McCain Says Palin a Better Leader than Obama

As a woman Sarah Palin makes me very, very afraid. She does not understand one of the basic principles our country was founded on...separation of church and state. I truly believe she was forced on John McCain by the right wing conservative religious right of the Republican party. They would be thrilled if McCain got elected and then something happened to him. Nothing would make them happier than having a right wing nut running this country. She makes George Bush look like a liberal. As a woman and mother of a daughter I believe she would take the women's movement back 40 years. No choice, no equal pay, be submissive to your husband, creationism in public schools. I have never so afraid of a candidate in my life. I think Abraham Lincoln would be appalled to see what today's Republicans have done to his party.

McCain seems to be arguing that Gov. Palin has more executive experience than Barack Obama because she has been governor of Alaska for less than two years and prior to that mayor of a small community. Some questions come to mind:
Is McCain arguing that Palin should be at the top of the GOP ticket now?
When comparing the presidential candidates does McCain have any more executive experience than Obama?
Also, time has not yet provided the opportunity to assess whether Palin's executive governess of Alsska is lacking or impressive. Even if impressive, is she really qualified to take over the helm of the presidency?

Maccain Country Last

Palin = Eva Peron in alaska version

Good for the third country
Drill Drill Drill,
Do whatever makes money.
Pro life, Pro gun, Put the Bear skin on the sofa...
She is really good for Alaska.
Please stay there.

McCain assumes Americans are stupid.

Obama assumes Americans are intelligent.

Vote for how you would like to be viewed. Americans are not stupid, but they can, like all people, be deceived and misled. How? By people who appeal to their anger and fear, their animal and less rational side.

alohaone I think people should watch her on the CNBC interview where they're talking to her about drilling and Alaska
and regardless of your position on drilling, she still comes off pretty impressive. Since Obama has his 300 foreign policy advisors, once Palin gets her hundred or so Policy advisorsi TI think she'll do just fine. This gal may be pro-life and conservative on social issues but she clearly is more of an Independent. Since I've heard for how many months now, over and over and over how it's judgement and not experience that counts when the Obama camp and his supporters justify his miminal foreign policy experience- well I guess I can take a risk on the bottom of the McCain ticket. All Palin would need to do is hire David Axelrod and he'd have people in this Country convinced she was Presidential material in no time- I worked for Obama.

Amy T Gee, Pelosi and company did so well these past 4 years in Congress also. They have a 9% approval rate in comparison to Bush's 30% approval rate
(which has gone up but was never 9%).
I kind of recall Obama is part of that waste called Congress. Actually I take that back, he missed most of his votes because he spent the first year doing exploratory committees to see about a Presidential bid and the rest of his first term campaigning for President.
His contribution was so extremely minimal in the Senate his first term that I guess we can give him some slack when partioning out blame.

After reading her Bios, think those who criticize her need to take a step back and look at their motives . This lady has qualities that even most men do not have ,and I do not mean to say that women is in anyway less qualified than men , but we most of the time associate men with strength and gut and boys , this lady has the strength of heart and the courage that I am not sure if I want to face her in battle . So , obama and his supporters should watch out . I like Clinton and the way she ran her campaign with such braveness and determination to the end , but with Clinton , you always know that she is part of the system, a party follower and as much as I like to see a lady cracks that Glass Ceiling , Clinton was not spotless . But Mrs. Palin does not have mrs. clinton tarnishes and that make her choice even more satisfying . I am sure a lot of the people in this country want that Glass shattered ,too, but better yet , now it will be shattered to pieces by a squeakily clean hammer . It does not get better than this!

What about the judgement to SERVE the people who elected her RATHER than the people who are crooks . What about the judgement to take the risk of ending a career and do what is Right and moral . What about the judgement to stand up to the Big Old Boys for the small town people . Those are judgements that Obama does not have as his record show and those are judgements that only a person with STRONG SPINE has . I say these are judgements we need more than anything else . These judgements trumph experiences in a big way , and yes , this lady DOES have more executive experiences than Obama . What is the point of us electing someone who lines his pocket rather than works for us to make sure that Washington is Clean ? I say this lady gets the only kind of judgement that is required of a public servant , to SERVE THE PUBLIC AND NOT THAT PARTY !

McCain made excellent choice.
He found not gold. Palin is brilliant.
She is strong, intelligent.
Who is Obama? He is zero.Obama,Biden
and Clinton look like clowns. They hug
each other, but they hate each other.
Obama and his wife hate America.
Did you forget to what chirch they
belong? And you want Obama for president? People, wake up.
McCain/Palin is the best choice.

Sen McCain,

You are belittling Sen. Barrack Obama. He is the next President of the United States of America.

This is serious to me -quote McCain: McCain replied, "Oh, yeah. She's a partner and a soulmate." There are many old men who would put a beautiful woman in office just to be around her. Soul mste????

From what I've read, there is still plenty of work for Governor Palin to do right there in Alaska:

In the 2008 Dept of Education report only 65.9% of Alaska's public schools are making adequate yearly progress, and only 59.6% of the students are graduating.

Alaska's unemployment rate is up to 6.9% as of July 2008 (which in 1.2% higher than the US average), and is up from the 6.2% it was in July 2007.

17% of the Alaskan population is uninsured.

And, the teen birth rate is 37 per 1000 of population.

Looks to me like that money she handed back to the people of Alaska might have given her a nifty approval rating; but, is she truly looking out for the welfare of her constituents?

Kathy said:

"I can't believe that people aren't worried about her being VP, her exact words were, "I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq.""

Kathy, are you actually criticizing her for performing the duties she was elected to perform? I've never seen a job description for a US Senator, if such a thing exists. Still, I highly doubt that performing ones duties as a Senator is encompassed by spending the entire term planning and executing ones own Presidential Campaign.

And yes, my criticism there goes to all the candidates that currently hold an elected office. Still, McCain, Rodham, Biden - they were all around at least long enough to find the cafeteria before they started running - well, maybe not so much for Rodham.

But to this point - how about this for campaign reform. You're allowed to campaign when your house is not in session - that's all. Sure, it doesn't benefit the news media/talk radio/blogsphere ... but that makes it a good thing!

McCain has been talking up
his choice of VP 24/7.

She must be a really poor
choice if he has to talk
her up so much.

Palin never said she supported the surge. In an interview when asked about the surge, she said she had not been paying attention to Iraq and had no opinion.

McCain told a bold-faced lie that he should be called on. Palin became mayor in the late 90's. Obama was elected to the state senate in the late 90's. He was not an organizer while she was in office as McCain stated abv. Although he may have been an organizer while she was in the PTA.

Ann,

If Alaska is so "uninhabitable", so "insignificant", so trivial to govern - well, tell me again why we shouldn't be drilling there?

You just stated there's nothing there, what's the big deal?

ame another Governor who has been elected in a mostly uncontested contest, from a mostly uninhabited state- served for 18 months and then been nominated for Vice President. She is a hockey mom, PTA member, part time mayor and tool for big oil. In addition she is under investigation for ethics violations.

Not this time.
Posted by: Ann

Why don't we ask he ex brother-in-law who
is being harassed by her and her husband.
Abusing her authority by using employees,
state money and time in getting him booted
off of the state police force.

I can't believe that people aren't worried about her being VP, her exact words were, "I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq." and also considering the fact that McCain is 72 years old and has had cancer 4 times, she will be a heartbeat away from the presidency if he is elected. She doesn't know much about national affairs, and who knows how she would handle the two wars.