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Palin is more qualified than the poser but not "far more" qualified. Any Burger King manager is more qualified than he is. That doesn't mean qualified to be President of the United States.
Equating palin's self-imposed half a term as governor of a small state to Reagan's two full terms as governor of one of the largest states is just silly.
What exactly is there in Palin's actual life history that makes you believe that she can...
Reverse the HC debacle
Save the economy
Save Social Security and Medicare
Stifle the unions
Deal with an aggressive Russia/Putin
Deal with a collapsing EU
Deal with what is really a civil war on our southern border
Deal with increasingly belligerent and spreading marxism in our hemisphere
Deal with increasingly aggressive Chinese presence in our hemisphere
Deal with increasingly belligerent Chinese presence in Africa
Deal with NK
Deal with Iran (in opposition to both Russia and China)
Reset the Mideast
Run the end game in Iraq
find a winning strategy or acceptable exit in Afghanistan
Fight AQ and its global allies
Deal with the FSRs that are either already set against us (Uzbeks) or suddenly turning against us (Kryzsgistan sp)
Keep Colombia from drifting away
Keep India from drifting away
Keep Pakistan from going both aggressively islamic and regionally aggressive
All at the same time and all the while fighting the same hostile press that drove her from office in Alaska.
Please be specific.
“Palin is more qualified than the poser but not “far more” qualified. Any Burger King manager is more qualified than he is. That doesn’t mean qualified to be President of the United States.”
Someone with the real world executive experience of Sarah is in fact qualified to be President. Any lack of experience will be balanced by her integrity, ethics and values. She is certainly, without a doubt, far more qualified than the community organizer and weak academic we’re stuck with at the moment.
“Equating palin’s self-imposed half a term as governor of a small state to Reagan’s two full terms as governor of one of the largest states is just silly.”
In your opinion. First of all, I’d say that Reagan didn’t do a stellar job as governor of California. Sarah not only did a fine job in Alaska by all accounts, but cleaned up a cesspool of corruption at the same time.
That’s the same thing she needs to do on a larger scale in Washington.
“What exactly is there in Palin’s actual life history that makes you believe that she can...”
LOL! I’m not going to waste my time with that, since Sarah will be the one to deal with those issues.
You, however, are laboring under a large misconception. Despite the illusory image projected by 0, the President is not expected to be an expert in any particular area, solve international and military problems, or most of the other things in your laundry list. They are expected to be good executives who can assemble a team of experts to tackle those problems.
Once again harking back to Reagan, he was famous for delegating responsibility and listening to his experts. Knowing who to believe and making the hard decisions are the qualities needed in a top executive.
I expect that Sarah’s intelligence, common sense, and moral compass will enable her to do just fine.
I’m also curious which mainstream Republican candidate you feel would do better with your list than Sarah? They would all face the same set of challenges including a recalcitrantly hostile press.
BTW, after briefly looking over your list I would say that simply returning to a strong American military stance on the international scene, which I’m quite sure will be a centerpiece of the Palin agenda, would solve most of the military and diplomatic issues you listed.
0’s extreme pacificism isn’t exactly working out. ;-)
I'll have a go at it, if you'll first answer what other potential candidate (if any) can show themselves qualified and prepared to deal with all (or any) of those things.
Frankly, until you answer that, it's not a question to take seriously.
I will await your (or any) candidates resume in dealing with all of those things.