the word "experience"...

i just spent a blog's worth of time talking about experience...apparently the buzz word of both political parties is - experience...

let's face it...neither candidate has the experience of being president...i feel as if the real question is about the experience of the american people...does the american public have the experience of understanding who is better for serving as president? over the last sixteen years we have only known the experience of two families...many of us - including myself - have become numb to wanting to understand the tactics of who ends up being on either side of the ballot...

"these tough times" are ringing through the networks as words that define a circumstance which disqualifies those with "little to no experience"...are "mavericks" better than "youth"? when neither have presidential experience - is it merely buzz words that play on the american people in order to help them understand who is the better candidate? do these words create an experience that woos the voter to one side or the other despite a previous political alliance?

instead of wondering if "they" are "ready" - maybe the american public should ask - "are we ready?" in some sense we don't have a choice...an election will happen regardless...but more than what the president will do, i feel as if americans should ask themselves "what are we going to do?" because in a democracy, doesn't the will of the people steer the president? not "their" experience?