The answer makes all the difference in the world. Here's some food for thought from Michael J. O'Shea at American Thinker:
JaMarcus Russell, at 6-6 and 260, sure looks like a pro quarterback, and Barack Obama sure wows reporters as a "gifted politician." But "gifted campaigner" is more apt. A politician, like a quarterback, is judged on results, not promise. And, when it comes to results, Obama's record is, to be gentle, lean.
Which might be cool, were he just the QB. Instead, as President he'd also be head coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, general manager, player personnel director, and business manager for a $3 trillion-a-year enterprise -- all from Day One and all, God forbid, from the opening shot.
A pro quarterback has 2.5 seconds to get his pass off -- and that's with grizzly bear-sized defenders with gazelle-style speed blitzing from places he never thought they could. Countless quarterbacks have looked fantastic -- until the game begins; countless politicians have sounded fabulous -- until they're sworn in.
And if Khrushchev challenged Kennedy and Bin Laden tested Bush just months after swearing their oaths, how long would Ahmadinejad wait? Or the even loonier Kim Jong-Il or Hugo Chávez? How many sleeper cells would snore no more after seeing JaMarcus Obama sworn in?
Obama likes to josh, "I'm relatively young as a candidate," but green is what most adversaries would think. And just as the hot-shot young quarterback better prepare to get creamed, Obama would need to be ready for blitzes coming from no one knows where. But come they will.
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Obama pledges peace, and everyone in America of course agrees. The problem is that Al Qaeda doesn't. Hezbollah doesn't. Hamas doesn't. Iran doesn't. North Korean doesn't.
Obama pledges prosperity, and everyone in America of course agrees. The problem is that China wants prosperity, too, as does India, Brazil, and every other nation on earth -- at America's expense if need be. And since Obama has spearheaded not one significant bi-partisan bill as a senator, why as President should he suddenly be able to cajole competitors from abroad?
Obama pledges racial harmony, and almost everyone in America of course agrees, and who cares about the few who don't? But he also spent 20 years imbibing the Jeremiah Wright gospel that Black problems are White folks' fault and then preaching that we need to spend billions more on what billions have already proven doesn't work. Which makes his Bill Cosby conversion suspect at least.
Politics, like sports, sounds simple: until you play the game.
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