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? " NO. I believe it was Harvard, And he taught constitutional law for 10 between community service and State Senate. show me evidence that Palin has actually read the constitution.
Originally Posted By mawnck Harvard is correct. President of the Law Review. >>Prominent alumni of the Harvard Law Review include Supreme Court Justices Edward Sanford, Felix Frankfurter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, Stephen Breyer and Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Charles Hamilton Houston, Alger Hiss, Archibald MacLeish, Secretary of Transportation and Brown v. Board of Education attorney William Coleman, Jr., Judge Richard Posner, Chief Judge Henry Friendly, Chief Judge Michael Boudin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Chris Cox, print and broadcast journalist Jeffrey Toobin, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan, Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh, former Canadian ambassador Allan Gotlieb, former Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh, former New York State Solicitor General Preeta D. Bansal, University of Texas President William C. Powers, and former Harvard University president Derek Bok.<< Prominent alumni of the University of Idaho communications department include uhhhhhh ....
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Originally Posted By mawnck >>Shawn Barigar (1993) is president and chief executive officer of the Twin Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. He also is a member of the Twin Falls City Council. He formerly was the chief spokesperson for Magic Valley Regional Medical Center.<< Similar qualifications to Palin, only in a city eight times as large as Wasilla. And he apparently has no experience with banning books. Why isn't he the nominee?
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Why isn't he the nominee?<< You've already answered your own question. *He* isn't the nominee due to being cursed with a Y chromosome.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>>>While I agree that some experience would be nice for a Veep, I don't think it's absolutely necessary.<< McCain is a 72 year old with skin cancer. It's necessary.<< 4 times now. And though John McCain is in relatively good health for 72 .... I don't like the idea Sarah Palin, Mayor of 6,000 for 6 years .. Governor for 20 months, NRA ADVOCATE .......... One heartbeat away with dealing with Putin and Georgia? FORGET IT! Any rational Republican out there can see why this makes many Americans nervous? Or is the fact she's a woman, and the fact she put on a good show at convention all that is needed to say "OH, she's ready."? It's naive!
Originally Posted By oc_dean And I want to make that quite specific - Put on a good show! How hard is it to read off a teleprompter reading a speech that was written for her?! So, she's a good speaker? Yeah .. well .. Lassie was a well trained dog for movies too.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox "And though John McCain is in relatively good health for 72..." We actually do not know that. McCain refuses to release all but 16 pages of his medical records. He could still have cancer or even possibly major heart disease or even Alzheimer's but we would never know it. And with someone like Palin as the VP, that scares the moosepoop outta me.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>McCain refuses to release all but 16 pages of his medical records.<< Oh, that's interesting! And the McCain group wants to hide her from the press while out on the campaign. While all the secrecy??? And nobody's paying attention?????? SHE'S IS A FAIR GAME ... WHEN SHE'S ONE STEP AWAY WITH POSSIBLY DEALING WITH RUSSIA!!!!
Originally Posted By oc_dean If Sarah Palin is so capable of becoming VP, then there should be no reason for hiding from the press .. now is there????
Originally Posted By Mr X If she is hiding from the press, it's probably an issue of strategy. She's certainly serving her purpose so far..the last thing they need is for her to say something dumb.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Well, when you are not the best candidate for VP .. of course they are going to try to hide her. Any other rational people out there see a problem with this? >>the last thing they need is for her to say something dumb.<< Well .. if she's the greatest thing since sliced bread .. the way the Republicans were cheering for her at the convention ... then there shouldn't be any problem, right?
Originally Posted By Mr X Well, that's pretty naive. Interesting, though, that she (as far as I know) hasn't had even one press conference.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Ohhhhh .. but the Republicans seem to be so convinced Annie Oaklie of Alaska is their ticket! All it takes is the fact that she's a women!(Lets be honest about that). And she's a great speaker. That's all that counts. Just have those great ("facade") skills to convince the masses ... they go for it anyway? RIGHT????? Are there any rational Republicans that may be just a tad concerned? Or .. are you so "rank and file" .. that you would put your party ticket ahead of what's best for our (and your) country?
Originally Posted By oc_dean You know .. the heck with the party system! I just got to have a president (and VP) who's going to handle foreign issues (Putin/Georgia!), the economy, and Bush's many messes. So who's going to do that .. and not just give us 4 more years of the last 8 years. Republican, Democrat, or any other party out there? Who?
