It's a question of experience

As of late there has been talk of Obama's relationship to a guy who years ago planted bombs in public places timed to go off after he and his cohorts were a safe distance away. Why this person is not spending the rest of his life in prison for attempted murder is another story for another time. There has been finger pointing in both directions regarding who was responsible for the financial disaster we find ourselves in. One party says it is the fault of those who started it and the other seems to be blaming the other party for not stopping them. - Huh?

There is talk about McCain's long ago relationship to someone tied to the S&L issues from years ago and Obama's relationship with a racist minister and a convicted criminal. There is the issue regarding Acorn and falsified voting records. And who has sunk lower with their on the air commercials?

Both candidates are into the empty promises mode right now, McCain with an economic plan that no one knows if it will work and Obama's business incentives that make no sense whatsoever. As usual both candidates trust the American public to not question these ideas as I'm sure neither candidate has any real evidence to back up what they are spouting.

My favorite talking point however is when Obama's side questions McCain's VP choice on the subject of experience. Again I have to figure the Democrats are trusting people to not question this. Granted 2 years as a governor may not be a lot of experience but it does seem more substantial then five months as a junior senator. Personally if inexperience is going to be an issue, I would rather have it in the VP chair as opposed to the Oval Office.

All the name calling and accusations aside, Obama is a first term junior senator from Illinois who went on the campaign trail 4 months into this job and is, I would think, obviously not qualified for this position. If you don't want to take my opinion try the other six or seven Democrats who ran against him in the primaries. This would include his VP choice Joe Biden, who I would like to ask "Should we believe you now senator or should we have believed you 6 months ago when your opinion was 180 degrees from where it now stands?"

The basic issue in this election is that Obama is not experienced enough nor qualified for this position. He gives a good speech, but the Oval Office does not come with a teleprompter. Regardless of all the other true and false items that come up during this election cycle shouldn't we start with one basic truth?

Marc Thomsen

Elk Grove Village