Palin Suggests Executive Experience Is Key Presidential Attribute
(CBS)
(JEFFERSON CITY, MO.) - Here on her second stop of a six-rally final day of the campaign, Sarah Palin briefly went off script to question whether a United States senator has the right kind of experience to be president.
Palin set up her remarks with a familiar attack on Barack Obama's relative newcomer status.
"If you think about it, Barack Obama's record, what is in his record?" she asked the crowd of over 15,000 who were gathered around the state capitol. "What has he accomplished? He spent about 300 days in the U.S. Senate before becoming a presidential candidate."
Then Palin went off script to voice the frustrations she had shared with her husband.
"Todd and I were talking about this, has he ever wielded a veto pen?" she asked. "Has he ever had to make the tough decisions on how to govern best for the people whom he should be held accountable to?"
Neither Obama nor Palin's running mate, John McCain, has ever been in a position to veto a bill, as Palin has in her role as governor of Alaska. Still, Palin said that McCain had the right kind of experience needed to be president.
"He is untested, as his own running mate said, throughout the primaries Joe Biden said, 'You're not ready for the presidency,'" Palin said. "And his other opponents in the primary, too, said, 'You're not ready to be the president.' Now John McCain is. We need a leader who is ready on day one."
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Hello?? 9/11 happened in 2001, not 2002.
I''m tired of people saying that John McCain is a war hero. Tell me, how many wars has he won? Getting shot down in Vietnam doesn''t count in my book. This is a guy who sings, "bomb bomb Iran", confuses Shiite with Sunni militants, and tells us that "we''re all Georgians". If he''s elected president, I would feel less safe, not more, because McCain is liable to get us into wars in places that most of us have not even heard about. He showed his priorities when he said in the 3rd debate that he would put a cross-the-board cut on all expenditures, EXCEPT for the military. What kind of leadership is that? Also, just contrast his judgment to that of Obama in the 2 major decisions the past 2 months - the selection of a VP and the financial melt-down. Did he really put "country first" in picking Sarah Palin after meeting with her only once for 15 minutes? And what''s with this lame idea of "suspending" his campaign to go back to DC to ... do what ? No, the choice is so clear. Obama all the way.
I am voting McCain/Palin
Voters should give him another 20 years to prove himself (in the senate).
McCain & Palin is best for USA at this point in time.
And McCain, true to form, lies to the bitter end.
And the republican party, true to form, lies to the bitter end.
And the McCain/Palin supporters, true to form, lie to the bitter end.
The one thing in common here is that tomorrow, November 4, 2008, will be the bitter end of the McCain/Palin campaign. They lied themselves into a corner. And the voters will show them the way out.
VOTE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008!