Sarah Palin tells second graders that VPs get to run the Senate? (Congress, Republican)
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The Vice President of the U.S. is the President of the Senate.
Nevertheless, I'd like to know the context of your title statement for this thread. Did she really say exactly that? Second graders cannot understand complex issues regarding how our government works, hence she would have to put things into simple terms for them.
Because the V.P. does "preside over the Senate", such a statement is not wrong, though V.P.'s these days rarely exercise their authority over Senate proceedings; but they could.
VP's are NOT included in policy decisions as Palin incorrectly stated. Get over it. You can't defend her. She is simply horrible.
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Sorry, Sarah Palin just comes across as a jerk and an a***ole.
McCain for all of his sleaze, well, I won't go that far about him.
Palin is probably even worse than an ahole.
Umm...no, it is true that the VP is president of the Senate. The VP's authority in the Senate is limited to casting a tie-breaking vote when necessary. Didn't see anything in the Constitution about waiting for the death of the President and going to funerals.
How sad that people are so threatened by Sarah Palin that they monitor her every word to twist and make yet more immoral and reprehensible attacks on her, yet barry hussein osama, a candidate for president, clearly states he believes in socialism, is friends with terrorists and racists and lies about it, as well as hates America and everyone who doesn't think like he does and nobody seems to notice.
How sad that people feel so threatened by Obama that they can't refer to him using his real name...
Yep, and I'm sure that 7-year-olds will understand all of that.
She was answering a third-grader's question, but she was talking to ALL the people who were watching a news reporter's interview. And even 7-year-olds understand the difference between a lie and the truth.
In point of fact, Vice Presidents have not been overtly partisian in the role of President of the Senate, however that is by tradition and not by constitutional restraint.
What a true idiot and complete embarrassment to this country...We must be the laughing stock of the world at this point...and I really can not believe people still support this person.
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