Obama disqualified himself from higher office in 2004 From WorldNetDaily: By Bob Unruh When he assumed Senate seat, he said he didn't know enough Democratic vice president candidate Sen. Joe Biden has created a furor with his implication to a crowd of deep-pocket donors that presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's lack of experience would create an appearance of weakness that would encourage opponents to challenge the U.S. But he was only repeating what Obama himself said as he prepared to serve the first day of the Senate term he's now a little more than halfway through. According to news reports, Biden told the crowd of donors, "Mark my words: It will not be six months before the world tests "The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Watch, we're going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy," Biden said. "He's going to have to make some really tough – I don't know what the decision's going to be, but I promise you it will occur. As a student of history and having served with seven presidents, I guarantee you it's going to happen," Biden said. Obama himself expressed the opinion that he wasn't qualified to run for the presidency after he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois in late 2004, less than four years ago. His statements have been preserved on a YouTube video, After his election victory, Obama was asked why he had ruled out running for national office. "I am a believer in knowing what you're doing when you apply for a job," he responded. "And I think that if I were to seriously consider running on a national ticket, I would essentially have to start now, before having served a day in the Senate. Now there may be people comfortable doing that. I'm not one of those people," Obama said. Even some 800 days later, on Feb. 10, 2007, when he announced his presidential bid, in remarks published by the Washington Post as prepared for ...
