Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
It's amazing that someone with almost NO EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT was trying to secure the slot of second most powerful person in our federal government with the complete approval of the party.
If John McCain was not ALREADY a TERRIBLE choice, he was followed on the ticket by Sarah Palin!
And its not like this was a one time screwup, this comes AFTER 8 YEARS OF GEORGE W. BUSH!
I'm sure they didn't actually LIVE together. He probably just spent the night a lot. That's not the same, so Sarah knows she can get away with saying things like, "over my dead body." She's splitting hairs, that's all. The party of "family values" really should practice what they preach. By the way, what right does she have to pass judgment on the motivation of the Johnston family? She's one to talk! Or, maybe it takes one to know one. It just provides for some of the best entertainment. Can you imagine those SNL Skits?
Why is it that you are so full of hate for this family, and Christians in general. Get over it, and quit the smear campaign against Sara Palin.
How did I know this was from the Huffington Post. And Esquire! Give me a break!
Sarah is in freefall. She needs to just shut up about her daughter's precious sex life and speak about her flip flopping about accepting the stim funds!
Freefall? Don't you wish. I wish you people would shut up about Palin and get a real life.
It's amazing that someone with almost NO EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT was trying to secure the slot of second most powerful person in our federal government with the complete approval of the party.
Danny boy, the last 25 years we've elected people with little DC experience except being Governor of a state. All the way from Jimmy Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Bush 2.
The one person with almost no experience of any kind and never really held a regular job is now in the number 1 spot.
No one in the US from either party can use this argument effectively.
Danny boy, the last 25 years we've elected people with little DC experience except being Governor of a state. All the way from Jimmy Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Bush 2.
The one person with almost no experience of any kind and never really held a regular job is now in the number 1 spot.
No one in the US from either party can use this argument effectively.
There's a wee bit of difference in their political careers. Being the Senator of a state is much more experience in federal government then being the Governor of 600,000 souls in oil rich Alaska. That's Ted Stevens country. Republican all the way.
As isolated FROM the Federal government as one gets. So lets just say Gov. Palin had the same responsibility as the Mayor of Memphis (demographically speaking) but with much more money in the till.
My guess is she had even less experience. And I'll take Obama's experience over the Mayor of Memphis or most others in state government.
Carter & Clinton (especially) came from very small states. At the time Carter was elected, Atlanta was not the power house it is today.
Let's pick the super star Bill Clinton from Arkansas. I love the state but come on, how does this qualify him to be any more the president then the Governor on New Mexico.
Obama has almost no real experience in true life adventures.
Danny boy, the last 25 years we've elected people with little DC experience except being Governor of a state. All the way from Jimmy Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Bush 2.
The one person with almost no experience of any kind and never really held a regular job is now in the number 1 spot.
No one in the US from either party can use this argument effectively.
I was about to say the same thing.
If you are going to go after Palin for lack of experience (mayor, and half a term as governor) then you have to also do the same for Obama (2 years as a senator, most of which was spent campaigning for the presidency). How is it exactly that the former is an example of 'lack of experience' while it is taboo, or possibly even racist, to say the same thing for the latter?
There's a wee bit of difference in their political careers. Being the Senator of a state is much more experience in federal government then being the Governor of 600,000 souls in oil rich Alaska. That's Ted Stevens country. Republican all the way.
As isolated FROM the Federal government as one gets. So lets just say Gov. Palin had the same responsibility as the Mayor of Memphis (demographically speaking) but with much more money in the till.
My guess is she had even less experience. And I'll take Obama's experience over the Mayor of Memphis or most others in state government.
Senators aren't in charge of anything. They give speeches and vote for or against (or 'present' in Obama's case) bills. Governors on the other hand are the chief executives of their states that actually have to make command decisions. There is a reason why we generally elect governors, and not senators, to the presidency. In this case both major candidates were senators so it basically came down to who could give the better speeches since neither could point to any real experience as an executive.
Senators aren't in charge of anything. They give speeches and vote for or against (or 'present' in Obama's case) bills. Governors on the other hand are the chief executives of their states that actually have to make command decisions. There is a reason why we generally elect governors, and not senators, to the presidency. In this case both major candidates were senators so it basically came down to who could give the better speeches since neither could point to any real experience as an executive.
But the Governor of Alaska? And for only 18 months? Heck, she didnt even have a chance to understand what she's doing in the great state of Alaska, and the next thing you know she is one 72 year old heartbeat away from being President?
I'm not buying the "experience" argument on Palin, no matter her rank, or title. Less than a decade from Mayor of something like 10,000 people?
Scary what politics have turned into, at least for one party.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
And Esquire! Give me a break!
