Obama claims to have more experience than Palin

CNNPolitics.com ^ | September 1, 2008 | CNN Political Producer Ed Hornick

[urroner]

Why is Obama comparing himself, a presidential candidate to the vice-presidential candidate? Shouldn't he be comparing himself to McCain?

[wideawake]

“My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We've got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded.

Translation: "Sarah Palin is a far more efficient administrator than I am and the record shows it."

[PRePublic]

It has been a long time since I LAUGHED so loud!

[nuconvert]

LOL! His executive experience comes from running his presidential campaign...LOL. And actually, his campaign manager handles most of that!
LOL

[Paladin2]

Obe knows only how to run his mouth and is fearful of doers.

[ClearCase_guy]

She's a governor of a huge state, with a $9B budget.

If he wants to pretend that she is still a mayor of a small town, maybe we should ask why some community organizer from Chicago is running for president.

[Tallguy]

What did Obama do during the Katrina disaster & recovery effort??? I know people who gave up their day-jobs to travel to the Gulf Coast to help with the recovery for weeks on end.

What did Obama do? Take a guided tour with some camera crews? Please!

[madison10]

Headline: Obama Smoking Peyote...

‘Cause that’s the only way he can claim to have more experience than Mrs. Palin...and forget that he’s not running against her, but John McCain.

Mr. McCain thinks like a Commander in Chief. Obama thinks like, dang I don’t know, DOES he think?

[icwhatudo]

LOL Love the CNN title!!!! Game set match!!! So much for the “experience is off the table”

[svcw]

Well at least he did not say he could raise his hand to calm the seas.

[socialismisinsidious]

So his campaign is his experience? This is true, but hardly something to brag about. Obama is not the sharpest tool that's for sure.

[RexBeach]

I have more experience than Mr. Obama!

[chaos_5]

He seems to be getting the Governor and the Mayor positions confused. BTW, Obama, how many National Guard troops were you reasonable for?

I'm glad the debate has shifted to our #2 vs. their #1. LOL

[scooby321]

these will make great ads. Obama doesn't know what job Palin has nor what job he is running for President ?

[albie]

Keep it up Nobama! Focusing on the “lack of experience” is exactly what his advisors should NOT be advising! This will come back on “The Messiah” 10 fold! Not to mention that he’s, as you pointed out, comparing himself to the wrong person.

[isthisnickcool]

“My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We've got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded.

So, the only job he has had of any import has been running for office? And this is something he has done while NOT EVEN SHOWING UP for his current job? Obama is just another leech sucking at the taxpayer tit.

[icwhatudo]

Alaska: Total employees state & local government (2005) 51,720

[RipSawyer]

Shouldn’t he be comparing himself to McCain?
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I am no political genius but I would imagine that the quickest way for Obama to lose is to do what he is doing and run against Palin. He should have congratulated McCain on his pick, ignored Palin and gone after McCain. The problem is Obama has no real record of his own to run on so he can only go negative.

[misharu]

. . .we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded.

A budget that he gets from other people and SPENDS in ludicrous amounts! Just imagine what he would do with the billions of dollars of OUR money!

[WayneS]

“Obama claims to have more experience than Palin”

I cannot remember another election where I have seen one presidential candidate actively comparing his experience level with the opposing VICE-presidential candidate.

This is getting interesting...