A small boat load of Republican governors, present and past, from Arkansas, Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, etc. will soon announce their candidacy for the GOP nominee for President in 2016. They will join the three Senators, Cruz, Paul and Rubio who have been the first to have thrown their hats into the ring. Already we have heard a number of the governors indirectly putting down the "Junior, First-Term Senators" as lacking executive experience and commenting, "We have seen how that has worked out." This statement infers that if Obama had possibly been a governor instead of a first-term Senator from Illinois, we would find the situation the U.S. is in , both domestically and internationally, to be remarkably different and of course, more positive. Really? If Obama had been a governor and supposedly having executive experience, what difference would it really have made?
Would Obama have selected a different set of advisors, mainly those with business experience to deal more effectively with the 2008 financial crisis instead of ivory tower academics he ended up with? Less than 8% of his advisors and cabinet had any "real world" experience, the lowest of any President since the Carter Administration and the lowest in U.S. history? Also, would there still be a Valerie Jarrett calling the shots in the White House?
Would Obama's nearly one trillion dollar stimulus program of "shovel ready jobs" that was really a union teacher full employment and union dues kickback plan to Obama been any different with him having executive experience?
Would an Obama, with executive experience, focused more on the economy and made jobs a priority in his first term instead of taking over the healthcare industry and 1/6th of the U.S. economy with ObamaCare? Would he have told the truth that "You could not keep your doctor or your plan if you like it" if he had previously been a governor?
Would he still have gone around the Congress, claiming they were not in session when in fact they actually were, to appoint union biased members to the NLRB?
Would he still have had his lapdog Dirty Harry Reed change the rules of the Senate for the first time in U.S. history in order to pack the DC Circuit Court with Obama cheerleader judges?
Would he have taken GM into bankruptcy after claiming that was what Governor Romney would do and ending up structuring a settlement favoring the United Auto Workers at the expense of legitimate shareholders and creditors?
Would he have claimed that he would bankrupt anyone stupid enough to build a new coal fired power plant?
Would he still have allowed the IRS to harass non-profit conservative organizations to hinder their fund raising efforts prior to the 2012 election?
Would he still have increased the debt in 8 years more than the total of all U.S. debt prior to his administration?
Would he still have made a number of unconstitutional executive actions such as his granting over 5 million illegal's amnesty?
The list of what he might not have done domestically goes on. What about foreign policy?
Having had executive experience, would he still have gone on an apology tour, starting in Cairo and blaming the U.S. for the world's problems?
Would he have actually negotiated a Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq instead of withdrawing all troops to fulfill a campaign promise and allowing ISIS and Iran to take over the county? Would he been able to say, "Islamic terrorists"?
Would he still have allowed Putin to take over the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine?
Would he still have drawn a non-existent red line for Syria to cross?
Would he still have thrown Israel under the bus in favor of Iran?
Would he still have released five high-ranking Gitmo terrorists for the return of one known U.S. Army deserter?
Once again, we could continue to describe other failures such as Libya and Benghazi, Yemen, a dumb nuclear deal with Iran, etc. where even with his having executive experience we would still find our situation where our friends no longer trust us and our enemies no longer fear us. Essentially then, the GOP governors' argument that the current Republican Senator Candidates lack executive experience and would probably repeat Obama's failures if elected do not hold water. In fact, Obama was not a failure in his effort to change/destroy the United States as we know it. Rush Limbaugh remarked in 2008 that he, "Hoped Obama would fail." He now admits Obama has been unfortunately successful in implementing his radical plans and it was his policies, not his lack of executive experience that created the present disastrous situation we find the country in. Therefore, it is important for these Senators to explain their policies if elected and not dwell on the executive experience diversion of the governors.
On second thought, had Obama been governor of Illinois it is highly likely he would have ended up in prison with the previous Illinois governors and not in the White House.
