Experience is all - or not

To suggest that Obama and Palin are historical anomalies is, well, ignorant of history.

[From Experience shows Obama and Palin fit right in - The Boston Globe]

Boston Globe's Washington bureau chief Peter S. Canellos runs down the experience of previous presidential candidates, including Alton B. Parker (whaaat?), FDR, Jimmy Carter, Taft, Hoover, and Ike. And does anybody remember Sargent Shriver?