Do you think vision is more important than experience?

Question

for a president!

Answer 1

Well, going on the fact that both parties are lacking in an extensive resume I would have to say that the next election is going to have to go with who has the brightest vision and also has a plan to make it a reality for the good of the American people.

Answer 2

Someone with experience usually has the ability to translate a vision into something tangible. Without experience, it's pretty tough to make a vision a reality. Visions take two seconds or less; the hard work, well, a bit longer.

Answer 3

Vision.

JFK had vision.

Reagan had vision.

FDR had vision.

Lincoln had vision.

Answer 4

isn't it the work of experienced politicians that got us in this mess? to quote A. Einstein "problems cannot be solved with the same mentality that caused them".

Answer 5

Absolutely not.

But implying that Obama is only vision is inaccurate.

Answer 6

I strongly believe that vision is very very important because,vision is like a fuel that keeps the fire burning in someone, because atleast you have something to be waking up to and an expectation(hope).

There are people in this life that are intelligent enough to make wise decisions in situations that they have never been into before,and then there are people who try to make us believe that because they have certain experience they can do it ALL and yet they don't tell us what 'THE ALL' means.

Answer 7

for a president they both are important. if the people do not have a vision the people will perish. apostle r. of albany, ga.-and he had decades of experience before he died.no, he wasn't a president but it's about the same. he spoke like one because i used to attend his church.

Answer 8

I think government is like a business.

If your sticking to the same game plan and your business is not going, you gotta consider other possiblities, you gotta take some risks.

Most successful people are only successful because they took risks.

Answer 9

I think both are important. It is really a matter of whether or not the person having the vision can make it into a reality. Experience shows that you are able to take make visions or situations and make them into reality.

And just a note to Golden-- Bush never had experience.

Answer 10

Hitler and Hiro Hito had great vision.  Napoleon had great vision.

Answer 11

In regards to this election, YES. Republicans only have experience in taking the wrong course of action.

Answer 12

Absolutely.

The right vision is crucial.

Obama has it.

Bush has impaired vision.

McCain has no vision.

Answer 13

You can see a train coming down the tracks (vision) but if you don't know (experience) to move your a** you'll still be squashed!

Answer 14

Experience is real and counts. A better term for Obama's vision might be "promise voters everything".

Answer 15

Yes and no. I do not want a president/VP who envision war around every corner but I do want a president/VP who envisions rebuilding our infrastructure and our reputation in the world, who believes in trying diplomacy first before starting a illegal war and says "oops" later.  

Answer 16

No, I think that knowing what the actual powers and responsibilities of the office of President actually has is...

That means that both are unqualified.

Answer 17

I dont care if McCain has 1000 years of experience, he promised to continue the Bush policies, so bad judgement trumps his experience

Answer 18

You could have a vision of being an Indy 500 driver but it will take experience to pull it off. We don't need a self absorbed dreamer in the Whitehouse.

Answer 19

Vision is the rarer quality of the two.  This means that if the president doesn't have it, then he's unlikely to get it from anyone else.  Experience on the other hand, is hardly important at all because no president gets thrown in at the deep end; they are surrounded by personal aids and heavyweight political figures who will be more than glad to offer advice.

Thus the answer must be 'vision'.  However, it's to be hoped that any president has an *abundance* of good qualities of which competence, integrity, honesty, and moral fibre are but four.  Any would-be president with only either vision or experience is going to be dismal and dangerous.

Answer 20

NO. Without the exeprience, you won't be able to put the visions to action. Poor Obama....NOT!

KEEP OUR OCUNTRY SAFE!

VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN!

Answer 21

Vision and the ability to convince people to help you reach that vision.  Executive experience is nice, but not required.  Obama has other experience that is different but still valueable.  

Answer 22

Not if your vision will destroy the country.  Also, the vision has to be coupled with REALISTIC ideas.  In other words inflated tires aren't going to solve the energy crisis.  Iran IS a dangerous threat...ect, ect

Answer 23

Yes, I do.  Those people with vision have the ability to inspire and lead, whereas experience is not always the quality that is successful.  One of the problems of this Administration is that they have been long on experience, but woefully short on vision.  If they had had more of this quality, they could have guessed that an attack on Iraq would lead to huge debt, a falling economy, and disruption in the Middle East.

John McCain may well be a good man essentially, but his experience in the military and because of his Admiral father, he is totally wrapped up in these experiences in a sort of time warp that encourages military action over peaceful diplomacy.  In contrast, Barack Obama is a visionary, able to sit across the table from adversaries and discuss differences, avoiding conflict when possible.

Experience can be both good and bad, but unfortunately, people are inclined repeat the same old mistakes.  To be able to visualize the consequences of any procedure is far more productive than using the shortcomings of yesterday to answer the problems of tomorrow.

Answer 24

I think either one in themselves is  insufficient. A leader must be able to have experience, vision and hold the will of the people not some special interest group, or some minority group. Let the majority be heard for once.  

Answer 25

Of course!    Without vision there is no future improvement. That later becomes experience.  

To move forward you need vision. Experience is looking back. Since time is always moving forward, you need vision to ride it.

Answer 26

YES.

The best presidents in our history had the sense to know how to appoint the best qualified people in their organization and give the freedom to do their job. Lincoln, for example, had cabinet members who held him in complete disdain.

the worst presidents fill their cabinet with yes-men cronys.

I would almost go so far as to argue that too much experience leads to entrenched thinking and an unwillingness to mount a credible attempt at change.

Believe it or not I think that the Obama/Biden ticket is a good balance. Obama and the visionary/leader and Biden as the journeymen who knows how to grind the sausage.  This model has often been in place in the white house

Bush/Cheney (agree with the outcome or not) Cheney was highly successful at pushing the Bush Policies through congress

Reagan /Bush  Reagan had 8 years as governor of California, but Bush was a washington insider for 20+ years

Kennedy/Johnson

to name a few  

Answer 27

Vision matters much more then experience if the previous administration is faulty.

I prefer both, which is why I am for Obama.

Answer 28

I think who is more likely to listen to the people is more important. You can have a ton of bad experience and be the candidate with the most experience.  

Answer 29

No, especially when your vision is B.S.!

Go listen to John Lennon's 'Imagine'.

That is the dream world that Zerobama lives in!

Answer 30

hitler had experience..

stalin had experience

the us congress has experience.. (also the lowest public confidence in a long long time)

experience is c**p.. it can be good.. or bad..

experience does not matter even tho fox news will say it does (at least till palin)

the president will be surrounded by the best advisors in each feild this nation has.. what matters is the presidents ethics.. morals.. and judgement to listen to the right advisors.. the right experts.. then have the wisdom to make the best decision for the american peoples interests..

not for exxon mobile.. or haliburton.. or blackwater.. etc..

imagine if bush.. who has out spent every other president.. had spent the 4 trillion on windfarms.. instead of the false flag war of corporate profit.. that is iraq..

we wouldnt need forign oil anymore.. our cars could all be electric.. run off wind farms..

then we wouldnt need to install and support corrupt dictatorships that s***w their people for personal power and profit.. and since we support these dictatorships their people hate us.. and fly planes into our buildings (if they even did.. there's a good chance the cia did this to start a war and destroy the constitution)

so experience? .. well i dont want more of the same crappy self service the govt has conducted in the past 8 years (at least) .. i want a true public servant.. who works for the people.. not the corporations.

obama 2008!

anyone elected official with experience in govt shoudl probably be fired..   we'd be better off starting over.. than continuing with the trash we have now.

Answer 31

Vision and experience are both important.  It's not a position that  tolerates OJT.

I usually vote on character.  Had I know what a scumbag Clinton was I never would have voted for the guy.