Posted on 09/01/2008 3:58:13 AM PDT by A_Niceguy_in_CA
Sarah Palin spent four years as a City Council Member for Wasilla, Alaska, six years as Mayor of Wasilla, and two years as Governor of Alaska.
FDR spent just over two years in the New York State Senate, eight years as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and four years as Governor of New York.
Theodore Roosevelt spent some time in the New York State Assembly(?), two years as Governor of New York, two years as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and less than one year as Vice President of the United States.
Woodrow Wilson spent eight years as President of Princeton University and two years as Governor of New Jersey.
Grover Cleveland spent two years as Sheriff of Erie County, two years as Mayor of Buffalo, and two years as Governor of New York.
Overall, I’d say that Palin’s background is comparable with that of several presidents considered highly successful, even considering that her state has a smaller population than the other two states on the list.
While Obama has been running for office for as long as Palin has been running a state, I find it hard to consider the two tasks as comparable preparation.
One final note: I will be posting this multiple times because I think it is important to get the word out that that her experience is in keeping with previous presidents. I apologize to those who are annoyed by seeing it too often.
The author is obviously for Obama (endowing him with great grace and wisdom!), but he makes the same point that I made in an earlier comment.
Choosing Palin may prove to have been a master stroke of election strategy, because it will keep alive the issue of qualifications and experience, and on that issue Obama loses, hands down.
When people start looking at experience, Palin can demonstrate that a good former small-town mayor with only two years experience as the governor of a sparsely populated, noncontiguous, grizzly-infested, wilderness state is much better qualified than Obama.
Not that Biden was ever memorable, but I don’t think that anyone will have a good reason even to remember his name with Palin in the contest.
JUNIOR SENATOR employment record = 143 days = less than 5 months.
The DNC/DBM was caught flat-footed on the Palin pick and they’re still fumbling for an attack strategy on her. Guess the dog ate their homework again...
The DNC/DBM was caught flat-footed on the Palin pick and they’re still fumbling for an attack strategy on her. Guess the dog ate their homework again...
I don’t think Senator Hairplug Blowhard, D-DE is going to know how to handle debating a smart, tough, conservative woman who won’t take any of his bluster and BS.
Sarah is eminently likeable, Biden is certainly not.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30076181@N02/2814199887/sizes/l/
The above should put to rest any rumors that Sarah Palin was not pregnant. This photo was taken with a Fuji camera that was not available until late 2005. So it’s not from an early pregnancy...
But let the lefties keep saying Sarah wasn’t pregnant...
The ‘rat moonbats are desperate and desperate people say and do desperate things.
My youngest brother has Down’s Syndrome. My mother was 42 when he was born. I have no doubt that Sarah Palin is the mother of her child and the people who state otherwise are sick, twisted, demented, subhuman scum. That’s a perfect definition of most ‘rats.
Teddy also started the NYC Police Department and was its first commissioner. He created the department to route out corruption of the largely private police force that was then in place.
Well, it finally convinced me to vote for him in November, for what it’s worth.
I don't think Obama even really likes him. If you watch their segment on 60 Minutes, Joe's constantly barging in and stepping on what Barack is saying. O seemed particularly annoyed when Joe took over their conversation in the backstage portion of the convention.
That has been my thought that this woman is tailor made to take the office of VP and learn for her next job as President.
Please watch her interview snippets from back in March to get a feel for how sharp this gal really is.
Biden and Mincemeat?
The author of the article hopes that Biden will destroy Palin in the debates. he is thinking that Biden is experienced, lauded by the intelligentsia. Surely he will tear apart poor Palin.
Heh, heh! If Palin plays the debate game right, I think that she can win rather handily. For one thing, she has not accumulated bad points like Biden’s. Unlike Biden, she never loudly advocated breaking Iraq into three or more countries with extremely wiggly borders (and against the desires of the Iraqis). How was Biden proposing to enforce that breakup? How was he going to get agreement on the borders, and how was he going to prevent warfare by disappointed factions after the borders had been drawn?
Palin could also stick to domestic issues, where she can tear into Biden like a baracuda (her former nickname!) for his liberal positions on the economy.
These NY Times favorites like Biden have been living protected lives, sheltered by the media, fawned over by partisan book-reviewers, granted honorary degrees for nothing, &c. Intellectually, Biden is flabby. He is a lightweight.
Furthermore, we can anticipate Biden’s debate plan: attack Bush. The response is, without mentioning names, justify the major Bush policies, most of which are still favored rather strongly by the populace: tax cuts, energy sanity, national defense, the family. Palin should stick to the issues, not the personalities, with one exception: her own personality should radiate. Governor, be yourself, pace your speech (not to fast, not too slow), stick to basics, look at the camera, think for a few seconds is you need to (showing thoughtfulness). Be very, very confident, because you really deserve to come out ahead on this one.
Freedom, country, family! Stick to the basics.
Then while Obama was waving at the crowd Joe started pointing to the crowd and dancing around.
Just then as the camera panned Michelle Obama’s face and she looked like she could have killed that old White Honkey for screwing up her husbands acceptance speech.
I look to Mr Obama for a more intelligent response before long.
Well....don't hold your breath on that. The Dems are famous for beating dead horses:
In defense of Clinton: This doesn't rise to the level of impeachemt
On the Republican control of Congress: Culture of Corruption
The Bush Administration's handling of Iraq, Katrina, or anything else: Incompetence
The list is practically endless.
i watched a campaign stop the other day with Obama and Biden. I got the same impression. Biden was bloviating, and Obama could hardly force a smile. He looked bored and almost disgusted at Biden’s loud mouthed rhetoric.
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