Is EXPERIENCE so important to be a Good President?

Question

Since "EXPERIENCE" is so important to be a Good President and Bush has 8 years experience and access to his dad's 12 years experience as President and Vice President then BUSH must be a GREAT PRESIDENT..RIGHT???

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln had very little political experience, but he was a great president. Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon had tons of experience but their presidencies were far less than stellar.

"Experience" in an of itself is not an indicator of success in any job. Successful experience with notable accomplishments is, however.

When I am trying to find someone to hire for a client I look for these things, in order:
1) Successful experience doing the same tasks.
2) Successful experience doing similar tasks requiring the same skill set.
3) Demonstrated knowledge of the skills required.

Answer 2

Although experience is important, it is less importqnt than is good judgment and the ability to work effectively with others, some of whom may be more adept at dealing with this or that situation. In such a case, the good advice should take precedence over experience unless experience shows that the "good" advisers are misguided...case in point, Bush relying so heavily on Cheney about Iraq.

Answer 3

That depends upon the person. The chief quality I want in a President is the ability to admit you made a mistake and the ability to listen to others.
You will soon be hearing a lot about what happend in Iraq and some of the disasterous choices that were made early on by civilian advisors against the wishes of the military.
Our next President must have a good working relationship with the military and the ability to listen to them.

Answer 4

I believe that the only experience you need to be president is life experience. To be quite honest, I don't believe that political experience is a plus. I would much rather have someone with there ear to the ground of the people than someone who has been in congress amid lobbyists for years.

Answer 5

Didn't you already post this?

"Experience" doesn't mean "experience being President." It means experience in international relations, education in government and politics, things like that. Bush is a terrible President because he was woefully inadequate when he took the job and he never learned anything ON the job.

Answer 6

Experience? Every President in the world only becomes president once. What experience does he have before this? President of Texas Chicken Company? To be a good president, one needs to have passion and compassion and not a dirty sly animal.

Answer 7

I don't believe experience is or should be a factor in being president (Jimmy Carter not included in statement). I think the president of the US should have good to excellent common sense, have quality education and not have been in the position to accept money from anyone who could have an interest in that person being president... Under my terms, the president should not have participated in politics ever in their life except to run for the presidency.

The only way for the United States to move away from big money liars, cheaters, hypocrites, wall flowers and dinosaurs in politics is to not vote for them.

Sound drastic? How radical is you party?

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Yes. In the most important job in the world, we cannot afford to have an inexperienced person, no matter how idealistic and charismatic (Obama?) they come across.

There's a reason the Constitution has that 35 years of age requirement; it was thought that anyone back then who was 35 or older would at least have some experience.

And 35 back then translates into 55 now, in terms of maturity and knowledge.

Answer 10

Experience helps.

Common sense, wisdom, and a passion for the American people would also be excellent traits for a president.

I hope that we'll see more of that in January 2009.