I’m tired of hearing about Barack Obama’s lack of experience.
In the US Senate, he’s served on the Foreign Relations, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committees, as well as 8 years in the Illinois State Senate. He graduated top of his class at Harvard Law School, President of the Harvard Law Review with a degree in Political Science specializing in International Relations. He worked in Chicago as a community organizer. As Director of DCP, he helped initiate an effective job training program, college preparatory tutoring program, and tenants' rights organization. With a staff of one and budget of $70,000, in 3 years it grew to a staff of 13 and budget of $400,000. He was a Civil Rights attorney for 9 years and a Lecturer on Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago for 12 years. In the US Senate he’s sponsored 570 pieces of legislation, in the State Senate 823.
His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government allowing Americans to go online viewing how and where every dime of their tax dollar is spent. He’s also been the lead voice in championing ethics reform rooting out Jack Abramoff-style corruption in Congress. He traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world.
Become educated voters. Please don’t buy into untruths and hype without checking the facts.
