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. Doesnt she know that if the government generates a surplus, its 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 ♥ SARAHCUDA and why I am voting McCain/Palin 08
Excellent post! Giving it a Barracuda bump, yes I am!
McCain/Palin 2008
I’ve been on this board ten years. I have NEVER seen a phenomenon like this. The country is STARVED for reform. And integrity. I never would have thought that the future of the GOP would be in John McCain’s hands. If he can bring young GOP governors with integrity, such as Palin and Jindal to the forefront, there might just be some hope for this country after all. Lord knows DC needs the kind of enema that Palin has delivered to the corrupt power structure in Alaska.
I swear, if that woman was a crook, she COULD sell air conditioners to Eskimos. Thank God she is honest.
A leader that God has blessed us with at this time? While we're praying, let's beseech the Lord for wisdom. Palin's and our own. She makes one misstep in the next 60-odd days, the media will move in for the kill. If we mistake any human, never mind a political human, for a light source, we're no better than Obama koolaiders.
Nothing personal, GOP Poet, it isn't just you; much of the rhetoric here lately is alarmingly like one reads on the moonbat sites. Faith is not to be placed in princes, I have heard it said.
I wonder what Hillery would be doing right now if she hadn’t married slick Willy
ALL the those Americans on the right that McCain was having problems with are about to set aside their differences and vote for the McCain-Palin ticket. Palin is a breath of fresh air. She will pull in the discontented conservatives, Evangelicals and pro-lifers alike. Along with Independents and those ticked off Hillary gals in the heartland of America. This is gonna be fun to watch.
I’m waiting for the ‘experience’ questions during the debates...
I expect the response to go like this...
Yes that’s true...
‘I am the Governor of Alaska, and been running the state for only 2 years...’
‘I also ran a small city as mayor for 10 years...’
‘...and I would love to know... outside of his mouth of course... what has Sen. Biden run? Ever?’
Biden will be off to rehab.
That WGN talk show host -- it's going to be a long, long before he has another critic of Obama on the show. Just think of the ripple effect!
How many talk show hosts are going to want to through that nightmare! It brings a swarm of screaming people jamming phones lines and making threats.. no station manager is going to keep an employee who brings those kinds of problems.
what is REALY sad is that the clarity of the conservative views is not rocket science.
They are solid and very predictable.
ANY of the candidates could have jumped on it during their careers or even this election. Yet somehow they failed to comunicate that solid connection.
I don’t think even McCain understands what his decision has done.
AMEN !!
= )
Thanks for the ping.
He's so smart that it only took him 146 days in office to become smarter and wiser than everyone else. He doesn't need to appear in the Senate to do his job anymore, because he's been promoted to Zeus!
Maybe both tickets are upside down?
**Palin is completely inexperienced and utterly incapable**
What a bunch of hot air.
(snip)
Faith is not to be placed in princes, I have heard it said.
Looks like you place a lot of faith in the power of the media.
That's like saying if I warn you against the snares of Satan, I have faith in the power of Satan.
Hey, thanks for my new tag line! :D
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