His attack helps motivate Obama supporters to learn about their candidate. I found the following:
Editor of Harvard Law Review
Civil rights attorney upon graduating magna cum laude from Harvard
Taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago
Expanded Kidcare (health insurance for an additional 20,000 Illinois children Illinois Senate
Welfare reform (a bipartisan bill passed in Republican controlled senate) Illinois Senate
Toughest Ethics Reform in 25 years Illinois Senate
Reform of Death Penalty System Illinois Senate
Videotaping of police interrogations Illinois Senate
Enough judgment to see that Iraq was an epic mistake
Obama nuclear nonproliferation bill
Worked to stop the Bankruptcy Bill
Coburn-Obama Transparency Act
Obama is known for having unquestionable ethics and integrity
He is on the senate committees for foreign relations; homeland security; veterans affairs
Now ask yourself: How much experience did Abraham Lincoln have before becoming president?
Lincoln began his political career in 1832, at age 23, with an unsuccessful campaign for the Illinois General Assembly, as a member of the Whig Party. The centerpiece of his platform was the undertaking of navigational improvements on the Sangamon River. He believed that this would attract steamboat traffic, which would allow the sparsely populated, poorer areas along the river to flourish.
He was elected captain of an Illinois militia company drawn from New Salem during the Black Hawk War, and later wrote that he had not had "any such success in life which gave him so much satisfaction."
For several months, Lincoln ran a small store in New Salem.
In 1834, he won election to the state legislature, and, after coming across the Commentaries on the Laws of England, began to teach himself law. Admitted to the bar in 1837, he moved to Springfield, Illinois, that same year and began to practice law with John T. Stuart. With a reputation as a formidable adversary during cross-examinations and in his closing arguments, Lincoln became one of the most respected and successful lawyers in Illinois and grew steadily more prosperous.
He served four successive terms in the Illinois House of Representatives as a representative from Sangamon County, and became a leader of the Illinois Whig party. In 1837, he made his first protest against slavery in the Illinois House, stating that the institution was "founded on both injustice and bad policy." It was also in this same year that Lincoln met Joshua Fry Speed, who would become his most intimate friend.
Lincoln wrote a series of anonymous letters, published in 1842 in the Sangamon Journal, mocking State Auditor and prominent Democrat James Shields. Two years later, Lincoln entered law practice with William Herndon, a fellow Whig. In 1854, both men joined the fledgling Republican Party. Following Lincoln's death, Herndon began collecting stories about Lincoln and published them in Herndon's Lincoln.
A Whig and an admirer of party leader Henry Clay, Lincoln was elected to a term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846. As a freshman House member, he was not a particularly powerful or influential figure. However, he spoke out against the Mexican-American War, which he attributed to President Polk's desire for "military glory" and challenged the President's claims regarding the Texas boundary and offered Spot Resolutions, demanding to know on what "spot" on US soil that blood was first spilt.
Lincoln later damaged his political reputation with a speech in which he declared, "God of Heaven has forgotten to defend the weak and innocent, and permitted the strong band of murderers and demons from hell to kill men, women, and children, and lay waste and pillage the land of the just." Two weeks later, President Polk sent a peace treaty to Congress. While no one in Washington paid any attention to Lincoln, the Democrats orchestrated angry outbursts from across his district, where the war was popular and many had volunteered.
Warned by his law partner, William Herndon, that the damage was mounting and irreparable, Lincoln decided not to run for reelection. His statements were not easily forgotten, and would haunt him during the Civil War. These statements were also held against him when he applied for a position in the new Taylor administration. Instead, Taylor's people offered Lincoln various positions in the remote Oregon Territory, primarily the governorship. Acceptance of this offer would have ended his career in the rapidly growing state of Illinois, so Lincoln declined the position. Returning to Springfield, Lincoln gave up politics for several years and turned his energies to his law practice.
The rest, as they say, is HISTORY!
In other words, our greatest president had less legislative experience than Barack Obama, who possesses similar reasoning skills that give him the ability to think through complex problems and make thoughtful, sound decisions. An ability not seen in the White House for nearly a decade!
Lincoln information copied from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#Early_political_career
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