I spoke with my brother who lives in Oregon yesterday. He asked me what I thought about Sarah Palin. The same question has been asked several times over the past few weeks by people all over this country. A number of them are surprised by my answer; I think she is the most qualified out of all the candidates.
Now, after you've wiped up the coffee you've sputtered all over the table, let me explain my reasoning. Mrs. Palin is the only one out of al the four who has had actual executive experience in a governmental post. Like Reagan she is a governor running for a national electoral seat. She has had more relevant experience in dealing with international energy issues because of the pipeline and the ongoing dispute the US has had with Russia over Alaskan territory. She has had to deal with the Inuit Tribes, a far more rounding experience than being a community organizer.
By the way, Pontius Pilot was not a "governor" in the true sense; he oversaw the taxation of Judea for Rome. Nor was Jesus a "community organizer", he was a wandering teacher who happened to also be God's son. If you compare Jesus' teachings with what Obama did, Obama would have been one of those Jesus drove out of the temple at the end of a whip.
Back to Palin, she saved Alaska hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in costs associated with the Governor's office by working out of her home. She has refused costly perks other people, including Obama, would have taken for granted as their due. She has a sense of humor, something Biden has no relation with, and she answers her own phone, something Hillary Clinton would never consider. And isn't it interesting. This is no longer a race between Obama and McCain, it is between Obama and Sarah Palin, and the two old white guys have been pushed to the side. Now wouldn't this make for an interesting movie plot?
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Several reasons why Palin is really a bad idea
http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/wasilla-charged-rape-victims-for-their.html
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/sarah_palin_rape_kit_wasilla.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3486340
And then there is her bald faced lie that she said "no thanks" to the bridge from nowhere.
These are just the more common ones that require near zero effort in terms of research.
You know, those arguments may be valid if every one of them had not long ago been proven to either be a very bad unprovable rumor or one of the DailyKos lies. As to the bridge to nowhere deal, Senator Stevens anger against her is more than proof enough that when she learned of the corruption, she delt with it. The problem with zero effort is that you achieve zero results.
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