“No Success in any kind of business”

Megan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain has never run a business and has no accomplishment of note except promoting herself to the media, who are willing to give her a microphone because her because her opinions often conflict with her father’s positions.  In an appearance on “This Week” she made this declaration:

Christine O’Donnell is making a mockery of running for public office.  She has no real history, no real success in  any kind  of business and what that says to my generation is one day you can just wake up and run for Senate no matter how lack of experience you have [sic].

This little tirade has been replayed numerous times on several networks.  But nobody seems to have pointed out that one could have said exactly the same thing about Barack Obama when he ran for the U.S. Senate.  He had no success, indeed no experience at all in any kind of business.  His experience in so-called community organizing obviously did not transfer to the challenges of executive leadership.

Obama’s talent is delivering speeches that stir emotion without saying anything specific.  He used that talent to win a U.S. Senate seat.  He functioned as a Senator for one year before embarking on his Presidential campaign.