Comments on: The Fallacy of “Experience” http://revolutionaryact.org/2008/09/the-fallacy-of-experience/ "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - George Orwell Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Napolitano http://revolutionaryact.org/2008/09/the-fallacy-of-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Jeff Napolitano Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:52:25 +0000 http://revolutionaryact.org/?p=35#comment-10 I'm not stating that experience is irrelevant; but other rational and emotional properties are just as, if not more significant. Obama and Biden have experience derived from their time in Washington, and their judgement can be summed up by who they surround themselves with: Obama by Bill Clinton's cadre of right-wing policy advisors (see Albright, Brzezinski, Summers, Reich), and Biden is so thoroughly owned by the credit card wing of the finance industry that they call him "Senator Plastic". Much more can be described about how these folks clearly don't have the objectivity to run a democratic government, but there's too little space here and the alternative in this election is too incompetent. I’m not stating that experience is irrelevant; but other rational and emotional properties are just as, if not more significant.

Obama and Biden have experience derived from their time in Washington, and their judgement can be summed up by who they surround themselves with: Obama by Bill Clinton’s cadre of right-wing policy advisors (see Albright, Brzezinski, Summers, Reich), and Biden is so thoroughly owned by the credit card wing of the finance industry that they call him “Senator Plastic”.

Much more can be described about how these folks clearly don’t have the objectivity to run a democratic government, but there’s too little space here and the alternative in this election is too incompetent.

]]> By: Dan http://revolutionaryact.org/2008/09/the-fallacy-of-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Dan Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:14:54 +0000 http://revolutionaryact.org/?p=35#comment-8 I think we do need experience. We just need the right experience. If you've spent years serving corporate interests and messing up our foreign and domestic policy, that doesn't instill confidence. The thing is, both Obama and Biden have experience and judgment. McCain just has experience, and Palin has neither. I think we do need experience. We just need the right experience. If you’ve spent years serving corporate interests and messing up our foreign and domestic policy, that doesn’t instill confidence.

The thing is, both Obama and Biden have experience and judgment. McCain just has experience, and Palin has neither.

]]> By: Daisy http://revolutionaryact.org/2008/09/the-fallacy-of-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Daisy Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:04:07 +0000 http://revolutionaryact.org/?p=35#comment-7 <i>Would it really be a worse system to pick 10 citizens at random, put them on the national stage, let them speak their minds, and let the country choose the best of them?</i> Actually, no, it would not. And to the rest of that conclusion: amen! Would it really be a worse system to pick 10 citizens at random, put them on the national stage, let them speak their minds, and let the country choose the best of them?

Actually, no, it would not. And to the rest of that conclusion: amen!

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