> Sam wrote: > "Barack Obama may be a smooth talker, but As with Bush, the past is the best predictor of the future - Bush was a former business failure, bought that skill set to the Whitehouse, and turned the US into a failure.
So, based on that analysis methodology, what can we predict about Obama? The preliminary facts are thus: (1.) Obama has been able to create a national "movement", for better or worse. Granted this is due to, a large extent, Bush; his massive failures have united the country. Against him. (2.) Obama was able to graduate at the top of his class from a "T3" law school. That is, he competed with and became a leader of leaders (he was not a legacy from a wealthy family as with Bush). Further, he's a law professor at at "T6" law school; i.e., he's now an instructor of future leaders. (3.) Obama is a successful community organizer who's served in leadership positions via his role on multiple boards of directors. That is, he's been a leader at changing lives on the local level. And succeeded. (4.) Obama, as a presidential candidate, outsmarted one of the strongest nominee candidates in history; and did so despite his "funny name", the fact that he's black, and his relative lack of national campaign experience. (5.) Obama is known to his friends and associates as a thoughtful, generous, reasoned thinker who asks "no-men" as well as those who share his instincts before he acts. Conclusion -------------------- Those qualities, as well as his lack of political experience and the fact that he's not a baby-boomer, make him the only choice in this race for me. His track record of past success predicts future success. I like McCain, and would've voted for him in previous elections, but not this one. He's the status quo candidate. For Obama, odds are if elected, it'll be very difficult for him to change the country or the world. But he's got the best chance if only because he wants to, but also because he has a track record of doing so locally. So let's see what he can do nationally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261445 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
