Palin has no business being a VP candidate
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Thats not only a bad joke, but pretty offensive. Nicely done!
Comparisons come naturally when people are saying "He/she has plenty of experience compared to him/her".
Have you ever heard her speak? From what I have heard, she sounds like a beauty pageant runner up...
Because people don't have maps......such as?
And your point was?Affirmative.
BTW, I think it gets down to the frustration that while those on the left are richer, the good looking women-politicians are on the right side of the aisle.
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What has he done? Well he certainly wasn't reporting about minor league hockey in Alaska. I'm sure she gained invaluable experience there! You know, while he was at Harvard Law School.
Juris Doctor Law from harvard or BA in journalism and minor in poli sci. from university of Idaho. I happen to know just how useless BAs in either of those fields are. Based on that alone, I would chose Obama.
Also, it was the Republican talking heads who started to compare her to Obama, not anyone else.
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Well the BO campaign was the first to say that she had no experience. Again, she has a near infinite more EXECUTIVE experience than 2, if not 3, of the other men in this race.
Sorry, City Council and mayor of a town with a town hall that looks like the local hotdog stand don't count as executive experience. Neither does being a sports reporter.
It's especially sad when you consider that Wassilla is a suburb of Anchorage, and is part of it's district. The heavy lifting as mayor (snow removal, sanitation etc) is all handled by Anchorage, FYI.
I can't remember where, but I read somewhere that she is actually a governor of one of our 57, err, 50 states.
Yes, only for a year and a half. BTW, any number times zero, is still zero.
Frighteningly enough, I think it would be a mistake for the Dems to underestimate Palin and the effect should could potentially have on the election (on-the-fence voters).
I would hope that people won't consider the fact that she's a woman as some sort of "credential", and look at her gross lack of political and international experience...I mean, seriously gross lack of experience...good christ.
I would hope that people won't consider the fact that she's a woman as some sort of "credential", and look at her gross lack of political and international experience...I mean, seriously gross lack of experience...good christ.
Again, compared to who? Barry?
Governor of a state SWIMMING in money from both federal earmarks and oil. Lots of oil. So much so that the FPD was $3000/capita.
Right, governor for 18 months. Who has left the country exactly once, in her life. To visit troops in Iraq for a photo op.
vs:
Senator for 4 years with vast foreign relations experience
Appointed to Senate Committees for Foreign Relations; Environment and Public Works; Veterans' Affairs; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Becomes chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on European Affairs.
Please, keep grasping at straws.
if i said obama was articulate, would that be racist? if it is, then call me joe biden
This is the rough equivalent of promoting a highschool science teacher to head the Physics dept at Harvard, claiming that they have more teaching experience than any Ph.Ds coming out of top schools.
Or promoting your waterboy to the offensive line because he has more professional football experience than your draft picks.
Or having the kid down the street with the nifty model airplane in the copilot seat of a packed 747.
I can go on...
I wish you would....
I guess then the reason he picked Joe Biden as veep is for his good looks.
"He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland
wat?
these are very impressive titles.
how has he used these positions to effectively do something?
i've still yet to read where he has related foreignly.
Well he did give a speech to a bunch of Germans out for free beer
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has yet to make it out of committee. did you think i wouldn't check up on it?
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leave lisa randall out of this!
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it's like making jim thorpe run whiskey
it's like making usain bolt swim the 400IM
Ummm, what's McCain's record? Zero for 22 bills judging by the site that you posted...
wat? govtrack sez:
perhaps you were referring to something else?
of all people, i'd think the first that would come to your mind would be mccain-feingold
sorry, was speaking about the current congress... almost 2 years, and a whopping zero for 22. I could really care less if a Senator named McCain passed bills back in the early 90s, he bares little resemblance to today's candidate.wat? govtrack sezerhaps you were referring to something else?
of all people, i'd think the first that would come to your mind would be mccain-feingold
so whats up with this baby? Is Palin equivalent to Mrs Spears now?
Huh?:huh:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that interacting with the international community-at-large is a pretty big part of being the top two peeps in the government.
Obama is at least smart enough to do some research about what the hell is going on if he needs to.
Now...I know McCain is well versed in fighting commie-pinko bastards and probably has vivid flashbacks to the glory days.
Ms. Palin? B*tch, please.
We've had our country represented by the absolute worst foreign relations guys for the past 8 years. And now we're gonna get some more?
I really don't want to see the u2b of our VP going to China on a visit and have her regale the prime minister about how driving to hockey games in Alaska has made her a stronger political leader and ally.
At least Biden won't ask what the chopsticks are for...
He could only use one hand most of the time anyway....Yeah, like Dick Cheney did nothing at all for 8 years...
So why are you starting to call her names?
A key aspect to Obama's campaign is based on change and how he is not deeply rooted into politics like McCain. Palin outdoes Obama in that.
Obama's mother and Palin's daughter were pregnant at the same age. If any group were to care it would be the conservatives or hypocritical liberals. A true liberal wouldn't force their social values on someone else. If it is a priorities issue, it surely shouldn't be coming from free thinking women's rights supporting democrat. Being VP is just like any other higher position job with responsibilities. Would you also say that women with children are not in a position to own their own company or provide for their family by owning a business?
Obama's mother and Palin's daughter were pregnant at the same age. If any group were to care it would be the conservatives or hypocritical liberals. A true liberal wouldn't force their social values on someone else. If it is a priorities issue, it surely shouldn't be coming from free thinking women's rights supporting democrat. Being VP is just like any other higher position job with responsibilities. Would you also say that women with children are not in a position to own their own company or provide for their family by owning a business?
Pretty sure it isn't about the daughter actually being pregnant. It's about the glaring hypocrisy from the mother. Preach abstinence only in school, family values etc - then your daughter comes home at 17 unwed and pregnant and all of a sudden "life happens".
And you are indeed right that Palin isn't deeply rooted in politics, which is refreshing. however, she also has absolutely none of the experience needed to run the sole remaining superpower and, by extension, the entire free world.
While Obama was at Harvard getting a doctorate in constitutional law, Palin was a sports reporter in Anchorage.
And you are indeed right that Palin isn't deeply rooted in politics, which is refreshing. however, she also has absolutely none of the experience needed to run the sole remaining superpower and, by extension, the entire free world.
While Obama was at Harvard getting a doctorate in constitutional law, Palin was a sports reporter in Anchorage.
So what your definition of hypocrisy? My understanding is that hypocrisy means to ask others to do as you say, not as you do. Kind of what Limousine- Liberals do with regards to the environment. If Mrs. Palin had pushed her child to abort the pregnancy, that would be hypocrisy.
Governor Palin's problem, like all of us now on this earth, is she is not perfect. That also includes her daughter. We are all flawed. Its how you handle your adversity that matters.
She would be just a doll, with very limited actual power just like anyone else in that position
And talking about "the sole remaining superpower" is funny, especially with the current global situation in mind.
Ps: what is your definition of the "free" world?
I think you forget something about politics: law.
Everyone here can have an opinion, but to become the executor of our laws, it would be helpful to have a law degree.
I see what happens when you don't: Bush subordinates have been breaking laws during his entire run.