Senior citizens sometimes have a great perspective from the vantage point of 80+ years, 5
wars, the great depression, the new deal, the great society, and the myriad
of political shenanigans that go on in Washington.

Think about this for a while…

You couldn’t get a job at McDonald’s and become district manager in 143
days…

You couldn’t go from Chief resident to chief of surgery in 143 days…

You couldn’t get a job as a teacher and then become the superintendent in
143 days…

You couldn’t join the military and become a Colonel after 143 days…

You couldn’t get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor in
143 days…

Plumbers and Electricians need a two-year apprenticeship before they can sit
for the licensing test…

Engineers have to have a degree and 4 years of experience before they can
sit for the Professional Licensing exam…

From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a US Senator to the time he
announced he was forming a presidential exploratory committee he logged 143
days of experience in the Senate.  That’s how many days the senate was
actually in session.  After 143 days of work experience Obama believed he
was ready to be Commander in Chief – despite never having served one day in
the military, he believed he was ready to lead the free world despite having
absolutely no foreign policy experience.  After 143 days of no legislative
proposals and voting present on several bills he believes he is ready to
lead the worlds greatest country.

We all have to start somewhere and the United States Senate is a good Start
but; after 143 days that’s all it is — a start.

In the same breath his campaign refers to Sarah Palin’s resume as “thin” for
a Vice Presidential Candidate.  If that’s true, then his is vaporous for the
higher office.

The bizarre thing is that a large sector of the American public is okay with
this and are campaigning for him.  A person who we wouldn’t accept in our
own line of work, who does not have the equivalent work experience in his
field to the guy who would fix our toilet has in his, is being touted as the
next President of the United States of America.  The only apt comparison is
the rise of unknowns on American Idol or Last Comic Standing an even those
people have been working on their shtick for longer than 143 days.

It is often said we get the representation we deserve and if we vote this
yahoo into office that is probably true.