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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112

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God, I love the smell of conservative back-pedaling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nobody's backpedaling.  After all, it's the Democrats who keep wanting to run Palin down because she's a woman.

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touting her supposed credentials after months of claiming Obama doesn't have enough experience.

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ORIGINAL: Thadius

So you missed the droves of comments about the only reason she is on the ticket is because she is a woman? 

You seem to keep missing the difference between Palin and Obama... One is running for the top seat, the other is running for the back seat.  I know it can be confusing.

Hope that helps.

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How many times, even in recent history, has the back-seat candidate had to assume the lead role?

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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112

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touting her supposed credentials after months of claiming Obama doesn't have enough experience.

I going to go out on a limb and guess you missed the laundry lists of the myriad ways Palin has more experience than Obama, and more relevant experience than Obama.

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: Thadius

So you missed the droves of comments about the only reason she is on the ticket is because she is a woman? 

You seem to keep missing the difference between Palin and Obama... One is running for the top seat, the other is running for the back seat.  I know it can be confusing.

Hope that helps.

No, I don't think you can look at it that way.  How many times, even in recent history, has the back-seat candidate had to assume the lead role?

The only thing I'm confused about is why inexperience seems no longer to be the issue now that your own candidate has picked someone vastly less experienced?  I've always said my biggest reservation about Obama was his inexperience, yet you want to claim the same on one hand about him, while on the other claiming it doesn't matter about her.

As far as your first point, the criticism is that McCain picked her simply because she is a woman, not that as a woman she cannot do the job.  

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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touting her supposed credentials after months of claiming Obama doesn't have enough experience.

I going to go out on a limb and guess you missed the laundry lists of the myriad ways Palin has more experience than Obama, and more relevant experience than Obama.

No, you can come back down from that limb (wouldn't want you to fall). 

The "myriad ways" were a tortured stretch to try to save face when you know her candidacy is a joke.  Trying to claim she has more "relevant" experience is beneath you. 

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How many times, even in recent history, has the back-seat candidate had to assume the lead role?

In the past 40 years?  Once. 
In the past 50 years?  Twice.
In the past 70 years?  Three times.

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ORIGINAL: Thadius

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: Thadius

So you missed the droves of comments about the only reason she is on the ticket is because she is a woman? 

You seem to keep missing the difference between Palin and Obama... One is running for the top seat, the other is running for the back seat.  I know it can be confusing.

Hope that helps.

No, I don't think you can look at it that way.  How many times, even in recent history, has the back-seat candidate had to assume the lead role?

The only thing I'm confused about is why inexperience seems no longer to be the issue now that your own candidate has picked someone vastly less experienced?  I've always said my biggest reservation about Obama was his inexperience, yet you want to claim the same on one hand about him, while on the other claiming it doesn't matter about her.

As far as your first point, the criticism is that McCain picked her simply because she is a woman, not that as a woman she cannot do the job.  

Who said experience is not an issue?  Oh and you made a mistake, she has actually held elected office for 13 years, which from my calculations is far from vastly less experienced.  Not to mention that the experience she does have, can be applied to the job she is applying for. 

Let's entertain your theory about the likelyhood of her having to take over, are we thinking it is going to happen day 1 or day 60 or day 600? It is mere speculation, and doesn't allow for the fact that she is going to be gaining even more experience as the VP.  The point is the man at the top of the ticket is ready to take the job, as even the vp nominee and major rival on the other ticket have already stated.  Even they have questioned whether the top of their own ticket is full of hot air.  I think the comparison is quite relevant, and doesn't change the fact that the Dem ticket is built upside down.

Speaking of history, can you name a ticket that has won the presidency without a gov on it?

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The "experience" of being mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, which I believe has a population of a little over 6,000, can be applied to the Vice-Presidency of the United States?  OOOOOOOOOkay!

Let me ask you a question?  What is the main purpose of having a Vice-President.  Someone to go to state funerals and other events the President doesn't have time for?  Someone to garner votes the presidential candidate can't get on his own. 

I think the original idea was to have someone who could step in for the President if need arose, not an apprenticeship where they are trained for the job.

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And the young lady is going to "marry the father of the child"

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You know, you're right.  I'm happy to give her due credit, when you explain how Obama's record disqualifies him for lack of experience when their records are not even comparable.  If being a small-town mayor and serving less than two years as a small-state governor count, then how can you discredit Obama's service in local and state politics of one of the largest cities in the country and a fairly populous state?  Not to mention he is a sitting Senator who at least has familiarity with national issues and politics. 

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You know, you're right.  I'm happy to give her due credit, when you explain how Obama's record disqualifies him for lack of experience when their records are not even comparable.  If being a small-town mayor and serving less than two years as a small-state governor count, then how can you discredit Obama's service in local and state politics of one of the largest cities in the country and a fairly populous state?  Not to mention he is a sitting Senator who at least has familiarity with national issues and politics. 

Uhm I lived in that city and state, and know how he got elected.  Hell I have met the man and his backers, if I still lived there I would be willing to take you out for a beer and introduce ya to them.  I think I have a pretty good idea of who he is and how he got where he is in Illinois politics.  How many years has he been in the US Senate?  Remember how the DNC released JFK back into the swimming hole to grow a bit in '56 when he was mentioned as a VP nomination... yeah I know not related.

Though let's touch on national issues and foreign policy for just a moment.  I think we can all agree that Alaska is a pretty important state, when it comes to energy production.  Yes? She has dealt with energy issues first hand, and the taxes involved with dealing with those oil companies, not to mention the regulations involved. Next, I think we can all agree that Canada, Japan, and Russia are foreign countries.  As Gov of Alaska, she has had to negotiate with all 3 of them, fishing rights, use of waterways, etc... She has also dealt with Canada in terms of the pipelines and a new proposal for a $40 Billion natural gas pipeline.   Exactly, she has no practical experience for the job.  Oh and Alaska does have a National Guard, guess who is the Commander in Chief of it?