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Colorado Governor Bill Ritter: 18 Months as a Governor Not Enough To Qualify For Veep

But 143 Days as Senator Is Plenty to Qualify For POTUS

By: Stinger808 (Diary)  |  August 4th, 2008 at 03:01 PM  | 

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Colorado Governor Bill Ritter (D) was asked on the Mike Rosen Showabout his reluctance to be considered for Obama’s Veep.

The meat of Ritter’s response?

“I’ve been governor for 18 months. It’s been a great experience. But it’s just 18 months…Obama has to think about experience…levels of experience…”

Later a caller to the show pointed out that Obama had been a Senator for a 143 days when he decided to run for President, and made the obvious point:

“Governor, you said 18 months’ experience wasn’t enough experience as governor to be the vice president. Would you want to contrast that with the 143 days experience Obama as senator before he decided he had enough experience to be president.”

The best Ritter could do was:

“All I can tell ya is I am a fan of Barack Obama’s. Met him in 2004 during his campaign for Senate…You meet him and discover there’s something very different about him. That’s all I’ll say.”

So there you have it–eighteen months in an executive position is insufficient to qualify one for the office of Vice-President, but a bit less than five months as a Senator is more than enough to decide that one is qualified for the Presidency.

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  • tcgeol

    If the media actually worked, we wouldn’t even have to work this election. I’ve never seen a more clueless group of individuals (well, except maybe the congressional Republicans when we held the majority).

  • gamecock

    nt

    • bantamwait

      to be considered as a candidate for vice president. It is my considered opinion that my service as 9th grade student board representative does not constitute sufficient experience for the post. I’m willing to go on record as saying that Barack Obama is quite a guy.

      Bill Ritter under consideration for Veep? In his mind! What an egomaniac.

      The problem with letting history judge is that there keeps on being more of it!

      • bantamwait

        could take a Ritter bid seriously?

        • aaronbg

          n/t

          • scorpio

            I thought it might be that, but I seriously did not think 2 years of Senate sessions were only 143 days. Kinda scary, when you consider we pay them about 150,000 a year…….that means Obama got 2000 dollars for every day of work he did?

            What was that about windfall profits, Senator?

          • scorpio

            Kinda scary that we pay these guys about 150,000 a year, and they are only in session 143 days over a 2 year period.

            Whose making windfall profits now?

          • scorpio

            Kinda scary that we pay these guys about 150,000 a year, and they are only in session 143 days over a 2 year period.

            Whose making windfall profits now?

  • spainishirish

    The Cult of Personality rocks on.

  • John_Louisiana

    This is the same criteria we should judge anyone under. They need experience first before jumping in otherwise we would be flip flopping on a position we slam Obama.

  • bobnivik

    In fact, it MUST be.

  • janis

    fetish about putting their feet in their mouths this season. Ritter’s went in all the way up to his thigh.

  • blooch

    “You meet him and discover there?s something very different about him. That?s all I?ll say.”

    What exactly do you mean by that?

  • scorpio

    What date range was that caller talking about? Not that I am an Obama supporter, but he was in the Senate for two years before he decided to run. He was sworn in January of 2005 and decided to run in January of 2007. Still nowhere near enough experience, but more than 143 days. When you consider that being an executive is about twice as demanding as a legislator, Ritter is still probably more quaified than Obama is.

  • aaronbg

    ..although I believe the real reason Gov. Ritter doesn’t want to be on the ticket is that he hasn’t finished screwing us here in Colorado.

    This man actually signed a bill that allows Transvestites and anyone who proclaims themselves to be of the opposite sex to use public restrooms of the opposite sex. All in the name of anti-discrimination of course.

    Bathroom Bill

    Human Events on this subject

  • Next93

    At a guess, I’d say the “something different” is probably related to the leg-tingling and the choir of angels that sing every time he opens his mouth.

    At least, that’s what the press would have us think.

  • Darin_H

    Too funny!

    Hmmm, the Obamabus hasn’t been fed in a while. Enjoy the taste of rubber…

  • Darin_H

    From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That’s how many days the Senate was actually in session and working.

  • jhavard

    The 143 refers to the days the Senate was in session. http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=707

  • blooch

    needs to get the message that Democrats are not immune to the Racial Inquisition, even Obama Superdelegates like Steve Cohen.

    Ritter should have gotten a note from his doctor saying he would die at a lower elevation, instead of pointing a big neon sign at one of Obama’s biggest weaknesses. And then he calls him “different”??? Might as well have called him “articulate”.