Letter to the editor: Johnson more qualified than Obama was

OPINION:

House Republicans celebrated a return to legislating last Wednesday after they elected Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana to serve as speaker, a move that ended weeks of bitter, chamber-paralyzing, intraparty fighting over leadership (“New House speaker has reputation for being a man of faith, family and conservative convictions,” web, Oct. 25).

The man has served three terms as a congressman and is now second in line to succeed President Biden. (By the way, does anybody really believe that man is an active president?) Mr. Johnson is also a lawyer with a background in constitutional law.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama had just four years as a senator under his belt when he became president of the United States. His previous experience, if I recall correctly, consisted of having been a “community organizer.”

I’ll take Mr. Johnson’s six years in Congress and his expertise in the Constitution over Mr. Obama’s four years in the Senate and “community activism” any day.

MEG LARK

Rochester, New Hampshire