Posted on 08/31/2008 2:39:24 PM PDT by Royal Wulff
[In the following, "I" is the author of this excellent comment at Hot Air, and not me, your humble re-poster]
I lifted and partially rewrote this from Damiano in another thread. He gets the credit, not me. Nevertheless, let the truth be told:
Palin is completely inexperienced and utterly incapable.
You heard me. The initial euphoria over the idea of a naughty librarian on the TV news each night for the next 4 to 8 years has worn off. Now, it back to hard, pragmatic reality and the reality is that she has no place in Washington, DC.
Want proof? Consider the following:
Only an amateur would speak off the cuff, as she usually does. Experienced politicians avoid speaking extemporaneously whenever possible. Otherwise, the electorate might find out what they really think.
If Palin had meaningful experience, she would have known that the job of Ethics Commissioner is SUPPOSED to be corrupt, thus saving her the trouble of resigning in protest and then running for the highest office in the state.
Only an amateur would attain political office by actually defeating opposing candidates at the ballot box. An experienced politician would have eliminated opposition candidates by protesting technical glitches in their nominating petitions or petitioning to change the party rules on how votes are counted in primary elections or hiring groups like ACORN to register 14 people who all, coincidentally, have the same names and reside at the same abandoned and boarded-up restaurant. Did she not once consider taking lessons from the Chicago political machine that got Obama elected? Sheesh.
Any experienced politician knows that upon assuming high office, you are supposed to demand a larger plane; not sell the useless behemoth that was recently purchased by your predecessor.
Only an amateur would implement a comprehensive energy and conservation policy shortly after taking office. A more experienced politician would have avoided the issue outright for at least 30 years while demonizing oil companies, then banning any voting on the topic followed by a recess vacation through the next election
Any experienced politician knows that once elected, you are not supposed to spend your first 20 months in office actually doing the job you were elected to do. You should be campaigning for another office – as Obama could have told her.
Sarah Palin was only supposed to TALK about government reform and utter platitudes about exiling corrupt, entrenched politicians – not actually do anything about it. She demonstrated her naivete by creating a smooth running government that included representatives of other political parties, thereby making it impossible for her to find a scapegoat if anything goes wrong.
Only a political greenhorn would thumb their nose at the environmental lobby by hunting and actually shooting moose and caribou. Worse yet, she foolishly told the truth: the proposed oil drilling site in ANWR is NOT the secret location of Eden but is, in fact, a barren wasteland.
What Sarah Palin does not seem to understand is that here in the 21st century, chief executives do not negotiate beneficial business deals for their states with foreign nations or take time to actually hang out with soldiers in Iraq. That time is better spent preening for the cameras in Berlin – something else a more seasoned and experienced politician such as Obama could have told her.
Holding oil companies accountable and successfully negotiating mutually productive agreements with them proves she does not understand their true purpose: if you work with them to the benefit of your state, you will no longer have a faceless villain to scare people into voting for you.
By creating new jobs instead of demonizing capitalism, Sarah foolishly enabled people to become more reliant on themselves and less reliant on government, hereby diminishing the dependant voter base – a classic newbie mistake. After all, if people have jobs, they will not have much need for the government and will be too busy enjoying their lives to protest the U.S., its corporations and, of course, opposing candidates.
Worse yet, Palin created a budget surplus and mailed it back to the taxpayers. Doesn’t she know that if the government generates a surplus, it’s doing something wrong? An experienced leader like Obama or Biden knows that taxpayer money belongs to the government – not to the people.
In another rankly amateurish move, she cooperated completely with government officials investigating accusations made against her. Experienced politicians know that you are supposed to stonewall, obfuscate, pressure libraries to expunge any record of unsavory political associations and ship potential witnesses off to Caribbean islands – another good reason not to sell the executive jet.
Yup, she is hopelessly inexperienced.
That is why I ♥ SARAH’CUDA and why I am voting McCain/Palin ‘08
I'm going to make that into a campaign shirt.
Yes, how did you know? - We went to Infineon Raceway this morning; my eldest son was running his car there in the SCCA races. ;o)
It has been reported that Sarah runs 5 miles every day. This is not true.
She jogs in place and the Earth moves under her feet.
When Sarah yells, “Jump!”. Chuck Norris yells “How high?” on his way up.
Chuck Norris became a Republican because Sarah told him to.
And she isn’t beholden to anyone in Washington DC!
This election sure has taken some weird turns.
Who would’ve thought we’d be here by now? Imagine how we all thought the situation would be way back in January of 2007.
Shocking.
“Only an amateur would speak off the cuff, as she usually does. Experienced politicians avoid speaking extemporaneously whenever possible. Otherwise, the electorate might find out what they really think.”
Except, that statement shows that politicians are liars as they only say what they think we want to hear and not what they think, which also goes to show why Palin is a great candidate as she will say what she thinks for our approval or disapproval.
You are heartily encouraged to read the article. You may find yourself reassigning the title of ass-clown.
Heh, pretty good!
That's why the Left knows it needs to try to destroy her. They believe it is THEIR right to present the first woman President, and she should be an unrepentant feminist harridan. This conservative, pro-life, a$$-kicking, good lookin chick just will not be acceptable as President!
Ummm no, I was making a funny too! ;)
Sorry, missed it.
Great article though, wasn’t it?
Democrats don't seem to know the difference. They mistake experience for name recognition. Palin's name recognition was near zero when McCain announced she would be his running mate, but her experience is considerable. This is the opposite of Obama, whose name recognition is near 100% while his experience is next to nothing, if you don't count running for office.
It is really prejudicial thinking: "I've never heard of her so she must be inexperienced." Look at her record. There is a robust body of accomplishments in a relatively short period of time. For example, Dems in congress (that includes Obama and McCain) drag oil company executives up to capitol hill to demonize them and beat their own chests on camera, pretending to be doing something on behalf of the consumer. Meanwhile in Alaska, Palin has gone toe to toe with oil company CEOs and worked out a compromise on her terms. This is exactly why executive experience is worth more than 3, (or even 35), years in the senate.
ping
Wonderful!
Something to send to the libs who are digging for reasons to hate her!
Just can’t help but wonder how long it would take them to realize they were taken in.
You are quite welcome. :D)
Nice improvement. A good bumper sticker too, especially in the northeast where I currently reside. It would really tweak em! Sending this to Rush! Well done. :D)
ABSOLUTELY.
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