Was Obama the most unqualified president?
President of the US is kind of a weird job. Most other jobs you can work your way up or move sideways. If you want to be a police chief you can be an asst chief first, or a chief someplace else first. With POTUS, there is no real preparation for leader of the free world.Sometimes you will see military leaders as the former job of a president. Zach Taylor, Andrew Jackson, Eisenhower, and Ulysses Grant were all generals who had no prior political experience before the presidency. If you believe the rumors, Zach Taylor claims to have never even voted until he was on the ballot. It is hard to say exactly at what point military experience is ‘enough’ to prepare for the presidency, but no one has been elected president with no political experience unless they were a general. Obviously, Obama wasn’t a general so this comparison isn’t legitimate.Most other presidents had prior experience as a politician. Since the country hadn’t existed for very long, we can exclude the experience of the founders. You can’t be a senator for long for example if the senate is only 5 years old. After the founders, most presidents were former cabinet members, governors, or the occasional VP. Funny enough, one of the least experienced presidents also hailed from Illinois. Lincoln served the same amount of time in the Illinois legislature as Obama (3 terms), and two years in congress. Lincoln was a representative while Obama was a senator. Interesting fact, Lincoln is the only man elected president whose highest political office was the house of representatives. I would say Obama’s qualifications would be slightly higher since the senate is the higher house of congress. However, the rules have since changed.The body of the constitution lists only 3 requirements for being president, and the 22nd amendment (kinda) created a 4th. Going only by the constitution, I could become president one day. The reason that I won’t is that I don’t have the experience needed for the job. However, there has been one president who has never been a general, or held any elected office prior to the president. That president has the fewest qualifications for this particular job because he has never led men into battle or worked to pass legislation. He has less political experience then either Lincoln or Obama. He has less military experience than Jimmy Carter or either Bush. I’d tell you that president’s name, but I’m pretty sure you know who it is.