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[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by blueerica

My point is that respect and honesty, though they could be gained through it, generally have little to nothing to do with experience, and yet the argument here seemed to be that she didn't have experience, on top of being dishonest, etc etc etc. To me, they are separate issues.

I don't know that anyone was arguing that she didn't have experience. The question was, does 8 years a first lady count as White House experience?

Obama's only been a senator for 3 (or 2, whatever) years, but he's been a legislator for 11. That's no small amount of experience. And, as 'goon pointed out, it's a combination the the person leading and the people that person leads. He's already put together a team with boatloads of foreign policy experience (an area he's most often attacked for re: experience). Bush's failing in foregin policy was not lack of experience, it was his inability to effectively assemble and lead a team. Obama, I believe, is someone who has that ability.