Do you think America is ready for Barrack Obama as President or would rather see him as Vice President??

Question

If you answer President, who would you like to see as his Vice President? If your answer is Vice President, who would you choose as President?

Answer 1

I dont want him as president simply because he supports amnesty!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Neither!!!
The man has absolutely no experience in running anything
(except a campaign, and maybe his small, tax-funded office).

Being a Senator (and a state legislature) does not qualify anyone for running a supermarket -- much less a state or a country!

The last time a Senator became President was in the 1960s.
Three of them did, and each was an utter FAILURE in running the country or getting anything done!
We learned a lesson then, but how soon we forget.

In the 1900s, only 2 other Senators became President. Truman was Vice President, and rose to office when Roosevelt died; he was re-elected once (in a squeaker, with Dewey), flubbed the Korean War, and decided not to run again. The other, Warren Harding, was such a complete failure that he probably committed suicide (altho they say it was "pneumonia").

Senators have no "track record" to evaluate. They just vote, along with 99 others. Before trusting someone with trillions of dollars to spend, armies to command, borders and laws to enforce (with cops and guns and jails and courts), I'd like to see some sort of ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- some state or corporation or army or even a large organization that 'e has managed, and which has not collapsed or gone berserk under 's leadership!

I don't think Edwards ever managed anything bigger than a law firm. (His 30,000 square-foot house, maybe.)

Same for Biden, also a lawyer (but with a much smaller house.)
Same for Dodd, alltho his father was a Senator. (A crooked one, according to some.)
Similarly for ex-Senator (from Alaska) Mike Gravel.

Now, Hillary did run the Travel Office for a while.
Then, there's the Whitewater land corporation.
(Several employees went to jail, but she was only an un-indicted co-conspirator in that.)

On the other side of the aisle, there are also some Senators:
McCain did lead some Navy units. (And he also led the captured soldiers, in his prison camp.)
Ex-Senator Fred Thompson was a Federal proisecutor (like Rudy), and also an actor, but I don't think there's any record on something he actually ran.
I don't know much about Brownback, but I doubt he has much management experience either.

Likewise for Representatives Hunter, Tancredo, and Dr. Ron Paul (who did run a small but successful medical practice).

So, who does that leave, with actual experience?
With a track record of something they have done, themselves, so we can see what happened "on their watch"????

Well, the Dems have have NM Governor Richardson, who also ran a cabinet department, and was U.N. ambassador. (But he's not likely to make it; I think he's running for VP.)

Then, there's Mass. Governor Mitt Romney, who ran some businesses, too.

And Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas.
(Oh, no! Not another one!!! :)

Finally, there's Rudy Giuliani. He was never a governor, but many say that mayor of NYC is "the second toughest job in the US".
He also managed the city's reaction to the events of 2001 September 11th (and I haven't heard very much criticism of his overall performance, that day.)

Democrat Kucinich was once a mayor. Of Cleveland.


Regardless of whether you think these governors or mayors did a good or bad job, at least there's a way to judge what they actually accomplished, to help predict how they will handle the job in the future.
I'd much rather have that than casting votes and making promises!

My view is that both parties have put up an extremely poor selection of candidates, in most cases with very, very little background on which to judge whether they an handle the job. Perhaps the public will become so disgusted, after only TWO are picked on February 5th, that a new crop of candidates will emerge for a third-party run for President. If so, I hope that batch at least has some real experience -- NOT just writing more laws and voting in a legislature!

Answer 3

I'd rather he got some executive experience by running for Illinois governor before he runs for president or vice president.

I disagree with grips about the assasination issue. I think if he was vp that there would be attempts on the president's life so he would be the first black president.

Answer 4

No. Technically he's not a Muslim. He did attend a muslim college as a newborn, yet later attended everyday faculties and grew to become a Christian. there is one factor that bothers me. What if he's a sleeper and has been planted right here to do what he's now doing? the probability is that he's what he professes to be. probability is that i'm merely being paranoid. yet....

Answer 5

i say vice-- in issues like global warming, he has good intensions and wants to fix it, but hes not really experienced and is giving solutions that actually would only make it worse..
im a girl and by NO means racist, but im sick and tired of seeing christian, white, men in the white house..
hillary pisses people off too much and i think i minority would have a better chance over a woman..

hell i dont even care.. just get bush out

Answer 6

After hearing some of his views I would rather not see him in any position of leadership. He's got a long way to go before he's ready to be a senator.

Answer 7

He would make a good vice president. I don't think he is ready to become president yet. Next election maybe, but not this one.

Answer 8

I don't think America is ready for Obama for either.

But there is one way to look it. If Obama is elected VP, whoever is President won't have to worry about being assasinated. I mean they could walk down Pennsylvania Avenue with no Secret Service detail, simply because no one would assasinate them because them Obama would be Prez.

Answer 9

I'd be comfortable with Obama as a vice president... to Colin Powell! That would be a dream team....

Answer 10

Either would be fine for me. I think he's a fresh face with a proven record of voting for campaign reform and also his platforms seem to be genuinely about his constituents best interests. I don't think he'll win the nomination this year, but I really hope someone chooses him as a running mate.

Answer 11

President of Cuba.
Vice president--Hillery