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Article: LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2008
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Obama's got the right stuff
The first time Abraham Lincoln campaigned for president, his entire office-holding rsum consisted of one term as a congressman and three terms in the Illinois Legislature.
He was a great man and arguably our greatest president because he was courageous and was a deep thinker and had strength of character and was possessed of an unshakable will to save the union - not because of the depth of his political experience.
To suggest that Barack Obama is unsuited for the presidency because of inexperience is laughable. Obama has demonstrated some of the traits that made Lincoln great, and ...