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Nobody Wants to Say That Sarah Palin Is Qualified to Be President
NY Mag ^ | 10/9/10 | staff

Posted on 10/09/2010 9:18:45 AM PDT by pissant

Sarah Palin sure has some fair-weather friends. In Alaska, when Joe Miller was still a nobody, Palin's endorsement put him on the map and pushed him to a primary victory over incumbent senator Lisa Murkowski. Now it's the general election, and Miller has to appeal to a broader audience than the GOP diehards who vote in primaries. So when he was asked point-blank this week whether Palin is qualified to be president, he merely acknowledged that she's constitutionally eligible.

In Delaware, Palin endorsed Christine O'Donnell five days before her primary bid against well-respected Mike Castle, who was widely seen as the favorite to win. But now O'Donnell needs to steal moderates away from Democrat Chris Coons to have any chance at another upset in November. So when O'Donnell was asked on CNN last night whether Palin is qualified to be president, she replied, "Is she running for president? Again, hypothetical."

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It was a little strange that Miller and O'Donnell took a pass.
1 posted on 10/09/2010 9:18:51 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Give it a rest.


2 posted on 10/09/2010 9:20:46 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: pissant

I don’t know why not.

She’s got more qualifications on her resume than Stroker does.


3 posted on 10/09/2010 9:20:55 AM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November from my house.)
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To: pissant
There are only two qualifications citizenship and age...
4 posted on 10/09/2010 9:22:34 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: pissant

5 posted on 10/09/2010 9:23:00 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: pissant

I’ve never been able to really grok the “qualified” meme.


6 posted on 10/09/2010 9:24:31 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Cicero

and we find it strange that you would be the one to point it out./sarc


7 posted on 10/09/2010 9:25:02 AM PDT by mazda77 (Rubio - US Senate, West FL22nd, Scott/Carroll - FL Gov/LtGov, Miller-AK US Senate)
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To: Hojczyk

Yup


8 posted on 10/09/2010 9:25:52 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant
he merely acknowledged that she's constitutionally eligible.

Unlike our current president.



Give it a rest Pissant. You are obsessed. I think you have a mental disorder.

9 posted on 10/09/2010 9:27:00 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: pissant

SARAH PALIN IS ABSOLUTELY QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE USA!

That being said if one of the qualifications be that she served as a community agitator, then she’s not qualified.

Perhaps her haters and detractors resent the fact that she is a plain-spoken conservative and says it like it is!

Perhaps her detractors resent the fact that she is a wholesome, attractive female. Perhaps they want someone like the notoriously homely and stupid Carter. Or perhaps they want someone colorful like the sick Billy Goat Clinton.


10 posted on 10/09/2010 9:27:13 AM PDT by IbJensen (Our government is a disease masquerading as its own cure.)
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To: pissant

I wish they’d leave it alone for awhile, two years away. AND she is way more qualified than the idiot in chief we have now.


11 posted on 10/09/2010 9:27:39 AM PDT by Qwackertoo (Let this nightmare of Nov. 4, 2008 be over ASAP.)
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To: pissant; Clemenza; rmlew

I categorically think she is not qualified. Maybe constitutionally, but the reality is she had only a short tenure as governor. Has little or no foreign policy experience or savvy. She appears to be a front-runner only in respect to the fact that she is a celebrity. Yet, having said all that she is infinitely more qualified than the current occupant of the white house who isn’t even fit for the job of community organizer.


12 posted on 10/09/2010 9:29:16 AM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: pissant

The question was asked to distract voters from the issues.


13 posted on 10/09/2010 9:30:11 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years)
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To: pissant

This is silly. Here, I’ll do it: Sarah is qualified for the office of President! There, that wasn’t so hard.

After watching a slick community organizer sail into the oval office with no platform (save for vaporous hope and change), I can’t believe that any person has the gall to even bring this up as a concern.

Read Sarah’s book, it’s full of reasons that she is qualified, she’s tough and fearless and she’s not intimidated by the usual meanies ( liberals, the media, biz big shots, the GOP, environmentalist lobby, TV women, the gay lobby, etc).

On top of that, she’s the ONLY conservative leader to figure out how to control the message! She doesn’t engage on their media turf and it drives them CRAZY. The liberal tantrums she generates should tell us this: she’s got their number.


14 posted on 10/09/2010 9:30:28 AM PDT by moodyskeptic (Cultural warrior with a keyboard)
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To: pissant

yeah she is very qualified(She’s got my vote ) but it is best to leave it alone for now. the MSM doesn’t care and 2 years in the political arena are an eternity away.


15 posted on 10/09/2010 9:31:18 AM PDT by Ancient Drive (DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
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To: pissant

In 2008,I cannot remember a SINGLE instance where ANY member of the democrat party was asked by the media if Barrack Obama was qualified to be president.

Presidential requirements ONLY apply to members of the GOP who are not part of the establishment as defined by the media—John McCain etc,.


17 posted on 10/09/2010 9:32:02 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: pissant

She’s over 35, a natural born citizen, who has lived in the U.S. for the past 14 years. Those are the only qualifications needed.


18 posted on 10/09/2010 9:32:23 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Hey mo-joe! Here's another one for your collection.)
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To: moodyskeptic

Personally, I think that Sarah is a political genuis who is going to bring a tsunami of change. Those who under-estimate this incredibly charismatic and plain-spoken, intelligent woman do it at their peril!!!!!!

Go, Sarah, go.


19 posted on 10/09/2010 9:35:27 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: pissant

It is a conservative woman thing, her 18 years of political involvement and leadership, dwarfs Mitt Romney’s 18 years, yet he is treated as a wizened political master of the universe because he finally won an election, served a single term before being refused reelection, and left office a failure, with a 34% approval.

The difference is that Mitt Romney is not one the greatest conservative forces that this nation has ever seen, so he receives approval from all of the power structure.

Romney is not a deal changer, a movement leader, a world shaker.


20 posted on 10/09/2010 9:36:47 AM PDT by ansel12
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