On Point
In 2000, the Rocky Mountain News urged voters to elect neophyte George W. Bush over the vastly experienced Al Gore. Now Vincent Carroll, editor of the editorial pages, laments the lack of experience of Senator Barack Obama.
Carroll reminds us that he wrote a column nearly a year and a half before the 2000 election questioning George W. Bush’s lack of experience. But he stops short of revealing a very relevant piece of information: who did he vote for in 2000? Al Gore with his 24 years of experience as an elected official (eight as Vice President, eight in the U.S. Senate, and eight in the U.S. House of Representatives) or did he vote for George W. Bush and his scant four years of service in state government?
Anyone who voted for Bush in 2000 cannot be taken seriously as they lament the lack of experience of Barack Obama. It’s fine that Carroll wrote that column back in 1999, but when it came time to put his vote where his mouth is, who do you think he voted for?
Conifer
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Al Gore was defeated because he was plain dumb. President Bush inherited the terrorist mess from Clinton's 8 year dalliance with 21 year old interns in stead of taking care of business. I am certain we will defeat the terrorists in Iraq. It is the Democratic terrorists in Congress that will bring this country down.
Posted by Ron Jones on January 23, 2007 09:37 AMThank-you Ron Jones
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