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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I don't know about Pierce, but one of Sully's readers says:
- Just something I found interesting. Barack Obama's candidacy has been criticized because of his lack of governmental experience. He spent about 8 years as an Illinois state senator and will, by '08, have spent almost 4 years in the U.S. Senate.
What about Fred Thompson? He doesn't get the "lack of experience" criticism, but he was in the Senate for only about 8 years - he filled the last 2 years of Gore's term, and then had one full term of his own. Other than this, he's never been elected to anything. He was an assistant US Attorney for 3 years and served about a year as an attorney for a Congressional committee investigating Watergate.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.co...on_obama_.html
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So, according to this guy, Thompson spent 8 years as a US Senator. Not exactly Kennedyesque - but substantial.
But who is he kidding - Obama has spent 1 year as a US Senator, and now 2 years on the campaign trail.
These comparisons are silly.
