When Palin gives her speech on Wednesday, expect her to give a detailed comparison of her experience copared to Obama’s… including the total number of days each has shown up to work (him in the senate compared to her as Governor) and giving quote by Obama about how important his experience in the Illinois state senate was. If that work was so important, why then is the GOVERNOR OF ALASKA not an important qualification for her to be VP? I also expect her to mention that she is excited to serve by John McCain’s side and learn from his experience. Clearly Palin doesn’t have a lot of foreign policy experience, and for the McCain camp to try to argue otherwise is a mistake. Instead, they need to tell the media that Sarah Palin has as much foreign policy experience as GWB, Clinton, Reagan, and Carter and then mention that there is a reason there has been either a governor or VP on every successful ticket in the last 40 years. That should shut the Obama people up pretty quick.

would do an in-depth into what the duties of the AK Gov are. That way people could decide for themselves if it qualifies as experience.

say something like:

“I don’t know the governor. Everything I know about her, there’s no reason not to respect her and believe she’s qualified to be the vice president. I’m not going to make that judgment. That’s for you all…..I take her on face value. She’s a governor. That’s no mean feat.”

Or couldn’t they say

“We send our congratulations to Governor Sarah Palin and her family on her designation as the republican nominee for Vice President. It is yet another encouraging sign that old barriers are falling in our politics. While we obviously have differences over how best to lead this country forward Governor Palin is an admirable person and will add a compelling new voice to this campaign.”

It’s just absurd. What motive could there be for not doing those things they are reported to have said?

I have been wondering all weekend if the Dems are all wearing hearing protection that filters out Palin’s experience after being mayor or what. I look forward to her speech and to seeing more of her on the campaign trail.

Perhaps Senator Obama didn’t know the number of staff under Palin as Governor? Perhaps he didn’t know her operating budget? It’s possible that Obama would rather comment on the numbers he does know, rather than try to speak about data he doesn’t have.

Surely this is a possibility that might explain why Obama did not acknowledge her current position in the interview you cite.

For someone who says “I’m not here to take sides”, you have presented an argument that begins with “So, from my perspective…” …which isn’t exactly in the center. Especially when both of the reasons you can think up are partisan; and neither gives the Senator the benefit of the doubt. As long as the explanation ascribes underhanded intentionality and politicking to Senator Obama, you give it weight? Is that how it works around here?

Mr. Wolf, for someone who says he isn’t taking sides, you’re obviously taking sides.

Obama just gave us a big gift.

This is outrageous, that Obama would compare his campaign experience to Palin’s experience as a mayor (while totally ignoring that she is a Governor). It would be easy for us to ignore that Obama was a senator too. From now on, let’s refer to Obama as a former community activist who sat alongside of Bill Ayers.

We need to drum this issue up big time.

Obama is inexperienced to be President.

Obama is inexperienced to be Vice-President.

Running a campaign does not qualify as executive experience! What a joke!

Just a small question, but when Governor Palin was first election to the town council, were there any unrepentant terrorists sitting on the council with her?

How about the PTA, does the Wasilla PTA have any people on it who bombed the Capitol or the Pentagon?

How about the Conservation Board? Any unpunished terrorists on that Board?

Maybe Sarah Palin isn’t qualified to be veep — after all she doesn’t have a history of working with anyone with the background of terrorist William Ayers?

Incredibly more so then they respect Senators.

Governors are for the people while Senators are lofty, people unlike the average Joe.

I am sure the Obama Campaign knows this and are fearful of how the American people will react to Palin; especially since she indeed is just like every average American.

1) Either Barry Hussein is really a complete moron and does not know that Alaska is a state, and that each state has a governor..

2) Intentionally ignoring a woman’s accomplishments because she could advance without hitching on the libtard bandwagon..

I’m guessing there is some combination of the two..

Obama does not want to go there. His campaign has had an astonishing burn rate on it’s cash. If he thinks spending that half a billion annually for 250 staffers is an example of leadership, he better be ready for McCain to ask what his budget will be for the federal government that has a few more than 250 people to pay.

Last week, before the announcement that Sarah Palin would be the VP pick, I told my students that choosing her would serve as a trap to expose the inexperience of Barack Obama…I knew that they could not help making the comparison, and that in the end, it would not come out favoring them.

BTW…claiming executive experience from running a campaign that will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to get a job that pays less than 500K a year does not actually speak too well of his skills either…(and yes, I know that reflects on both campaigns…but John McCain is not claiming the campaign made him qualified)

is her correct name and title.
We should always refer to her as “Gov. Palin”.
Leave no wiggle room for the dhimmies.
they wish to demean her by stripping her of her achievement. shove it right backin their faces.
Obama is stuck on this like the insecure egomaniac he is. He is pretending that the success of his campaign is somehow more important that actually running a state?
What an empty fraud he is.

Hey, when you’re close friends with indicted slumlords and terrorists you gotta attack what you can. I’m surprised they haven’t wheeled out ol’ Teddy Kennedy to talk about “In Sarah Palin’s America…”

Hillary supporters should recognize this, their candidate faced it the whole primary season.

And even if you count the mighty Obama’s Senate election as a qualification, don’t forget that he was merely one out of 100 whereas Palin was one out of 50–twice as important, no?

that Sen. Obama’s 2,500 staff members are entusiastic supporters of him, whereas Gov. Palin’s 670,000+ Alaskans do not all love and worship her. (But I’ve read that they give her 80% approval ratings, anyway.)

Leon,

As I understand, Obama was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago. That is not a professorial title. While law students often refer to lecturers and instructors (non-tenure track titles vary) as “Professor,” that mistake does not elevate the lecturer to Professorial rank.

I have known many incompetent Law Professors – people I would not trust to sit with my dogs, let alone my cat and heaven forbid my children. Nevertheless, I believe the title Professor of Law is an earned title and one we should not toss around lightly.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe I am correct.

Steve

I can’t handle stupid, this is so stupid it hurts. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Come on, Obamanation. It is Governor Sarah Palin to you. You have revealed yourself to be an idiot and a liar. Yes, it is a lie to leave out the fact that Sarah Palin is in fact the Governor of Alaska and that you are a fraud. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

GO Saracuda. I hope you rip this fraud a new one and don’t even have to break a sweat.

Senator Biden stated during the Dem primary race that he did not consider Obama to be ready to be president. However, now that he has been tapped by the One to be VP candidate, the good Senator has reversed field and now considers Obama ready to lead. What has changed? Why a few months on the campaign trail “leading” an organization that has ballooned to 2,500 staffers and judicially spending contributions at the rate of over 30 million a month.

Nothing says ready to be president like presiding over a campaign that lost essentially every key matchup at the end of the race and only prevailed because he managed to outlast his opponent. That kind of tenacity must be rewarded; and I can not wait to see what kind of a president a candidate who backed into his party’s nomination will make.

Governor Palin has a good couple of months on the campaign trail ahead of her. According to Biden, she will be ready, not only to be our Vice President, but President as well if needed (because, you know, Senator McCain is only hanging on by the slimest of threads health-wise…).

What’s brilliant is that our side gets to hammer Obama even more on his lack of experience without having to do so. They opened the door on the experience question and how like a trusty boomerang it has come back and forced Obama’s major gaffe.

The fact ais undeniable that Palin is more qualified to be President than Obama for sure, and Biden when looking at any type of executive public service. You can’t get past it.

This race is almost better than chocolate!