UPDATED..Obama Claims He Is More Experienced Than Palin Because He Is Running For President..UPDATE: No major revelations in 2006 Democratic Research on Palin
UPDATE:
Democrat Tony Knowles, her opponent in the 2006 Alaska gubernatorial race, put together a detailed, 63-page research document ” obtained by Politico ” cataloging Palin’s strengths and weaknesses. And the Obama campaign, in particular, knows Palin well: A key Obama consultant, Anita Dunn, worked on Knowles’ campaign.
Democrat Tony Knowles, her opponent in the 2006 Alaska gubernatorial race, put together a detailed, 63-page research document ” obtained by Politico ” cataloging Palin’s strengths and weaknesses. And the Obama campaign, in particular, knows Palin well: A key Obama consultant, Anita Dunn, worked on Knowles’ campaign.
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He avoids the fact that she was the Mayor Wasila of but is now the Governor of Alaska. Okay, based on his answer, he still needs reminding that running for office doesn’t give him executive experience. He does not run the campaign, he has a staff that handles every single minute of his day, and every detail of the campaign from his fund raising, finances, logistics, hire/fire staff, appointments, to interviews etc., etc. What he does not do, as Ed points out, is operate a $9 billion budget, or manages $13 billion in revenue. Furthermore, she runs a government that employs 25,000 people, whereas, he only oversees his top management. He does not oversee disaster relief, as a Governor does. In all fairness to Obama, he would be a fool to try and assume the same types of responsibilities that she has. He has one goal and a limited window to accomplish that goal. No presidential contender could be expected to do that. Why does he not acknowledge her actual position in this interview with Anderson Cooper:
AC: Some Republican critics say, you don’t have the experience to handle a situation like this [Hurricane Gustav]. They’ve in fact said that Governor Palin has more executive experience as mayor of a small town and as governor of a big state like Alaska. What’s your response?
BO: Well, you know, my understanding is that, uh, Governor Palin’s town of Wasilly [sic] has, uh, 50 employees, uh, uh, we’ve got 2500, uh, in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. Uh, uh, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. Uh, so I think that, uh, our ability to manage large systems, uh, and to, uh, execute, uh, I think has been made clear over the last couple of years. Uh, and certainly, in terms of, uh, the legislation that I’ve passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina, uh, of how we handle emergency management. The fact that, uh, many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place, uh, as we speak indicates to extent to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect.
As expected, the McCain campaign has responded
“For Barack Obama to argue that he’s experienced enough to be president because he’s running for president is desperate circular logic and it’s laughable. It is a testament to Barack Obama’s inexperience and failing qualifications that he would stoop to passing off his candidacy as comparable to Governor Sarah Palin’s executive experience managing a budget of over 10 billion dollar dollars, and more than 24,000 employees.” “Tucker Bounds, spokesman John McCain 2008
Others blogging this:
- Links on Palin « I Think ^(Link) Therefore I Err
- Obama Defends His Experience Over Palins
- Dirty Harry’s Place:
- Southern Appeal » Experience matters as explained by Senator Obama
- Obama Foolishness: Running For President Gives Me More Executive Experience Than Gov. Palin | The Patriot Room
- Obama Copycats McCain In Effort To Keep Himself From Looking Like An Ass.
- Obama distorts Palin’s record to cover for his inexperience « pc teknik destek
- Obama to Paris, er, AC360: I have more experience than the Mayor of Wasila « The Dude’s Blog
- Tucker Bounds: “For Barack Obama to argue that he’s experienced enough to be president because he’s running for president is desperate circular logic and it’s laughable” « liber.rhetoricae
- Foul & Vile & Ignorant on Palin | The Anchoress
- Texas Rainmaker » Apparently Obama’s No Longer the Top of the Ticket
- Michelle Malkin » Obama defends his superior record of experience
- CNN Video Anderson Cooper Obama Experience vs Sarah Palin : BigMouthFrog
- Obama Cites Running For President As Experience To BE President « Virginia Virtucon
- The Audacity of Hype tries the “experience” card again - and fails « The right-wing liberal
- Experience: “Wasilly” vs. Obamaland « Republican Party of Jefferson County, TN
- Elephant Owners » Blog Archive » Uh-bama defends his experience
- Sarah Palin: Exposing the left’s hypocrisy « Wolking’s World
- B I R D
- The Opinionator
- ScoopThis.Org » Obama: “I have more experience because I run a campaign.”
- Obama’s Insecurity Slip is Showing « Sooshi Soo
- Wall-to-Wall “Palinsanity” & BUTTONS! | The Anchoress
- I’ve got more experience than her, whines Barack Obama
September 2, 2008 - 03:13 PM on September 2nd, 2008
Again with ignoring the fact that she’s the damn governor of the state - - what is WITH that? I realize they’ve decided to push her has the ‘former mayor of’ in order to make her sound woefully incompetent to be Vice President - - but it is backfiring. It makes them sound incredibly sexist by blatantly ignoring the accomplishments AND experience of this very competent and intelligent woman. Who is handling this guy??
September 2, 2008 - 04:00 PM on September 2nd, 2008
I am not joking when i say that I really do believe that the Democrats have tried to make it sound like they are for woman’s rights or equal rights, but the reality of the situation looks different. Could the abortion support have just been a political ploy to get a vote
See gals, we support you, you can be anything you want to be as long as it is not in too high of an office, oh and by the way, we support you uterus
September 2, 2008 - 04:14 PM on September 2nd, 2008
haha - so true! It certainly seems like Democrats really don’t want women in this country to attain that equality they’ve always been so outwardly supportive of. All these years they’ve talked that talk… however, when faced with the reality, they can’t walk the walk!
September 2, 2008 - 04:36 PM on September 2nd, 2008
Again just would like to point out the irony of you complaining about calling her the mayor and ignoring her governorship, and yet spouting about the “something or other coordinator” that you all seem so proud of thinking up……
September 2, 2008 - 04:37 PM on September 2nd, 2008
Lisa, your outrage is so righteous, May god bless your very soul.
September 2, 2008 - 04:57 PM on September 2nd, 2008
Fred, I’m an atheist, so that won’t work
My outrage, as you say, is well placed..it’s pretty ridiculous the way they attempt to belittle her.
..and I think what you mean is “Community Organizer”, which isn’t made up at all, Fred - it’s what Obama was before he was in office. I said I would refer to him as “Community Organizer, Obama” for as long as they continue to refer to her as “former Mayor, Sarah Palin”.
I know, Fred - it’s all so beneath you
September 2, 2008 - 05:21 PM on September 2nd, 2008
I had some interesting conversations this week. There are a lot of women that feel that way Lisa.
September 2, 2008 - 05:39 PM on September 2nd, 2008
Being that Obama had scarcely been a Senator long enough to be able to find his office every day before starting to run for POTUS, then was AWOL most of the time he has technically served in the Senate, I’d say calling him the “Community Organizer” is quite appropriate.
September 2, 2008 - 06:20 PM on September 2nd, 2008
“Obama Claims He Is More Experienced Than Palin Because He Is Running For President”
Just when you thought Obama couldn’t get any dumber…
Well, I guess McCain should thank Obama for giving him such a nice soundbyte. Here’s hoping the Maverick and company make good use of it.
As for Obama knocking Palin’s own accomplishments, I think it’s understandable really. After all, aren’t many of us jealous of someone when they have something we don’t? In this case - Palin has actual accomplishments, Obama doesn’t.
September 3, 2008 - 06:19 AM on September 3rd, 2008
“Fred, I’m an atheist, so that won’t work” ….. Duh…
September 3, 2008 - 06:26 AM on September 3rd, 2008
“…I said I would refer to him as “Community Organizer, Obama”for as long as they continue to refer to her as “former Mayor, Sarah Palinâ€.
remember you don’t have to be an ass just because others are, you can if you choose rise above that, and you will all sound a little more relevent.
September 3, 2008 - 08:09 AM on September 3rd, 2008
BO may be able to govern if he surrounds himself with the right people… But he won’t. He will surround himself with the same type of people that he has had in his life for the last 20 years - Socialist and others that hate this country.
September 3, 2008 - 08:10 AM on September 3rd, 2008
REDFRED, what then is your reason for being an ass? Do tell, please! Inquiring minds want to know!
September 3, 2008 - 09:52 AM on September 3rd, 2008
WARNING WARNING: read this if you never read another thing: YOU WILL BE IN SHOCK, AND IT IS TRULY SHOCKING!!! This is OBAMA’S OWN WORDS, WHO SAYS WORDS DON’T MATTER,
THESE WORDS DO MATTER!
Infidels Are Cool: OBAMA QUOTE: Call to Muslim Prayer “is the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.” just go to browser and type in Infidels Are Cool, then Obama’s quote.
HURRY, TIME TO ACT NOW! OBAMA MUST BE STOPPED! E-mail this to eveyone you know.
NOW if that doesn’t Top The Ticket nothing will and if you have the guts after that to vote for this Obama who is a Muslim, blood line and ALL, no doubt you are “dain bamaged.” Here let me spell it out to you BRAIN DAMAGED and there is NO HOPE! NO CURE!
So now you have it in a NUTSHELL. LIBERAL NUTBALL OBAMA’S PLAN IS ‘CHANGE’ AND HE PLANS TO ‘CHANGE’ AMERICA INTO A MUSLIM NATION AND THEN BE WORLD LEADER!
GET THAT LOUD AND CLEAR!
OBAMA NEEDS TO BE EXILED TO ISLAM, TO STAY AND TAKE MO AND FAMILY WITH HIM.
No matter Obama’s associations, and yes they were & are still his buddies through and through, dirty deals and all. However in comparrison, this is the worst and all Obama’s evil blasphemous friends & Muslim family have just prepared him for D-DAY!
Obama has been marinated in this stuff, for a lifetime, it’s HIS CALLING at Sunrise, Sunset and in-between.
September 3, 2008 - 10:49 AM on September 3rd, 2008
The press is doing its usual “Holy cow, I didn’t see that coming” routine. The experience thing can get overtated very quickly. JM has many years of experience, yet I don’t think he’s the right leader at this point. He banks way too much on his military background “I know how to win wars” (note the Brig Gen star on his logo) and not enough of his ability to run a campaign (was in the red most of the time). Not that I’m doing any handsprings for Obama, but as long as JM is looking like the one-trick pony, I can’t get him my vote.
NY-David
September 3, 2008 - 10:53 AM on September 3rd, 2008
good grief
September 3, 2008 - 03:55 PM on September 3rd, 2008
At least Palin dont hang around with lowlife antiamerican scumbags like JEREMIAH WRIGHT i mean this guy is trash
September 3, 2008 - 11:14 PM on September 3rd, 2008
Snowy Egret you are so-ooooo right about Uncle Wright he is stinky rotten trash, shew! IMO Obama only has known and hung around lowlife scumbags, Syrian Muslim gangsters (Rezcko) bombers (Ayers) theives (Pelosi) & murderers, (Kennedy) racist, (Wright) haters of America, (Farrakhan) narcissist, (Biden)) liars, (Obama) backbiters, (Father Flakie) you name it, not a decent one in the bunch, even married a bitter ingrate named Michelle. Why would anyone even want to listen to Obama say a word.
NOT interested one bit, it’s all lies, so why listen!! Waste of time!
September 8, 2008 - 10:40 PM on September 8th, 2008
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September 14, 2008 - 10:11 AM on September 14th, 2008
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