Do 150 days in the U.S. Senate -- most of which were spent campaigning -- really count as a qualification for the Presidency?
How about experience as a state senator? According to the New York Times, Barack Obama said that the state job was a "part-time position".
He wasn't kidding. In examining the tax returns of Chicago's Annenberg Challenge, I discovered that Obama maintained two offices for several years. One was his state senate office; the other was in the law firm of Miner, Barnhill & Galland.
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His tenure in the U.S. Senate? He has introduced no new laws and instead spent the majority of his time campaigning.
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I'm guessing my daughter's part-time job at the neighborhood dry-cleaner has given her as much management experience as Sen. Obama gleaned from his magical mystery tour.
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