Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Bon appetit! Your just desserts have arrived, GOP.<< I cannot agree. The VP choice, for either party, is traditionally a good party loyalist who will carry water. I was steeled for Romney (dreading it, actually), while confident that even if that deal with the devil had gone down, all Romney would be doing for the next four years is sit behind the big desk at the Senate and fly off to the funeral of every foreign head of state. Palin isn't nearly the lightweight the Democrats want her to be. And, most importantly, she isn't the one the GOP is running for President.
Originally Posted By planodisney She has more executive experience than ANYONE else on either ticket.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>If Dug's argument was any more specious... well, let's face it, it's specious.<< Yup, it's a specious argument wherever it comes from. But at least I'm just some shnook on an obscure discussion board. I'm not the spokesman for a major political campaign.
Originally Posted By DlandDug A further note on the "experience" issue. It cuts both ways. If the Dems and their loyalists want to attack Palin on her experience, have at it. But it will, inevitably, all apply to their top guy, too, won't it?
Originally Posted By Mr X ***And did you know that the Democrats have elected a former Yale Law student with zero experience in foreign policy as their presidential candidate? It's true.*** No, it's a lie. Either that, or you don't understand what the word "zero" actually means.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Oh NOOOOOO! Not Yale Law! Only idiots go to Yale Law! Now, University of Idaho - that's a top tier school.*** lmao. I hear they've got a great politics (minor) program going on there, though. At least now we know where all the best and the brightest aspire to go in order to move up in the world. Bwahahahaha.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 With another candidate at the top of the ticket, #41 would make some sense. For all the attention they get in July and August, Veep choices don't usually make much difference in November, actually. But McCain's age IS an undercurrent in people's minds this time, like it or not (the polls show this). So her readiness, or lack thereof, to step into the job on a moment's notice does matter.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I cannot agree.<< I know you can't. But what about all the blather about how inexperienced Obama is? Experience! Experience! Experience! LOL, all that money spent hammering the experience thing home, now will be sent trying to dance around it. >>She has more executive experience than ANYONE else on either ticket.<< Governor of the least populous state since 2006.™ >>Palin isn't nearly the lightweight the Democrats want her to be.<< And she isn't nearly the answer to the GOP's prayers they want her to be, either.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>No, it's a lie.<< Wow. Now I'm being taken to task for a specious rhetorical retort. This is too easy. Anyway, gotta go now. Work to do. Only sorry I don't have time to wade through the main thread. I did take a glance at the first page, and that was enough for now...
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>It cuts both ways.<< It does. But when you spend all this time, money and energy railing about experience, it makes the party look rather like hypocrites to suddenly be saying "Oh, experience, exschmerience". Yeah, it cuts both ways. But it cuts much deeper on the GOP side, since they've been the ones bellowing about experience and being ready to lead, dismissing Obama as a lightweight.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck >>>Governor of the least populous state since 2006.™<<< Yeah, but there's all those bears...and moose....and it is the BIGGEST state - doesn't that count for something???
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I like Sarah, from what little I've seen so far, but I cannot wait to see what Saturday Night Live does with all of this.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I cannot wait to see what Saturday Night Live does with all of this.<< I'm gonna guess ... Tina Fey in a tall wig. Amazing! How does he do it?
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I thought of Tina too, but is she still with snl? When does their season start?
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Saturday Night Live season premiere is September 13.... Have a feelin' it's going to be good.
Originally Posted By dshyates "And did you know that the Democrats have elected a former Yale Law student with zero experience in foreign policy as their presidential candidate? " Who taught "Constitutional Law" for 10 years. I am not even sure that Palin has read the United States Constitution.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>And did you know that the Democrats have elected a former Yale Law student with zero experience in foreign policy as their presidential candidate?<< "Former Yale Law Student?" That's Yale Law GRADUATE to you, buster. That alone trumps all the moose burgers in Alaska.
Originally Posted By Mr X dsh, the Republican "comparisons" don't stack up. It's a joke, and if they want to go there..there's really no point in trying to refute the lies. When they look in the mirror, they'll have to decide whether or not making a mockery of themselves is really worth it. I'm certainly not going to claim that Obama has a lot of experience. That would be ridiculous. But for them to argue that Palin stacks up? Ridiculous. AND, the whole "executive" garbage is pretty funny, since they're insulting their own candidate everytime they hurl the vitriol at Biden (a comparably experienced Senator). Just ridiculous. They sound like fools. Let them.
