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Senator Obama's Wisdom vs McCains Experience. Which is more important?

Obama has held elective office for 12 years. For the most part has been accurate in his assessment of American Policy. McCain has 26 years of legislative experience but has been on the wrong side of most issues. After 26 years in Washington, nobody can deny the fact the he has endorsed virtually all of the Bush Administration policies that have failed and made a catastrophic mess for country.

Your thoughts ?

Update:

Doug P - If you had cancer, and could choose an experienced Doctor with track record of Bad Medical Judgement. = OR = A recent Med School Graduate who has demonstrated highly regarded skills & good judgement in just a few years of practice, Which one would you choose ?

Update 2:

Luv2 Answer - You are 100% correct. American voters made a mistake by returning Bush to office after he was "selected" president in 2000. We wound up with the gov't we deserve. The Question really is about not repeating the same mistake a 3rd time.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    It's all about judgment and Obama has it. McCain does not.

    McCain wrong on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, and Georgia.

  • 1 decade ago

    obama's wisdom;

    He is friends with the unrepentant founder of the weather underground William Ayers .

    Twenty years attending a church led by a racist america hating pastor.

    Yes the wise and power oz (sorry I meant obama) will save us all.

    Bush won the election in 2000 by the electoral college. Voting for McCain is not a vote for Bush.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I really don't see how his opinion when he was dog-catcher or whatever it was 2 years ago back in Illinois matters. His opinion on national matters was no more informed than mine was. Did he sit through CIA briefings? No. Was he briefed by our military commanders? No. So where exactly does all this wisdom come from? The guy gave a fiery but pointless speech at Kerry's convention, two years later he was rushed into the US Senate with no real viable competition from the other side in a blue state, in fact the republicans had to ship in a guy from Maryland to run against him. Immediately upon his arrival to Washington, he starts campaigning for President. Where is all this wisdom coming from?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because of McCain's age, I think that he'll be focusing on something that was typically a "Democrat" issue: national health care.

    As for the war in Iraq, screw Obama and McCain, where's my Colin Powell? That guy got us out of Iraq the first time in about 150 days. And that war was OVER. This war has nothing to do with the other one...they were fought for completely different reasons, it's only a coincidence that two Bushes were in office.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Please do give examples of Obama's wisdom other than his speech in 2002

    If we had followed Obama's wisdom, IAll troops would be out of Iraq and the country would be in the middle of a sctarian civil war with 100's of thousands of Iraqis being killed just because of their beliefs.

    Where is the wisdom in that?

    MCain _) Introduced tobacco legislation that would have increased taxes on cigarette manufactures and made them pay billions in compensation. Bill Clinton called it the best legislation he had seen.

    The bill was defeated. A few years later a watered down version was passed.

    McCain-Lieberman introduced in 2000 and enviromental legislation that would have capped greenhouse gases at 1990 levels, which again was not passed by the legislation. Enviromental groups at the time applauded McCain's legislation as a good first step

    Do you want me to go on?

    So kill it with the Democrat party spin and at least do some fact checking other than DNC wesbite and Democrat party bloggers

  • 1 decade ago

    Republican Presidential Nominee Senator McCain supports the Bush Policies.

    McCain says we were right to invade Iraq; he wants to keep us in Iraq for many years to come, bomb Iran, and he states that he is the "experienced" candidate.

    Barack Obama opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning.

    Whose experience and wisdom was the most beneficial?

  • susi
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Stop the damn argument that Mr. Mccain is Mr. Bush! I want you to tell us what is on Obama's resume that states what he has done and I shall be pleased to answer this question only at this time. I look at his resume and see not a damn freaking thing and I challenge you to prove me wrong!

  • Me
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Just because somebody is old and so called "experienced" does NOT mean they are wise, or that they will make the right decisions for the common people. Electing Mc Lame into office is like keeping the same losers that are in it now and anybody that can't see that needs to take their blinders off.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The purpose of the Presidential Cabinet is to surround the President with experts in every area.

    I'll take Obama's wisdom ... and his willingness to listen and learn from those who know more than he does.

    McCain thinks he already knows it all. So did Bush, and look where that got us, both at home and in the world.

  • dlk
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Elective office for 12 years?? Elective office of what may I ask?? Sorry, Obama has been a Senator for how many DAYS (not years, DAYS) before deciding to run for the highest office of this land. His agenda, belief systems, and upbringing were and are pure socialism and pure marxism. THAT IS NOT WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT.

    btw I do not like either candidate

  • 1 decade ago

    You mislead people when you say McCain has agreed with all bush policies. This is untrue. How can voting present be a accurate assessment of policy???

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