sense of that term); 1960: John Kennedy (senator from Massachusetts); 1964: Lyndon Johnson (one-time Senate Majority Leader who had been JFK’s Veep, elevated to the presidency when Kennedy was assassinated); 1968 & 72: Richard Nixon (former VP, a position he held under Eisenhower); 1976: Jimmy Carter (had most recently served as governor of Georgia, two years before his election as president); 1980 & 84: Ronald Reagan (his only political office was governor of California, from which he had stepped down several years before); 1988: George H. W. Bush (the first standing VP to be elected directly to the presidency since Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson’s Vice President had done it); 1992 & 96: Bill Clinton (governor of Arkansas); 2000 & 04: George W. Bush (governor of Texas).

Mark

]]> By: David http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/comment-page-1/#comment-86973 David Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:12:42 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/#comment-86973 I agree with Mark and TL. Notice that every successful candidate since Kennedy has had executive experience. Personally, I want to vote for someone who has had to make life or death decisions as a chief executive (think clemency for someone on death row) - however they decided in the past, I don't want their first experience with a decision of that magnitude to be in the White House. I agree with Mark and TL. Notice that every successful candidate since Kennedy has had executive experience. Personally, I want to vote for someone who has had to make life or death decisions as a chief executive (think clemency for someone on death row) – however they decided in the past, I don’t want their first experience with a decision of that magnitude to be in the White House.

]]> By: Mark http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/comment-page-1/#comment-86925 Mark Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:18:01 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/#comment-86925 TL made the same point in the comments over on my site and I think he's right. As I said in my post on Obama, governorships represent the gold standard of American presidential politics. Mark TL made the same point in the comments over on my site and I think he’s right. As I said in my post on Obama, governorships represent the gold standard of American presidential politics.

Mark

]]> By: Transplanted Lawyer http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/comment-page-1/#comment-86668 Transplanted Lawyer Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:36:24 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/#comment-86668 Obama needs to be elected Governor of Illinois and run that state for a little while. Then he'll be ready to be President. Obama needs to be elected Governor of Illinois and run that state for a little while. Then he’ll be ready to be President.

]]> By: sleipner http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/comment-page-1/#comment-86553 sleipner Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:26:56 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/#comment-86553 Bush could never possibly become ready for anything except a prison cell. Bush could never possibly become ready for anything except a prison cell.

]]> By: rob http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/comment-page-1/#comment-86533 rob Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:15:55 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/10/17/obama-not-ready-period/#comment-86533 So what, Bush wasn't ready. So what, Bush wasn’t ready.

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