Excellent work Jeff! This chart definitely needs mass circulation!

Jeff, this one is technically perfect.

Just knowing that her political affiliation matters less to her than cleaning up corruption and eliminating earmarks has me thrilled. I worry that an Obama presidency could rival the most corrupt governments in history. His shady associations and his unconcerned reaction to their past scandals really frightens me.

I’ve been a fence-sitter on McCain. But this pick has changed my mind. If the two of them are really serious about cleaning up the corruption and ending earmarks, it just might finally happen.

I don’t think Sarah Palin is especially qualified, (at least not much more qualified than Barack Obama) but if she goes after the corruption Washington as she has done in Alaska I’ll trust the foreign policy to John McCain.

It is the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and its primary duty is to manage the production rates and safety of oil wells in Alaska. It really doesn’t have much to do with “conservation” as the Greenies would use the term.

The AOGCC is a quasi-independent agency that administratively resides in Alaska’s Department of Administration. Organizational entities have to have a designated Ethics Supervisor under the Executive Branch Ethics Act. Palin was the commissioner designated to be the Ethics Supervisor for the AOGCC.

This fact actually contributed to the problems that led to her leaving the Murkowski Administration. She viewed herself has having responsibility for and authority over ethics issues in the AOGCC, yet for most things ministerial, AOGCC was a part of the Department of Administration, which also had an Ethics Supervisor, its Deputy Commissioner. A lot of the Administration’s inaction regarding her issues with Ruederich were a “I thought you did it,” “No, I thought you did it” thing and consequently nobody did anything. Then Sarah took it into her own hands. And that’s the story and I’m sticking to it.

Barack Obama’s Republican opponent in his Senate race was not leading in the polls prior to the scandal (which was a ludicrously unfair scandal anyway, but never mind). Obama led in the polls throughout the race, which was to be expected given the disastrous state of the Republican party in Illinois at the time.

As a fellow AG, I’m thrilled to have a Pentecostal on the ticket, though I saw what the media did to John Ashcroft and will hate to see it happen to Palin.

Maybe her little girl will give them that glare and shut them up.

Proper grammar saves lives.

Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.

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Just being picky:

gave birth to 5th child knowing that he would have Down’s syndrome

Fixed that for you.

Great comparison of real life accomplishments. Obama and Biden have spent their careers holding office and warming chairs with a very meager resume of actual accomplishments to show for their efforts.

Do not be fooled into accepting the expereience meme the DEMedia is attempting to shove down our throats.

The real issue is ACCOMPLISHMENTS!

“I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.”

Earl Warren

Awesome side-by-side compression of Palin and Obama. Bookmarked and will be emailing this to my email list.

And to think he’s been a United States Senator (but not OF Washington) since she was right around 8 years old.

Then compare what those two have done.

Besides creating the verb “to Bork” someone, (a real lesson of post-partisanship) what Biden also tried to do with Bush’s SCOTUS nominees, what has he done in leadership besides supervising his staff?

I’m quite happy having someone who is relatively young with a reasonable amount of experience that’s good experience versus her opponent for Vice President that has done nothing but collect a salary and vote on bills where his voice has been nothing but Democratic (and mostly wrong) talking points.

The fact that she as a VEEP nominee is better than their Presidential nominee speaks volumes as to why they’ll try and trash her as not ready for prime time.

Just imagine if she was a two year governor of a blue state, they wouldn’t be ripping the actual state and town she’s from.

These guys really do hate large portions of America.

I’ve been pro-life my entire life, and am proud she’s taken such a strong stand against abortion. But who will take care of her children, especially her new baby? I suppose she can afford help. But that doesn’t strike me as the kind of family values I can endorse. It seems so selfish.

How dare you shortchange Senator Obama’s accomplishments like this?

First, I’m pretty sure that he has received the endorsement of more than one union.

Second, don’t you pay attention to the news? He does more than let reporters follow him to the gym… he plays basketball, just like Palin did!

Finally, how dare you suggest that the One may not, in fact, be the Messiah? You’re a racist!

Oh, and on the Palin side… maybe add “Miss Congeniality” to the nicknames.

“Smoking hot in a “naughty librarian” sort of way”

Indeed, sir! Indeed. Pull in that nerd vote.

And I’m thinking of shrinking it to a smaller size and getting it laminated. That way it makes a perfect pocket reference for those occasions when big mouthed libs decide to crank it up about Palin’s lack of experience.

Oh, the fun we will have…..

Is there a chart I can copy that shows the two VP’s in comparison? This one is a bit erroneous (comparing a VP candidate to the Pres candidate).

I’m a bit worried about this too:

“with the JM being the oldest sitting president, someone with 1.5 yrs experience is the best we have?”

This will hurt us in days to come.

I’m also concerned about the VP Debates. Biden has the skills to make her look foolish on nuanced, complex issues.

N/T

Just wanted you to know I blogged about this and left the link at http://leftandrightpolitics.com/so-you-want-to-compare-palin-to-obama/

I’ve got one. I’m not sure how to get it to you. Any ideas?

I’m printing this out and will provide it as a public service to any Obamatons I meet.

Everyone seems to be getting this wrong, everywhere. Sarah Palin was Mayor from 1996 – 2002.

Here’s a link to the current mayor, who has been mayor since 2002:

http://www.cityofwasilla.com/index.aspx?page=51

Obama cancels visit to Landstuhl Military Hospital

The way I see it, the most Senator Obama had to sacrifice in going to Landstuhl was the loss of additional media exposure, while many of the veterans who were waiting for him have sacrificed so much more.

Gov. Palin pays a visit to Landstuhl Military Hospital

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin cared enough about the troops to stop in–even without a press entourage to cover her.
This is the kind of leadership we need in Washington. Not politicians who say “I support the troops” while saying publicly “They can’t win.”

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She’s running for the #2 spot — while Obama is running for the #1 spot.

As such, there should be increased scrutiny from the MSM of his rather limited qualifications for the job — unless, of course, the MSM is in the tank for Obama.

Obama->Experienced, Palin->Inexperienced. Maybe in the Democratic Party a woman really does have to be twice as good as a man to get the job…

My wife and I are as excited as can be about McCain/Palin. My wife hardly ever gets involved in politics and she was intently watching the TV yesterday as Palin was announced. We are thinking of actually contributing to the McCain campaign too…we have never done that before! To say we’re jazzed is an understatement and the more people I talk with about this the more I find other people excited. McCain really did himself well with this pick as I was always planning on voting for him but was not real excited. Just awesome and this will energize the base!

Palin is Quality. Biden is Quantity.

McCain is a Hero. Obama is a ZERO.

This is an awesome comparison. I am really excited about Palin. I said this on another blog. If they don’t win, I’m moving to Alaska.

“Promoted and given 160% pay raise by UofC hospitals within months of husband’s election to U.S. Senate;

Employer received $1,000,000.00 federal earmark, requested by husband, after her promotion”

Where was the ethics investigation with this?? This screams impropriety all over it.

(and so is Gov Barracuda!)

Your chart of alleged comparisons between candidates Palin and Obama is pedestrian, misleading, and sophomoric as political commentary, but the item in it that makes me laugh is “foreign relations experience.”

Without attaching a single smiling or winking face avatar, you report her international credentials as that she is the “Governor of state that borders two foreign countries (Canada and Russia).” One of the space cadets on Fox & Friends the other morning spouted the same silliness, though he wasn’t smart enough to point out Canada.

When I heard the Fox fool say it, I thought it was one of the most stupid political observations I had ever heard. Now that you Red Staters repeat it, some of the sheen has worn off, but it’s still damned funny. Thanks for the laugh.

But you have also ruined my plans. I was all set to send an e-mail to our U.S. senate candidate in Minnesota, Al Franken. “Al, I wanted to write, “don’t let them say you don’t have foreign affairs experience! You live up in Minnesota, and that’s right next to Canada!” But alas, your Governor Palin’s state of residence doubles Franken’s claims. I guess the governor is destined to be our U.N. ambassador, if not our VP…if she ever travels far enough east in the U.S. to get to New York.

Again, thanks for the laugh.

do you people really think that any president can actually change the prices of goods services or other commidities? maybe with a little taxing or intaxing but that is it. so many people are playing bush for high gas prices and for the war and for the attack on us. are you serious? the arabs or muslims extremists have been after us for awhile, they tried in 1993 to blowup the trade center, anybody remember? before that they tried shooting people outside langley. this was not brought on by bush. it was from their own hate and craziness. they are mad because do not do what they want us to do.
and the gas prices are our own fault. for years we have had cheap gas because we bought so much of it and because we had something to offer them back in return. now times are changing and china and india among others are moving up the ladder and they need oil too. wonder why they are moving up the ladder? it is because of this country. how many times have you seen something that says made in china on it? yes our money has built there ecomnomy tot he point they are strong enough to have extras just as we have had for many years now. they have cars, bigger houses, electricity, tv’s etc. we are the biggest consumer in the world today and everyday we get weaker because we continue to buy foreign goods that are not needed. we are one the biggest reasons for japans success in the world today. so any of you out there driving a toyota, nissan, mits, lexus, infiniti, honda or acura. why don’t you think about that instead of blaming the government. our jobs are going over seas, and more importantly our money each time we buy one of these things. now the koreans have the market too, hyundai and kia. and please do not even start about the foreign cars that are built here. that is simply turning us into a nation of labor instead of the nation of creation, ingenuity, invention, etc. you want the economy to change, then you change it. no president from any party is going to fix it. no president is going to make the american workers get back into the factories and drawing boards and work. only a consumer demanding american built, american owned, american engineered products. now think of the beer you drink? is it imported? thats your money putting food on someone else’s table and your neighbors. keep buying mercedes and bmw’s, and lets make a stronger germany, so they can sell technology to our enemies.
voting for obama is the worst move any us could make. he is least desirable, and the least experienced. he will not have influence in the middle east at all, infact he will be “shuned” like a traitor or someone going against allah. mccain is not the saving grace or super candidate in any way, but a far better choice than obama.
and back to the gas thing, we have our own oil, but the green peace tree huggers will not let us even go look for it, muchless actually drill it and get it. the tree huggers have such good intentions in mind but they are the most misinformed bunch of bozos influencing society today. we need to conserve, but also manage our resources. we need to cut and cultivate forests, but also replant. and we should do this before too many trees die, and become fuel for forest fires.
OMG i could go on for hours about how we as a nation are killing ourselves to let the idiots keep up.

Dear KR

Say what?

Try learning how to use capitalization and paragraph breaks…you entry looks like some stream of consciousness rant or something.

As the say in the Valley OMG…Fer Sure!

I see people still thinking Obama merely spoke in Berlin and as if my magic there were 200,000 Germans standing all enthralled while the man from Chicago spoke. However, what the media is careful to not mention is that his “speech” was somehow between two concerts scheduled in the park. Also, while Obama wants people to teach their kids Spanish and thinks knowing another language is essential in the world society, he made his little spiel in English. Sure, many Germans speak English but most are not fluent and merely were in awe to see someone suddenly there speaking English. Not even a single sentence in German like ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ from a man who thinks he’s another JFK.

When will the irony ever end with this charleton?

Jeff,

Your comparison matrix also appears at http://www.justsaynodeal.com/ and AmericanThinker links to that version.

Also, I have three suggestions;

1) I believe there is a significant error relating to executive experience. To wit:

Your matrix lists Obama as having no executive experience. This is incorrect. His sole claim to executive experience is a 6-year chairmanship of the board overseeing the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC). Under Chairman Obama this board dispensed 100+ million dollars of other people’s money supposedly to improve secondary education in the Chicago area. No improvements in education due to CAC activities have been detected. However, significant racial tensions were successfully raised in connection with CAC activities. In short, Mr. Obama’s sole executive experience was failure. More information is available here, here, and here.

I propose that you update your matrix to break out executive experience into two rows, one for successful executive experience, one for failed executive experience. Palin has no failed executive experience, and Obama does (CAC chairmanship). Palin has successful executive experience (mayor, governor), Obama has none.

2) May I also suggest that you add under foreign relations experience for Palin negotiations with TransCanada Corp. concerning the gas pipeline planned from Alaska to the lower 48 via Canada. More information is available here.

3) Your matrix fails to compare education background. This could be listed in such a way as to point out that Palin has outperformed her academic resume (here), but Obama has curiously underperformed his academic resume (Harvard Law degree), which is incomplete since he has not revealed his college grades. Specifically, the 48-year old Obama has never clerked for any federal judge, has never written anything of any legal substance, and has never been trusted with any significant legal position or responsibility, which for a Harvard law student, is unusual, unless he was a lousy law student.

Regards,
James

Here are a few false claims with no supporting evidence to overlook and consider. That wasn’t a unbiased or factual

Where do the get these statemets from, they site no sources, “Barry Obama; ‘The One’” and “May be The Messiah” they site no sources only make false claims. These are untruths. No one in his camp has refered to him as such. Any of those kind of claims need to be back up with evidence. John Mc Cain and the RNC has released ads comparing his popularity to the anti-Christ.

“once gave a speech to 200,000 screaming Germans” I watched the speech they didn’t scream so much. Maybe afterwards when the concert they came to see started. Thats a rather biased and opinionated statement. He did give the speech and there was applause but I don’t recall screaming.

“An enter…wait–did you say without a teleprompter??” What is that supposed to mean? He spoke of the cuff at Bill Hybels Church and spoke on common ground with Evangelicals. He has spoken off the cuff. He’s usually more thoughtful when he doesn.

On Michelle Obama they claim:

“Promoted and given 160% pay raise by UofC hospitals within months of husband’s election to U.S. Senate”
No proof of illegal tie or transaction. She got a raise and a promotion. People who work hard get those.

“Employer received $1,000,000.00 federal earmark, requested by husband, after her promotion”
There is no evidence that the two were tied together. As federal funding comes through when its passed into law by the senate and congress and then signed by the president, so those things take time. Seem more coincidental.

“Republican opponent, who was leading in the polls, was forced to leave race after unsealing of divorce records exposed a sex scandal” Okay so a crocked republican gets put out the race and then Alan Keys tries to run against him and looses… the point? I don’t see any. Obama didn’t unseal the records. The records are part of the public domain.

“Often says, “I am my brother’s keeper”; Brother lives in a hut in Nairobi on $12 per year” Yes, and his drunk absentee father left him there. Man this guy is heavily biased and opinionated. I would like to see the proof of whether he has a brother in Kenya, he would be a half brother who he’s barely met or hardly knows, his sister he was raised with has talked on the news. I would like to see where they make this claim from. I’m sure his dad who left when he was young and was drunk and had other kids with other women probably has a few half brothers and sisters. And thats the plight of children raised by single parents with loose fathers who go around with anything they can find.

“almost visited wounded troops in Germany, but decided to go shopping in Berlin instead” Um no evidence provided. Wow, its obviously biased opinionated and non factual.

“Talks about bipartisanship” he based a bi-partisan ethics reform bill through congress among a few other bi-partisan reforms.

“Purchased home with help of convicted felon Tony Rezko” no actually his wife bought the lot next to them and no wrong doing has been proven.

“Launched political career in home of unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers (and still refers to him as a part of “mainstream Democratic Chicago”" Um, no he launched in public not a private home. There was a fund raiser at the mans house.

“Worked to pass legislation in Illinois that would prevent all law-abiding citizens from owning firearms” baseless accusation. No evidence or proof. He has tried to pass smart gun laws to protect us from gun violence from people who are mentally ill or have a criminal record.

Unlike his Republican opponents he has a plan to reduce abortion, increase adoptions and make it easier for single parents to keep and raise their kids.

Whoever wrote that doesn’t care about facts and is very oppinionated.

Good.

Apparently, Dr. Laura is not happy with the Palin pick. She makes it clear on her blog that she believes Mrs. Palin should put her family before the VP slot. I’m an avid listerner of her program and today she did not hold back on her criticism of Mrs. Palin.

To read her rant against Mrs. Palin go to:
http://www.drlaurablog.com/2008/09/02/sarah-palin-and-motherhood/

Shouldn’t Sen. Barack Obama receive credit where it’s due, for his (and William Ayers’) failed Annenberg Challenge?

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Based on some feedback from the miltary overseas, Obama “don’t have game” either. Too bad really, wonder what he was doing in his spare time besides courting American terrorists and now convicted felons.

Bet Sarah would win that one-on-one match also; since we are now comparing President v. VP.

Who the heck is Joe Biden anyway, candidate for White House porter?

This article is backhanded garbage, laced with partisan innuendo, half-truths and a divisive slant designed to draw attention to non-issues like a candidate’s middle name or which sports the candidates engage in. I wonder if republic pundits would make the same point of repeatedly highlighting a republican candidate’s middle name if it was John “Adolf or Bin Laden” McCain. Before you get upset, ask your self why you might be angered by that comparison and think. This kind of journalism is exactly why the republic party has a problem connecting with moderate voters.
This article can no more be taken seriously than mad magazine.
The author is obviously interested in smearing one side while hiding his intentions with cheeky barbs with little perspective (“once gave a speech to 200,000 screaming Germans”).
This reader wonders why the GOP had to go all the way to Alaska to find a viable vice president candidate. Is Ms. Palin really the best option for the party? Alaska has the 3rd smallest state population and continues to be largely disconnected with the pertinent issues of our time including crime, the housing crisis and the economy. This article shows exactly why the GOP is intent on obscuring reality instead of effectively governing. The great Abraham Lincoln is rolling over in his grave.

That Governor Palin’s PTA experience should be compared to Senator Obama’s “community organizer” position.

I enjoyed this list…it’s informative in comparing all of the professional achievements of Palin, who is only running for VP, as compared to Obama. This is going to be really helpful as a defense against liberals who say Palin is to inexperienced for the VP spot. I’m definitely going to bookmark this for future reference. Thanks!

It seem very curious to me that people are praising Palin’s “executive experience” so much and denigrating Obama’s lack thereof when McCain’s suffers from the same lack of “executive experience”. The last time I checked McCain has never been a mayor, governor or any kind of elected official with so called “executive experience”. His highest elected position is exactly the same as Obama’s, U.S. Senator. He just happens to have held this position a lot longer than Obama, but the fact is they have achieved the same level of political success. If we follow the logic being pushed by Republicans then Sarah should be on the top of the ticket, not VP since she has his valuable experience. Let’s hold McCain to the same standard he is holding Obama to. He doesn’t deserve a pass simply because he has been at the same level as Obama a lot longer. A senator is a senator, nothing more.

We’ve forwarded it to many friends, who have in turn sent it on to others.

The Dimmies are going nuts, with good reason. She’s their worst nightmare, and some of them are smart enough to know it.

The first two people we talked to after she was announced as the VP pick both used the word “exciting” to describe it, or “excited” to describe themselves.

And these were people who we’ve never talked to about politics–that is, not political junkies.

Your inability to make a credible argument should embarass you.

“To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.”

Amos Bronson Alcott