Experience without Good Judgment is what is Dangerous in a President.

[Pirate Smile]

The most important trait for a President to have is Good Judgment.


Discuss... :)

[draft_mario_cuomo]

1. How do you measure judgment? I believe I have good judgment. Does that qualify me to be prez?

;)

[MadMaddie]

2. Well our current White House Office Holder had 2-3 failed companies

all of which were successful before he entered the scene....

The State of Texas is still recovering from his cutting the Taxes for the rich, abstinance programs, and immigration issues...

If this is what passes for experience...I think I will pass

Hillary has experience and I think for the most part she has good judgement. Hillary wasn't a failure at her previous jobs and other endeavors.

Obama does not have all of the experience but he also hasn't failed at his previous jobs or endeavors.


So my ultimate answer is I would rather have successful life and job experience from our future President.

Experience of Failure National Guard, Texas Governer, President everything he touches turns to shit(Monkeyboy)

or

(And I updated my list)
Successful Experience (Hillary, Obama, Edwards, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd
Kucinich, and others)

[Like It Is]

6. Why did you leave Joe Biden and Chris Dodd off your list?

I consider that a slight of the most experienced people on the ballot. They also have good judgment, as their long tenure indicates.

[MadMaddie]

7. Cause I couldn't remember them when I was typing....

:dunce:

[Like It Is]

8. That's a lame excuse. n/t

[MadMaddie]

10. Whooo...

Well...I would say welcome but since you decided to post a shitty response to my response...

I will tell you what I was doing while I was typing the orignal post....

Watching over my dog...
My dog Max was playing yesterday with another dog and got bit in the side...(it wasn't malicious, it happens) anyhoo....took him to the vet with this nice gaping wound in his side $414.00 later....he is fine....minor surgery, antibiotics, pain killers.....etc...

So if my mind wasn't totally focused on writing my post...

And if you have visited the site and read any of my past posts....you would know that I often put research data and other important data into my posts...(So if I forget a few names...shit happens)

This particular post wasn't about particular people...it was about Experience and what it means or doesn't mean, I used them as examples.... Moving on....

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. You can tell if a President has good judgment by looking at his track record

What has he done in his lifetime? Succeeded? Failed? Learned from failure? Bush's history should have sent up warning flags. He has failed at every business venture he's tried, and has never learned from these failures, as someone else has always bailed him out. Compare him to Lincoln, who faced many failures in his lifetime, and yet he learned from them--learned about human nature, learned how to treat people-he took responsibility for the failures in his life and paid back all money he owed, even though it took years to do so. Because of his character, every failure actually garnered him success in the form of respect from his fellow citizens and a reputation for honesty and strength that stood him well in the White House. FDR was a man of success--good background, wealth, political office--and then he contracted polio. The way he handled the greatest challenge of his life tells a lot about his character as well--a man rich enough to retire to be a genteel invalid instead fought and gained lessons from it as well-optimism in the face of tragedy--that he used to shepherd our nation through the Great Depression.

[MGKrebs]

4. Even good judgement in figuring out what crimes one can get away with?

I suppose you are right "all else being equal", but all else is never equal.

[Like It Is]

5. What's your point, experience is unimportant?

I don't think so. Experience and good judgment go hand in hand.

[Pirate Smile]

9. I think having both is preferable which is why so many people want Gore to run.

When you don't necessarily feel that you can get both in one person, that is when we, as voters, have to start making our own judgment calls as to what is most important to us.

Hillary is trying to sell experience as the be all, end all.
Obama wants to make judgment the main issue.

This is the main battle in the Democratic nomination fight.

[Like It Is]

13. I voted for Gore in 2000.

But not this time.

[illinoisprogressive]

11. many say experience when they actually mean judgement.

[Like It Is]

15. Oh, now you're an English teacher. n/t

[Kingstree]

12. It's also called good common sense. A trait and characteristic you're born with.

if you don't have it, you don't have it. Obama does. Nice try. :-)

[TeamJordan23]

14. Look at experience levels of Rummy, Cheney, etc.

And they have had some of the the worst judgments in history.