What has Obama done to qualify him for the job of the most powerful job on the planet?

Question

He can do nothing but talk and he will never win over anyone

Answer 1

He passed the age requirement.

If he makes it to the white house, we can all kiss our Hope goodbye.

"And that is change you can bank on"!

Answer 2

Run as a Democrat.  That's enough right now.

Answer 3

Senate Accomplishments:

Since entering the U.S. Senate in January 2005, Senator Obama has written approximately 890 bills and co-sponsored an additional 1096.

Senators Obama and McCain have been running to be the nominee for President for their parties since January 2007. Therefore the 890 bills written by Senator Obama and the 1096 he co-sponsored all occurred in a 2-year span. That shows that he is a prolific and tireless Senator.

Because of the long-drawn-out nature of passing laws in the Senate many of his bills are still in committee and some were vetoed by republicans. Senator Obama has an impressive record by anyone’s standard.

For someone who supposedly has no record (according to his competitors) his record of accomplishments are extraordinarily impressive and inspiring.

· Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act.(This is the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor) Became law

· Secure Fence Act. Authorized construction of fencing and other security improvements along the United States–Mexico border

Became law

· The Lugar–Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act. The Bill expanded the Nunn–Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles and anti-personnel mines Became Law

· The “Coburn–Obama Transparency Act” eliminated gifts of travel on corporate jets by lobbyists to members of Congress and the establishment of USAspending.gov , a web search engine launched in December 2007 and run by the Office of Management and Budget to require lobbyists to disclose the candidates, leadership PACS or political parties for whom they collect or arrange contribution and the combined amount of the contributions Became law

· Amendment to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program providing one year of job protection for family members caring for soldiers with combat-related injuries Passed in Senate

· Energy Policy Act of 2005 to add $200 million for Function 270 (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and sequestration technology by the Department of Energy Passed in Senate

· The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (after amendments became the Secure Fence Act which became law) Passed in Senate

· Education Bill. Require that the Director of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education to establish a program to recruit and provide mentors for women and underrepresented minorities who are interested in careers in mathematics, science and engineering. Passed in Senate

· Summer Term Education Program. Supports summer learning opportunities for low-income students in the early grades to lessen summer learning losses that contribute to the achievement gaps separating low-income students from their middle-class peers Passed in Senate

· Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007 a bill to cap troop levels in Iraq, begin phased redeployment, and remove all combat brigades from Iraq before April 2008. Republicans voted against

· Iran Sanctions Enabling Act supporting divestment of state pension funds from Iran’s oil and gas industry Republicans voted against

· Sponsored an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act adding safeguards for personality disorder military discharges, and calling for an official review following reports that the procedure had been used inappropriately to reduce government costs Republicans voted against

Senator Obama sponsored approximately 820 bills in the Senate, since they are too numerous to list.  

Answer 4

Hated America, used crack, belonged to a racial separatist organization claiming to be a church and associated with terrorists, criminals and every other anti-establishment group.  Perfect credentials to be the Democrat party nominee.

Answer 5

People keep asking this same dumb question.

Look at history. Which people entered the White House with the most qualifications;

Nixon-Governor, Senator, Vice-President

Hoover, congressman, cabinet member, governor

Carter, Navy officer, nuclear scientist, governor

and the ones with the least

Lincoln one term state senator

Reagan governor, monkey movies

The Presidency is all about emotion, nothing about qualifications.

  

Answer 6

If he was responsible for all these senate bills that explained the terrible approval rating of the senate. Maybe he should have stayed home more often. Just plain gridlock in the senate

Answer 7

McCain has done alot more then Obama.

The Democratic Controlled congress, has had a 9% approval rating.

The lowest - ever.

While Republicans are part of that, Obama is too. - SHOCKER -

Obama runs on a platform of change, yet the congress that he is apart of has done, literally, nothing. Unless urged by their Republican counterparts.

Disgraceful...

Obama wants the same as every other liberal does, Socialized Healthcare, High Taxes, High Spending, etc etc.

I see more change in my left foot then I do in Obama.

Answer 8

Barack Obama could have done anything after he graduated from college. With all his talent and promise, he could have written his ticket to Wall Street. But that's not what he chose to do. He chose to go to Chicago. The South Side. There he met men and women who had lost their jobs. Their neighborhood was devastated when the local steel plant closed. Their dreams deferred. Their dignity shattered. Their self-esteem gone.

And he made their lives the work of his life. That's what you do when you've been raised by a single mom, who worked, went to school and raised two kids on her own. That's how you come to believe, to the very core of your being, that work is more than a paycheck. It's dignity. It's respect. It's about whether you can look your children in the eye and say: we're going to be ok.

Because Barack made that choice, 150,000 more children and parents have health care in Illinois. He fought to make that happen. And because Barack made that choice, working families in Illinois pay less taxes and more people have moved from welfare to the dignity of work. He got it done.

And when he came to Washington, I watched him hit the ground running, leading the fight to pass the most sweeping ethics reform in a generation. He reached across party lines to pass a law that helps keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. And he moved Congress and the president to give our wounded veterans the care and dignity they deserve.

Answer 9

Given good speeches. Gotta hand it to him, he knows how to herd the sheep.

Answer 10

He's nominated and will win. The choices he made have been the right ones. To the point that current administration is implementing his strategies. Pay attention!

Answer 11

You shouldn't ask substantive questions like that. He brings "hope".

Answer 12

He stapled fliers to telephone poles in Chicago.

Answer 13

After the last 8 years My Pet Goat is qualified.

Answer 14

Obama is probably a decent man and father in his own right, but I am mystified as to why he as a first term, done nothing yet ,senator has risen to such a lofty set of circumstances. He could possibly win this race, and what will we have? an out of control government run by a democratic congress.His power will be as a yes man for the party. I can't see the congress letting him actually run the government.

Answer 15

Bush isn't qualified to work at Walmart, let alone run this country.

Answer 16

Per the constitution, he is a natural born American citizen and old enough to qualify.  The rest is up to the voters.

Answer 17

He met the Constitutional requirements.

If you are anti Constitutional and anti American.....

Stay, and argue your anti American opinions.

Answer 18

1)  He is intelligent.......... Bush is not and McCain is not..... 894 in a class of 899.

2) Wisdom, which is different from intelligent.  Bush and McCain is not.

3)  The Democrats has always had a better plan for America.

4)  Obama has the diplomatic ability to have more nations as allies instead of the we have power and power will rule.  Because now we do not.

5.......... HAVE YOU LIVED IN THE USA IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.  THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE FOR AMERICA IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WALK IN THE PARK AND A CAR CRASH!

Answer 19

Win the election...whoops I let the cat out of the bag.

Answer 20

What has McCain done ? nothing,

At least Obama is great community Organizer,  McCain even can not organize his finances, he does not know about his houses. McCain is just expert in lying and bull shitting to other people.

Answer 21

Not a d**n thing. He thinks he is entitled to the office.

Answer 22

Dahhhh Nothing!! Junior senator from Illinois Biden doesn't believe in him V.P. he took it because he is retiring soon and V.P. is a good way to go out if Obama wins LOL

Answer 23

nothing... you are correct

Answer 24

Obama sponsored more than 800 bills during his eight years as an Illinois state senator. And his U.S. Senate career, while brief, has been action-packed.

As for Obama’s list of his accomplishments, he’s right on every count. A Washington Post editorial credited Obama for helping to create "the strongest ethics legislation to emerge from Congress yet," and the Coburn-Obama Act created a new Web site, USAspending.gov, which allows anyone to see where federal contracting and grant money is being spent. Moreover, it was an Obama-sponsored amendment that ended Walter Reed's practice of requiring outpatient military personnel to pay for their own meals. And as a state senator in Illinois, Obama championed a bill requiring the police to videotape prisoner interrogations. Although initially controversial, the measure passed the Senate unanimously; even Republicans conceded that the turnaround was largely Obama’s doing. Finally, while Obama didn’t mention this one, we think it’s worth noting that the Lugar-Obama non-proliferation initiative provided funds for destroying nuclear weapons and for intercepting weapons of mass destruction.

VOTE OBAMA/ BIDEN '08!!