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slvemike4u -> RE: MoveOns Take on Palin (8/30/2008 4:41:22 PM)
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Apples and orages Thadius,on the one hand in addition to his time in the Senate you have the nomination process.18 months of vetting,on the other hand you have McCain choosing the hockey Mom....now yu tell me honestly which process do you find more exacting?
You are suggesting that the act of running for president is what makes him qualified for the job?
Yet you keep going back to calling this woman "the hockey mom", and ignoring the fact that she has held elected office for 13 years.
I could care less what vetting process was used by McCain, nobody except those that were involved know what was or wasn't done. Therefore, the proof is in the pudding, is this woman qualified to be Vice President? Especially when compared to the experience and qualifications of the person running for the TOP seat on the other ticket?
How is that apples and oranges? That is simply saying. If she is unqualified for the second seat on a ticket, what makes Obama qualified for the first seat on the other?
I hope that makes it clearer.
No it doesn't ,and yes I am saying the act of running itself is experience and an opportunity to publicly vet prospective office holders.I will refrain from calling her the hockey mom(isn't that how she referred to herrslf?)If you will refrain from suggesting that her 5 min total on the grand stage of national politics somehow equates with his 18 month grueling hard faught nomination process....please a little reality here 13 years public service huh...the pop of that town she was mayor in was less than 9,000 people...the way I'm going I will have more IM addy's than that by the time the election is here...
I will just repeat what I added in my edit above. During his 18 months of "vetting" his own party has continuously asked the exact same question, What qualifications and experience does he have to be president? Even up through the convention those same folks were asking that question, and still no answer. Brushing the question aside, and suggesting that the mere running for the office is enough to qualify as experience to be President doesn't make it so or go away.
Ah okay, so now we at least get the admission that she was in charge of a town (regardless of pop), that is still more than Obama has ever run. Now let's move to the next big step, she is a Gov, yet another position that not only is running a government, but also makes her commander in chief of the Alaskan national guard. Too, as Gov of Alaska, she has had to negotiate with Canada, Japan, and Russia, over fishing and maritime water rights. She has had to handle controls over the oil and natural gas production in her state, and has negotiated with Canada over a proposed new natural gas pipeline. That is just the stuff off the top of my head. Not much experience in running things at all, and not very much in terms of dealing with other governments, eh?
So how do her qualifications for vice president stack up against the qualifications of the man running for president on the other ticket? I would say she stacks up pretty damn well, and is probably more qualified.
But hell what do I know,
Thadius
Thadius,I once managed a car wash population 17(if I remember right)does that qualify as "executive experience.It is amusing watchig all those that have spent the last couple of months decrying Obama's lackof experience tie themselves in knots to find a bright side to this inexplicable VP pick of McCains....you all better get used to saying ....President Obama...because IMO McCain just sealed the deal...
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