Responding to the 'No Forign Policy Experience' rap on Palin

08.30.2008 | TexasNative2000

[Atlas Sneezed]

Palin governs Alaska which is surround by water and Canada.

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To be even more clear, she governs the state with by far the longest international border, by far the longest coastline adjoining international waters, and with the unique characteristic of essentially bordering on two foreign nations.

[CurlyDave]

Closest state to Russia which is constantly probing our defenses...

Doesn't Alaska share a border with Russia? It is an ocean border, but well within both Russia's and Alaska's territorial waters.

[D Rider]

Three of our past five presidents have been governors (Bush, Clinton, Carter).

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Carter,GA

Reagan, CA

Clinton, AK

Bush 2, TX

[kaspergutman]

So the myth the dems are trying to portray about "foreign policy experience" is just that...a myth.

Good point about the "myth." If the democrats really believed in the primacy of foreign policy experience they would not have nominated Obama.

This is all about democrats throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks.

[Scotswife]

“Is it because she is a woman with no foreign policy experience? “

bingo.
The dems don’t know what to do with this woman.

Go to the PUMA’s site and see what they’re saying.
They are disgusted with Obama for that stupid knee-jerk reaction yesterday that completely did not acknowledge Palin as governor.

It looks like there are quite a number of “reproductive right” supporters who are willing to forego that issue this election because they are so disgusted with the perceived sexism of the dnc.

And Obama is walking right into it. It’s a beautiful thing.

[jws3sticks]

As my six year old granddaughter would say, "Now that's what I'm talking about!" Here's Sarah on a "fact finding" trip to Iraq. I totally loved her Dayton presentation yesterday. I think Nobama is toast.

From what I recall, she's the mother of five well fed children. No need for pant suits for her.

That John McCain does have a good eye for women.

And talk about eyes. WOW!

[444Flyer]

Palin’s experience in battling bears might come in handy. Look at who's state this happened in, I’d chalk this up to some experience in “Foreign Affairs”:

3/28/08
“RUSSIA STEPS UP BOMBER RUNS NEAR ALASKA”
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/358368.html

(Obama would wee wee in his pants if this had happened in his home state.)

[Scotswife]

“Easy. Neither does Barack Obama, and yet he was nominated for President where as Palin is nominated for the #2 spot in the ticket.”

here is why Obama didn’t sleep well last night.

She is a star.

She is beautiful - she is smart, AND she can point to real accomplishments.
Within hours $3 million dollars poured into McCain’s coffers.
She has more testosterone than Obama.

But it isn’t just about November.
She is young and McCain is old.

Obama no longer is the only act in town and the prima donna is jealous.

[Scotswife]

” “McCain is 72 years old and this woman is the next in line?” “

And that is the beauty of it!
They just keep stepping in it!

If it comes down to Palin vs. Obama - Palin wins!

They are swooning because they think they have the next JFK.

We are swooning because we see a potential Maggie here.

[Rsgood Dsbad]

Let’s get back to the sexism. Is it just me (I’m male and not a feminist) or is there unmistakable sexism in the criticism of Palin. How can you say Obama has foreign policy experience and she doesn’t? There’s an undercurrent of assumption that she won’t be able to handle foreign affairs because she’s female. I have no doubt she’d stand up to Putin or that Iranian jackass better than Obama would. She has a record of standing up to power; he doesn’t. He has always gone along with the corrupt Chicago machine.

[Scotswife]

good post.
Her proximity to Russia makes her much more knowledgeable about Putin’s shenanigans.

Can you imagine how much more aware she is of this threat than Obambi?

[Bob]

Actually Clinton did have foreign policy experience - it was his policy to hit on as many English chicks as possible while at Cambridge.

Sorry, I have to disagree -- What Clinton had was foreign affairs experience. That is not the same thing as foreign policy experience. :=)

[TexasNative2000]

Yep, I missed that. I was thinking of candidates who ran while still in office as governors.

[TexasNative2000]

Let’s get back to the sexism. Is it just me (I’m male and not a feminist) or is there unmistakable sexism in the criticism of Palin. How can you say Obama has foreign policy experience and she doesn’t? There’s an undercurrent of assumption that she won’t be able to handle foreign affairs because she’s female. I have no doubt she’d stand up to Putin or that Iranian jackass better than Obama would. She has a record of standing up to power; he doesn’t. He has always gone along with the corrupt Chicago machine.

Spot on and well worth repeating. Hope the McCain people hammer the Dems and the MSM (I repeat myself) on this.

[Verbosus]

I did a quick scan, and although I did not break down the time in office to months (as it should be), it appears the breakdown is as follows.

Note that since I am in a hurry and must log off now, I would appreciate it if someone would double check the below:

In the last century, the majority of the time spent in the President's seat were from those with Gubernatorial candidates.
Meanwhile, only TWO sitting Senators were EVER elected to the White house:
John F. Kennedy and Warren Harding.

The governors that have been elected to the Presidency in the last century alone :

Woodrow Wilson:        Governor of New Jersey 
                       2 years Gubenatorial experience
                       8 years President
Calvin Coolidge:       Governor of Massachusetts
                       2 years gubenatorial experience
                       6 years President
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Governor of New York
                       3 years Gubenatorial experience
                       11 years President
Ronald Reagan:         Governor of California
                       8 years Gubenatorial experience
                       8 years President
Jimmy Carter:          Governor of Georgia 
                       4 years Governor
                       4 years President
Bill Clinton:          Governor of Arkansas (2 separate terms)
                       10 years Gubenatorial experience
                       8 years President
George W. Bush:        Governor of Texas 
                       4 years Gubenatorial experience
                       8 years President

[AirForceBrat23]

I am relatively sure that there is some amount of interaction between Alaska and Russia regarding fisheries, specifically the Bering Sea. (And probably Japan for that matter, too.)

[bioprof]

The Franklin Roosevelt data is especially interesting...

[TexasNative2000]

Great stats. Thanks.

[Ronaldus Magnus Reagan]

Obama/Biden...One heartbeat away from NO "change."

McCain/Palin..All change..all the time..

[kaspergutman]

Is it just me (I’m male and not a feminist) or is there unmistakable sexism in the criticism of Palin...There’s an undercurrent of assumption that she won’t be able to handle foreign affairs because she’s female...

Seems to be some angry (left/dem) feminist sentiment that Obama ran a brutally sexist and racist campaign against Hillary (illustrated in the comment threads over at Talk Left). What worked in the exotic rarefied air of the democrat primaries, though, may be distinctly counterproductive if employed against Palin in the GE.

If I didn't know for a fact that John McCain was a dull conventional fossil completely incapable of asymmetrically imaginative strategic maneuvers, I'd swear that one reason he put Palin out there was to bait Obama into doing something tactically stupid.