Mossback/ Tory columnist George "I Have Four Powdered Wigs" Will occasionally has his minions (one seen here, at left) stop researching Bartlett's for pithy quotes to do some "historical" research. In today's WaPo, his minions have come up with the following nugget relating to the "experience" argument Hillary Clinton has been using, unsuccessfully, against Barack Obama:
"The President who came to office with the most glittering array of experiences had served 10 years in the House of Representatives, then became minister to Russia, then served 10 years in the Senate, then four years as secretary of state...then was minister to Britain. Then, in 1856, James Buchanan was elected president and in just one term secured a strong claim to being ranked as America's worst president. Abraham Lincoln, the inexperienced former one-term congressman, had an easy act to follow."
Now, we're not saying a Hillary Clinton presidency would be tantamount to a James Buchanan restoration, but it does point out that judgment and character should also weigh heavily in the equation.
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