Two sitting Senators have been elected to the Presidency: Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy. Harding was a disaster, one of the worst, but not in Bush's league. Kennedy was one of the best. But it's not an important question today because neither McCain nor Obama has "executive" experience.
And Bush has a MBA, from Harvard, and we know what a great President he was.
So what has Obama managed? He managed to graduate at the top of his class at Harvard law, managed Harvard Law Review, managed to understand the U. S. Constitution well enough to teach it in law school. He has managed to write two very well written books, managed to win election to the U. S. Senate, and has thus far managed a very well run Presidential campaign.
And McCain? He has managed to crash 3 U S Navy airplanes, managed to get 2 more shot out from under him. He managed to survive each crash. And he managed to stay in the Navy, despite these mishaps, thanks I guess, to his father and grandfather. He managed to marry a very pretty woman, and managed to divorce her after she had been in an automobile accident. Then he managed to run around with several other women before marrying another very pretty one - who was worth about $100 million because her father managed to go to college on the GI Bill after WW II, and then use his education and his talents to become very successful in business. McCain also managed to spend about 25 years in the Senate, managed to be censured by the Senate for ethics violations having to do with receiving very large sums of money by Charles Keating, a crooked banker. He managed not to notice when his wife became addicted to pain killers. He managed to pick one of the least qualified people for his running mate, and has managed one of the sleaziest presidential campaigns I remember.
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