California Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres on Inexperience and History

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Senator Art Torres (Ret.), Chairman of the California Democratic Party, issued the following statement:

"The California Republican Party issued a statement last night that completely ignores the facts of American presidential history.
 
One of our country's greatest Presidents, another former Illinois State Legislator named Abraham Lincoln, was attacked by his opponents for his 'inexperience.' Look at what Lincoln's opponents said, and look at what Lincoln did.
 
Similarly, Richard Nixon campaigned against the 'inexperience' of a young U.S. Senator named John Fitzgerald Kennedy. That 'inexperienced' Senator went on to become a President who helped the nation avert nuclear war and is remembered as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century.
 
And President Ford accused Ronald Reagan of lacking the necessary experience to serve in the Oval Office, yet Reagan helped bring down the Berlin Wall.
 
Look at what their opponents said, and look what they did. History has proven these attacks wrong every time since 1860. They didn't work then, and they will not work now."