Experience and Judgement

I have plenty to say about Obama's historic victory, but it must be stated with the right approach and with the grace and charity that this moment deserves. I'm not going to do that at a time past midnight when I've got scholarships to do.

But I do want to note a response to an exchange which occured between a former Mitt Romney spokesperson and a reporter from The Nation newsmagazine. The individual from the suspended Romney campaign noted that Obama lacks executive experience in each category mentioned by the reporter; the economy, national security, etc.

The response? A catch-all that's been used before; Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld had experience and they've ruined the country. The counter point? Not memorable enough for me to...well, remember.

So, I've got one for you:

Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, , had experience but lacked judgement in their decision to enter Iraq. Their foreign policy in Iraq failed because they applied the wrong judgement to their experience. McCain's foreign policy experience over the last twenty years and his record for bipartisanship demonstrate that he posseses experience as well as the necessary judgement to determine when he should follow his party line, or object in an effort to choose what's best for America. Obama has no such record and possesses neither experience, nor the judgement which can put that experience to use.

McCain has both.

There. Not so hard.