Lack of executive experience shows

As it becomes increasingly evident that President Obama is not capable of being president, I think we must find a different method of selecting a president. That Mr. Obama is a very gifted speaker no one can deny, but he has had no executive experience and in fact appears to never have held a job other than governmental in his life.

Not counting Mr. Obama, four of the last five presidents have been governors, so their CEO experience is not questioned. All were good men who were capable of making executive decisions that were based on previous expertise. Jimmy Carter was the lone exception. Mr. Carter was done in by his own party because he acted like an outsider who disdained help from Democrats who were long-term Washington politicians.

If a politician wants to be president we (the voters) must ask of him/her: What is your previous executive experience and how long were you in that position? Being a great speaker is not enough because platitudes are easy but decisions are not.

Bob Lowth

Arlington Heights