I found this on DZSokol’s blog and was surprised that, despite dueling comparisons between Sarah Palin’s experience and that of Barack Obama, this simple yet glaring truth had escaped me.

You couldn’t get a job at McDonald’s and become District Manager after 143 days of experience.

You couldn’t become chief of surgery [at a hospital] after 143 days of experience.

You couldn’t get a job as a teacher and be principal after 143 days of experience.

You couldn’t join the military and become a colonel [or even 1st Leutenent] after a 143 days of experience.

You couldn’t get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience.

BUT…

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.

After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK, and Ronald Reagan. 143 days.

And, strangely, a large sector of the American public accepts this. We wouldn’t accept [it] in our own line of work, yet some of us accept [it] for the President of the United States of America.

Come on folks, we are not voting for the next American Idol!

So the next time someone tells you that Obama has more experience than Palin, please feel free to set them straight.