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I’ll try to address some of the points you are concerned about.
1-Lack of REAL executive experience
— Executive experience is about making decisions. Mayors make decisions and get immediate feedback. They see their constituents on the street and she must have been effective as she was re-elected overwhelmingly. That experience also aided her to be successful as a governor with a high approval rating pre-McCain.
2-Extremist views on many things, life, etc.
— Simply untrue. She is conservative and believes in smaller government. She is pro-life as are a majority of Americans. She believes in God but does not belong to a church or attend church regularly. Charges of extremism are meant to separate a person from voters and are always made against conservatives. Gov. Palin passed her programs with much democrat support. She did not govern as an extremist and her office always was open to both sides of the aisle.
3-Ability to stand under the pressure
— Can you imagine the pressure she was under at the 2008 Republican convention? or at the debate with Biden? She is fearless under criticism.
4-Dysfunctional children
— The children seem normal enough to me. Most people won’t find them unusual.
5-A Tea Partier
— Most people identify with the tea party movement. Only a liberal would consider the tea party as a negative and they won’t vote for any Republican.
6-Inexperience in national economics
— She understands business much better than any of the democrats. She has run a business and made a payroll. Her response to Bernanke on monetary policy was applauded by conservative economists.
7-Inexperience in foreign affairs
— She understands that we should support our allies and oppose our enemies. Obama doesn’t. She knows that America should be a beacon of freedom to the world and Obama thinks we are just another nation among many.
8-Inexperience in defense issues
— Was Commander in Chief of Alaska Natl Guard and was given daily briefings due to Alaska’s strategic Air Defense manned by NG troops. She also knows that a nation’s borders must be defended. Obama sees the intruders as new voters.
9-Poor judgement in becoming a ‘reality show’ principal
— That was a great decision. She is rebuilding her bond with the American people that the media did their best to destroy. She can’t do that in a campaign as it would distract from policy, so she’s doing it now.
10-Another neophyte in national politics that wants to be the leader of the Free World. How’d the last one work?
— So we should only elect the same people? Reagan did OK.
11-Total animosity and disdain from the press
— She thrives on animosity and disdain. Turns it right back at them.
12-She is just not smart enough
— BS. She is too smart for her opponents. They can’t stop her. She has orchestrated herself to be in a position to decide on a run for the presidency and be the front runner, in spite of a losing VP race and resigning from office, and has gotten paid to be in that position. Her current Alaska TV series pays her big money for exposure that others would have to pay for. She and Todd are the architects of their own destiny and there’s no Karl Rove calling her shots.
13-Very little international experience
— No governor has international experience and no senator or House member has executive experience. Much easier to learn about international politics than it is to learn to be an effective executive. In Obama’s case, he hasn’t learned either.
So much for dealing with the negatives. How about the negatives for the other candidates?
1. Gov. Palin has a national cadre of dedicated supporters even before her campaign has started. Where are your supporters?
2. Gov. Palin endorsed over 80 candidates in the 2010 election, many in the primaries. Over 70% won. She targeted 20 House seats and 18 of her candidates won. How many new conservatives did you help get elected?
3. Gov. Palin went to Arizona to support Gov. Brewer after Obama brought the Justice Dept against their immigration law. Where were you?
4. On the matters of Obamacare, the Ground Zero Mosque, and monetary easing, why did you wait until after Gov. Palin took a position to voice an opinion? Is she just faster at coming to a decision, or did you have to consult polls or political advisors first?
5. Gov. Palin appeared at many tea party events this year. She has also given them legitimacy with her vocal support. Have you supported the tea party?
6. As Republican women have been attacked and called whores, witches, and worse, did you come to their defense, as Gov. Palin did, or did you stand by hoping as many establishment Republicans did, that they would fail?
7. Gov. Palin has been at the forefront of a movement to restore America. This movement involves the tea parties, the 9-12 groups, and religious organizations. What part have you taken in the effort to restore America?
If we ask the negative questions about Gov. Palin shouldn’t we also ask the others?
I think she has a great opportunity to get more detailed on the size of the government she has administered, number of people, number of dollars, number and size of projects, her actual involvement in those endeavors and get the word out about this.
The perception is that she is a light weight in terms of her experience with administrative responsibility. This is what the media will drum beat. This is what the MSM watchers will believe. And this is probably her strongest area of all that she will be criticized for.
I think to be successful one of the keys will be to forecast the future criticism and begin now to create the refutation of it in both word and deed.
Wow, I’m sorry I attempted to respond with my pathetic little answers......your response was brilliant!! I will be saving it and memorizing it for when I combat the palin haters..........which is EVERYDAY! Beware: you will be plagiarized, over and over....LOL...