As I sit here bored in a Las Vegas hotel room watching Sportscenter, my hotel mate sleeping off eight trips to the buffet, something former Senator George said got me thinking. For those of you who don’t know, Senator Mitchell has been investigating steroid use in baseball (performance enhancing drugs they call’em), and while I think the entire investigation is a waste of time, the Senator did say something interesting: in order to actually fix the steroid problem, we should forget about the past and focus directly on what can be done to protect the “integrity of the game� in the future. This got me thinking about Obama and Clinton.
Senator Clinton's horrendous line about being able to start working on Day One because of her “experienceâ€� is dead wrong. First, being the President is “on the job trainingâ€� every single day, no matter how long you’re in office. It’s not the easiest job on the planet, which is…you guessed it…being a United States Senator.
Second, Senator Clinton has no “experience� being President of the United States, she has experience being married to one. Experience. Ok.
If we’re to do as Senator Mitchell advised, we can’t focus on the past. We have to decide what we’re going to do in the future to better the world and our lives. Senator Clinton’s so-called “experience� is nothing more than a regression to the past. Sure, the 1990s were pretty good, but things have changed. Cell phones aren’t the size of pineapples anymore, computers are everywhere, N Sync broke up, and we’re at war.
My main problem with Clinton’s campaign message is that I’ve seen this before. Another politician running for President cited his experience because a family member was President of the United States. He, of course, was then Governor George W. Bush. Look how than turned out, and if you’re still one of those people claiming that it “wasn’t all that bad,� talk to me after the recession.
The campaigns' themes basically break down like this: If you liked the 1990s and haven’t accepted the fact that the world has changed then vote for Clinton, and if you want new ideas from new people (non Democratic Party establishment workers) then vote for Obama.
I’m so sick of the experience theme that I could vomit. Let’s look at some past examples of people using “Experience� and having it completely backfire, shall we? Senator John Kerry attempted to claimed his Experience as a Decorated Vietnam Veteran would help us through a war. A well-timed attack ad crushed him. Senator John McCain, in 2000, claimed both Washington and Military Experience. Opponents dubbed him an insider and destroyed him in the primaries. (He then miraculously transformed into the Bush family poodle.) So screw Experience. I’ll take a new idea that might have the chance of failing over an idea that barely worked 15 years ago.

Speaking of Senator Clinton’s campaign, how come the only person running for President talking about race is a white woman and her subordinates? The Founder of BET and Clinton supporter Robert L. Johnson recently reminded a crowd of hundreds about Obama’s past drug use, and all Hillary did was issue a written apology. Screw that noise, she should’ve fired the guy and then apologized in front of cameras. Also, Senator Clinton also recently stated that even though Martin Luther King Jr. was an integral part of the Civil Rights process, it took white President Lyndon Johnson to pass the Civil Rights bill. The media talked about it for about 2 hours, then they quickly moved on (I think Lindsay Lohan entered rehab for the 8th time).
Imagine this, though: what if Senator Obama, or even Senator Edwards, said that even though a woman carries the child it takes a man to provide food and shelter? Dear God, imagine what would happen. Am I saying Senator Clinton gets a pass from the media? You bet I am. Was she stating that LBJ was stronger than MLK? Good thing she has all that experience, because an experienced leader would never say anything so stupid and insulting about one of the most influential citizens this country has ever seen.
Essentially, experience really means nothing when you’re running for President for the first time. You can only really make the experience argument when you’re running for re-election, and since there is no one running for re-election it’s just pointless. Also, experience might also be the reason that 3 Senate colleagues are backing Barack Obama (Senators Kerry, Durbin, and Nelson). The Kerry Endorsement is not all surprising, but Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska’s endorsement should be troubling to the Clinton Campaign for one reason, and it’s the reason he gave: Senator Nelson believes Obama will bring about change, but he’s also worried that a Clinton Presidential nomination would hurt Democrats further down the ticket (Senator, Governor, Congress, Mayor etc). Similarly, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano endorsed Obama and cited similar reasons for her endorsement. Do many in the Democratic Party think that Senator Clinton could destroy all the Party’s gains from 04 and 06? Yes. Are they correct to think that? Yes, absolutely 100% correct.
In closing, experience only matters in certain situations. Take Brett Favre. Favre holds the records for most TD passes and passing yards. He plays like a wild man most of the time, but no quarterback in football today is respected more than Brett Favre, and it’s completely deserving (even referees high five him during games). But while Brett Favre may have all the experience necessary to throw touchdowns, he still hands the ball off to an undrafted rookie when he needs to move the chains. Sometimes the unpredictable and untested rookie has more success than the seasoned veteran in times of trouble. In the end it’s all about winning games.
Senator Clinton would be wise to lay off attacking Senator Obama, for if she does get the nomination at the Convention in Denver later this year, the only hand she’ll want to be holding is not that of her experienced former President Husband, but rather the hand of the inexperienced junior Senator from Illinois. Senator Obama, on the other hand, should attack the living daylights out of Senator Clinton, for if he gets the nomination he certainly won’t need Senator Clinton dragging him down come November. Speaking of which, keep an eye on the Governor of North Carolina.
Until next time.
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