Recently, Senator Hillary Clinton has been utilizing her #1 argument: Experience is what we need.
While I would agree that this would be the most compelling argument in a focus group or in polling what it does is perpetuate the old school, establishment, image that Senator Clinton cannot escape.
The Obama supportive ad by ParkRidge47 seen here:
hit home with so many democratic primary voters is that this "experience" claim is as old school as an IBM 386.
If there is one thing we know its that we all have experiences that shape who we are and what our future becomes. With candidates like John Edwards, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, and others - you see a new set of experiences that shape how they would govern as president.
When we look at Senator Clinton - she has experiences too. But that "experience" she campaigns on, is one that I fear would perpetuate an old school, old ways, establishment form of governing. And we've had enough of that.
We saw this kind of old school "experience" when Sen. Clinton first began her campaign. Connecting with major donors from the democratic establishment was her MO as she scoffed at "grassroots" and "netroots" activists. Youtube?? HA! Youth outreach - don't even think about it.
Step one to getting us back on track: Our country needs a new way of looking at things to solve contemporary problems.
My mom has a saying she always tells me when I'm having a hard time making a change in my life. She says "If you always do what you've always done then you'll always be where you've always been."
If "experience" is any indicator - our experience has been that we need to think outside the box for solutions. And choose a candidate whose "experience" doesn't consider the establishment and old ideology first.
Ones experience isn't always the best quality.
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Here is my take on this for
Here is my take on this for what it is worth. Candidates have been promising to change the way Washington does business for a very long time and of course no matter who we elect as president they are powerless to affect real change. This is because the government is run by Congress not the president and Congress never changes because incumbents nearly always win re-election. I have accepted that all candidates will promise change and all will be lying knowing full well that they don't have that power. The American people have never demonstrated a desire for real change anyway otherwise incumbents would not be getting re-elected at such high percentages. It is interesting that polls for years now have shown a discontent for Congress in general, yet in election after election we send them back. Maybe Americans just like to bitch a lot. In any event the only way that anything changes in Washington is if we all go vote for anyone who is not an incumbent regardless of philosophy, party leanings, etc and that will never happen. I am sorry to say that I think you are going to have learn to accept things about our government you won't like.
__________________________Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change -- Andre Gide