Sunday, February 17, 2008

Obama should fear JFK's ghost

Why should Obama fear a dead man? So many comparisons are made to JFK and Obama, which that in and of itself is preposterous, that we should remind ourselves of a bit of history.

JFK barely "won" the election in 1960 over Nixon, and I think most people aware of the history would argue he may in fact, NOT have won. A lot of shaking down courtesy of the Chicago mafia was taking place, thanks in large part to the connections of the morbidly corrupt Joseph Kennedy (the patriarch of the Kennedy legacy). I firmly believe the election was stolen in some regard.

Moreover, JFK barely won while having much more real politics experience and legislative experience in the Massachusetts House (6 years) and in the US Senate (7 years). He accrued a lot of legislative experience and know-how to get shit done while serving for 9 years combined I believe. Obama has held elected office for 7 years in the Illinois House, and only 3 years in the US Senate. Moreover, one could argue that in the 24-7 media cycle and needing to fundraise big wads of payola, Obama's been virtually absent from the Senate for a good year.

JFK had a total of 13 years experience, Obama has (taking off a year) 9. Not saying it is impossible...because McCain looks imminently beatable, but...

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