Womenomics

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Sarah Palin was picked because of her views on abortion and guns. That is why she was picked over Tom Ridge and others who would have been better VP choices and actually qualified to take over as president. However, McCain's golden rule in choosing a VP is "Guns and Abortion First", not "Country First".

absurd huh? kinda like obama's european 'rock' tour? whats HIS experience for ANYTHING now that you mention it? take away the advisers the speeches written by axelrod, take away the teleprompter.. and what do you haev? a fumblin bumblin typical lib hack

Well said Katty!!

jjrrttx1-

Hey NeoCon - it is still better than your facade of a ticket.

jj - at least Obama gave speeches and was covered by yht press. All this little girl is doing is shaking hands and smiling. Appropriate for a beauty queen.

The country of Colombia is not spelled, "Columbia".

Clifton,

Hopefully, you will be able to know for sure Palin is inexperienced once they have the vice presidential debate.

jjrrttx1, don't let the facts get in the way. Senator Obama sits on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He is the former president of Harvard Law Review, which may not have much to do with foreign policy but does show he is not a 'funblin bumblin' anything.

Joe Biden was out in Ohio on the campaign trail and he has just delivered a brilliant speech on foreign policy while Sarah Palin is in New York collecting handshakes from "world leaders".

I dont understand why people are so surprised that she is been shielded from the press. Isnt it obvious that she has absolutely no foreign policy experience whatsoever except from the fact that she can see Russia from her back garden.

Honestly, I still dont know why the media is not questioning McCain's 'Country First' manstra. He OBVIOUSLY DID NOT PUT COUNTRY FIRST when he selected her as his running mate.

We all know why he did but unfortunately for him the only people he has managed to galvanize are the evangelical base of the GOP. Her post convention bubble has finally bust! Obama is now pulling away from McCain and listening to Biden's speech on foreign policy I am confident that Obama will destroy McCain on Friday.

Obama does have a political science degree from Columbia with an emphasis in international relations. He also had stellar credentials in law school and comes from a state which has a very diverse population, particularly in Chicago. We have yet to hear what Palin had for grades and why she needed to go to five different colleges to graduate. I would agree that Palin was picked as a double pander by McCain-- as a bond to the religious right wing of his party who is much excited about her than him and to attempt to win over women supporters of Hillary Clinton, most of whom are following Senator Clinton in backing Obama. One thing she does seem to share with McCain is not being able to work well with others as demonstrated by her firings for petty reasons both as a mayor and a governor. McCain is famous for his outbursts--bipartisan in nature -- at his Senate colleagues. To be diplomatic, neither are diplomatic.

I think it shows how little the McCain camp thinks of their VP pick that they use her in foreign relations photo-ops rather than use her strengths to help the campaign. It'll take more than a picture to convince most folks that she's an expert. If they simply want her to meet leaders, they can do that in private meetings and phone calls.

jjrrttx1, McCain has to have his speach on the podium in front of him. He has stopped taking questions on the 'Straight Talk Express' because he can't handle tough questions like why did you vote for insurance coverage of viagra but not birth control, and how many houses to you own.

The McCain campaign is still shielding Palin. She is only meeting with leaders from countries that want something from the US or are McCain backers. So far, she has shown she can memorize questions. I guess that was the next step of getting her ready, right after memorizing canned answers.

on the scale of Vice Presidential nominees

she is in the bottom 99%

"First Dude, could you cut down the trees in the side yard I need more foreign policy experience"

Hear about Palin's reported affair with husband's business partner in National Inquirer? Oh oh!

Laugh but their reporting is usually air tight -- otherwise they'll get sued.

I don't agree with Palin's politics and I won't be voting for McCain this November, but I find the double standard focus of the media regarding the "hype" around Palin's lack of foreign policy to be disturbing. I didn't hear any comments like this when Obama's whirlwind international tour occurred this summer. As you state, Obama, too, has little to no foreign policy experience. Since the topic of this forum is listed as Womenomics, why aren't we addressing the fact that where Obama's foreign policy credentials get a pass - Palin's do not - at least in the eyes of the media.

All I know is that she had her passport made this year, for the first time ever!
I'm an avarage person and have been to several countries in my life time.
I don't think she's the right person to talk to world leaders in any format...

Claws out girls? You know everyone has to start somewhere and I would rather have my VP learning than having my President learning.

Ten of us are Democrats voting for McCain and when we posted to the CNN comment sections over the last two weeks every one of them was blocked. Kudo's to ABCNews and voices.washingtonpost who consistently passed the tests. Terrifying to see the censorship and manipulation resulting at CNN, MSNBC and MSM where headlines like these that don't accurately represent the concerns of moderates.

...and no, I'm also not qaulified either....

As if our Country does not have enough on our tables! Sara and McCain scares the crap out of me.